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Danhu Pasavi's Bunun tribe has lived in the mountains here in southern Taiwan for more than three centuries, but now he fears Typhoon Morakot could tear them from the land of their ancestors. Like most of the typhoon's victims, he is a member of Taiwan's indigenous tribes who lived here for thousands of years before the Han Chinese came in the 17th century -- and whose spiritual attachment ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2009More than 8,000 cargo ships and boats were stuck on a river in east China in the worst bottleneck in a decade, after water levels rose to a record high due to Typhoon Morakot, state media said Tuesday. The boat traffic jam on the river that links cities in Zhejiang province to Shanghai -- the world's busiest port by total cargo volume -- was 40 kilometres (25 miles) long, the official Xinhua ... more
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Taipei (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Taiwan's leader said Tuesday the military will make evacuations and rescue operations one of its main roles as extreme weather events such as Typhoon Morakot and climate change now pose a bigger threat. Ten days after the typhoon hit the island, President Ma Ying-jeou told a news conference that rescue operations had ended and the typhoon response had entered a new phase focused on disaster ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Global warming could prove devastating for the Tibetan plateau, the world's third-largest store of ice, but it helps farming and tourism, Chinese state media said Tuesday, citing a leading expert. Qin Dahe, the former head of the China Meteorological Administration, made the comment in an otherwise gloomy assessment of the impact that rising temperatures will have on Tibet, according to the ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2009China could see its greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2030 if it sets "quantitative" reduction targets and invests heavily in the use of clean fuel technologies, a government panel of experts has said. The recommendations from the top panel comes as China, which competes with the United States for the spot as the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, heads to key talks on a new climate ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Australia Tuesday said a "most unhappy" China had axed a senior minister's visit in retaliation for letting exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer into the country, dealing another blow to troubled ties. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei had cancelled a trip to a regional forum this month in a diplomatic snub, adding that Australia "very much regrets" the ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Typhoon 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. ... 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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