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 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Sep 9, 2009 
A China-bound United Arab Emirates transport plane laden with weapons and detained in Kolkata, India, earlier this week has been give the nod for release.
A statement from the Ministry of External Affairs said New Delhi would "facilitate early release of the aircraft" and resolve the matter "in the spirit of the close and friendly ties between India and the UAE." Indian officials ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Representatives from six nations seeking a halt to Iran's disputed nuclear program will hold a conference call later Wednesday to discuss new proposals from Tehran, a US State Department official said. The political directors of the diplomatic branches of the United States, China, Russia, France, Britain and Germany planned to hold the conference call "this afternoon," the official told ... more
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Colombia joins Belt and Road initiative as China courts Latin America
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2009China's premier on Wednesday praised the new Democratic Party-led government in Japan, state media reported, 10 days after elections there saw a landslide victory for the centre-left opposition. "China appreciates the positive attitude of leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) towards relations with China," Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Li Taitai sits beneath a 100-year-old date tree in the courtyard her family has lived in for eight generations and rubs her eyes in exasperation over Chinese government efforts to demolish her home. Her house is situated in one of Beijing's oldest hutong, or alleyway, districts, and is only steps away from Nanluoguxiang, a street lined with trendy restaurants, bars and boutiques that is one ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2009Police in Beijing will begin night-time armed patrols next week as part of a huge security crackdown ahead of National Day festivities on October 1, Chinese media reported Wednesday. The patrols, made up of civil and armed police, will start on Tuesday in the capital and neighbouring cities, the Beijing News said -- the latest measure aimed at preventing unrest during celebrations of 60 year ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2009China should grant greater market access to foreign companies, including allowing them to list on the nation's domestic stock exchange, Britain's business secretary Peter Mandelson said Wednesday. Mandelson made the request in talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, during which he also urged Beijing to agree to carbon emissions targets ahead of a key climate change summit in Copenhagen in ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 9, 2009China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery said Wednesday that its talks with General Motors on a proposed deal to buy the US auto giant's gas-guzzling Hummer brand were ongoing. "We continue to discuss with GM on the deal... and we are still proceeding with getting approval from the commerce ministry," a spokeswoman for Tengzhong, a previously little-known company based in ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2009The United States made a preliminary decision Wednesday to slap tariffs as high as 31 percent on steel pipes from China following claims they were backed by unfair subsidies. The Commerce Department said it had "preliminarily determined" that Chinese producers or exporters of carbon or alloy tubular steel products used in oil and gas wells "have received net countervailable subsidies ranging ... more |
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