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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2009 
Japan's opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, seen as the likely next prime minister, said Tuesday he would seek to boost ties with China and would refrain from visiting a controversial Tokyo war shrine. Hatoyama, who leads the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), said he would look to the future in building diplomatic ties in Asia while acknowledging the past, alluding to Japan's aggression during ... read more
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2009China's military launched Tuesday its largest ever tactical military exercise, involving 50,000 heavily-armoured troops in a long-distance deployment spanning thousands of kilometres, state press said. The live-fire manoeuvres named "Stride-2009" will involve a division each from the Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou regional military commands and will last for two months, Xinhua news ... more
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Hong Kong court to deliver verdicts on media mogul Jimmy Lai
What we know ahead of Jimmy Lai's national security verdicts Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave CORRECTED: Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong Philippines says fishermen injured in China Coast Guard encounter Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai verdict set for Monday 
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Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 12, 2009Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 85 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers. A total of 62 people were confirmed dead in Taiwan and 58 were listed as missing, not counting the mudslide victims, after Typhoon Morakot unleashed the island's worst flooding in half a century over the weekend. At least ... more  
Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 11, 2009When rescuers reached the village of Hsiaolin, they found half of it buried under an avalanche of mud and water so deep that not even the roofs of buildings could be seen. Around half of the 200 homes in the remote mountain village in southern Taiwan were smothered by the mudslide triggered by Typhoon Morakot, leaving an estimated 100 people missing, feared buried alive. "I could hardly ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2009China, which reportedly executes more people than the rest of the world combined, is to introduce tighter rules governing prosecution evidence in death penalty cases, state media said Tuesday. The chief prosecutor's office, or Supreme People's Procuratorate, will for the first time introduce regulations stating how prosecutors should review such evidence before the cases go to trial, the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2009China's new loans in July dropped to less than a quarter of the level seen a month earlier, the central bank said Tuesday, as banks began to rein in the record lending of the first half. New loans dropped sharply to 355.9 billion yuan (52 billion dollars) last month from 1.53 trillion yuan in June, the People's Bank of China said in a statement. The figure was also down from 381.8 billion ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2009China's export-dependent economy remained hampered by a "grave" global situation in July, an official warned Tuesday, as new data showed continued reliance on government spending to boost growth. Shipments abroad saw a steep drop in July from a year earlier -- although they grew month-on-month -- but investment in fixed assets in the cities rose massively, the government said. ... more  
Beijing (XNA) Aug 11, 2009No scars, no history of serious illness in the last three generations of your family, and no tooth cavities - China imposes tough standards on its future astronauts. They must be close to perfection to meet the standards set for the men and women who will lead China into outer space, Monday's China Daily reported. Officials from the No. 454 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army in ... more |
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