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 Beijing (AFP) July 28, 2009 
China allowed foreign reporters a rare glimpse inside an army base on Tuesday, part of a charm offensive apparently aimed at countering foreign fears over the nation's military build-up. The People's Liberation Army's Third Guard Division gave journalists a tour of their living and dining quarters and a display of marksmanship and artillery firepower at their base, about an hour's drive ... read more
Washington (AFP) July 28, 2009The United States and China on Tuesday pledged to work together to fight climate change and promote free trade as they set the stage for an era of closer cooperation between the Pacific giants. The world's largest developed and developing nations wrapped up two days of in-depth talks in Washington to chart out the future of their relationship, which President Barack Obama said would shape ... more
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Alger (AFP) July 28, 2009A senior Chinese official on Tuesday accused unspecified countries and Western media of making mischief between Beijing and Muslim countries after recent ethnic violence in the Xinjiang region. "Outsiders and Western media as well as nongovernmental organisations (are) distorting the facts to make mischief and cause divisions between China and Muslim countries," APS news agency quoted Wu ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 27, 2009US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan stressed cooperation in the battle against the global economic crisis at high-level talks Monday in Washington. Geithner praised China's "ambitious plans" to move its economy away from an export-led growth model, which has produced a huge trade surplus with the US, and spur consumer demand. A rebalancing of the ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 28, 2009China's energy firms must do more to combat climate change and reduce dependence on coal, environmental group Greenpeace said on Tuesday, warning of a rise in "extreme" weather. "China is suffering the pains of extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, typhoons and floods, worsened by climate change," Greenpeace China's climate campaigner Yang Ailun said as he unveiled a new ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 27, 2009The second-in-command of China's Xinjiang region has vowed to crack down on violence with an "iron hand," state media said Monday, weeks after ethnic unrest in the Muslim area left over 190 dead. Authorities will maintain their efforts to identify and arrest participants in the riots early this month in the Xinjiang capital Urumqi, Nur Bekri said in a speech to the region's legislators ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Jul 27, 2009 British oil giant BP is negotiating with China to build a sizable refinery in China, the world's second-largest fuel market. While BP China would not disclose any possible partners, BP president Chen Liming told China Business News that the company is currently negotiating with domestic companies to build a joint-venture refinery. An unnamed source told China Daily that BP was ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 27, 2009US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan on Monday stressed the two superpowers must cooperate to bring about real recovery from the global economic crisis. At the opening of the first high-level US-China talks under President Barack Obama's administration in Washington, Geithner urged China to shift its economy away from exports and towards domestic ... more |
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