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 Taipei (AFP) Aug 17, 2009 
Typhoon Morakot has hit Taiwan's agriculture and tourism sectors hard, but the overall impact on the economy -- already reeling from the financial crisis -- may be limited, experts said. The island was struggling with possibly its longest recession yet when the typhoon struck on August 8, unleashing floods and mudslides that President Ma Ying-jeou has warned may have left up to 500 dead. ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Two strong earthquakes jolted the ocean floor off southern Japan on Monday, triggering tsunami warnings for a cluster of sub-tropical islands and shaking buildings in nearby Taiwan. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. A 6.7-magnitude quake struck in the morning southwest of Ishigaki-jima island in Japan's far southern Ryukyu Islands, followed by a 6.4-strength tremor ... more
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Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Taiwanese soldiers searched remote areas for survivors and bodies Monday as officials said over 1,600 people needed airlifting to safety nine days after Typhoon Morakot. The official death toll rose to 126, but President Ma Ying-jeou has warned the number could climb to more than 500, with hundreds feared buried. About 40,000 troops began a new phase of the rescue operation, shifting ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2009China, the world's leading exporter of marine fish products, needs to adapt its fisheries if it is to meet new EU regulations to combat illegal fishing, according to a report released Monday. Under the legislation which comes into force in January 2010, all fish materials imported into the European Union will have to be accompanied by catch certificates validated by the nation under whose ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2009China's giant panda could be extinct in just two to three generations as rapid economic development is infringing on its way of life, state media said Monday, citing an expert at conservation group WWF. The problem is that the pandas' habitat is being split up into ever smaller patches, preventing the animals from roaming freely for mating partners and in turn endangering their gene pool ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2009China's 200-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund may start investing in overseas media including Hollywood production houses, a report said Monday, citing sources close to the fund. The China Investment Corporation's plan could give Beijing a direct stake in a variety of foreign media content "from South Korean television dramas and Japanese game shows to Hollywood blockbusters", the Times ... more  
Beijing, China (China Daily) Aug 17, 2009Ouyang Ziyuan, academician at China Academy of Sciences and chief scientist of China's moon exploration project, talked with China Daily's Ma Chao about Chang'e 1, the first spacecraft sent by China to the lunar orbit as well as the future of China's exploration of the moon. CD: Between October 2007 and March of this year, the Chang'e 1 spacecraft circled the moon for nearly 18 months. ... more 
Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 14, 2009Rescuers in Taiwan Friday battled to reach over 15,000 people still trapped in mountain villages nearly one week after a powerful typhoon triggered the island's worst floods in half a century. More than 50,000 troops were struggling to cross raging rivers and fallen bridges to reach victims across a large swathe of southern and central Taiwan, many of whom have been without food and water ... more |
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