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India will discuss the modernization of the Russian-made Su-30MKI aircraft in service with its air force during an upcoming military-technical cooperation meeting in Moscow, the country's Defense Ministry said on Friday. The Indian Air Force currently has 105 Su-30MKIs mainly deployed at airbases close to the Chinese border. "The aircraft, contracted in 1996, are due for overhaul ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 12, 2009China sentenced six people to death on Monday over deadly July riots in its restive Xinjiang region, state media reported, delivering on a vow of harsh retribution over the ethnic unrest. The six were convicted of murder and other crimes by a court in the regional capital Urumqi in the first trials over the riots that killed nearly 200 people and left the city riven by ethnic tension. ... more
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges
Chinese man who documented alleged Uyghur camps risks removal from US Daughter warns China not to make Jimmy Lai a 'martyr' China sanctions retired Japan general over Taiwan 'collusion' International reaction to Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai verdict Japan's only two pandas to be sent back to China Asian markets drop with Wall St as tech fears revive Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs What we know of Jimmy Lai's national security verdicts Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges in Hong Kong 
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Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 12, 2009A student leader of the 1989 democracy protests in China who has been detained for over a year was handed over to mainland authorities by Hong Kong unlawfully, a Hong Kong lawmaker said Monday. Hong Kong does not have a rendition treaty with mainland China so should not have transferred dissident Zhou Yongjun to the Chinese city of Shenzhen in September last year, Albert Ho, head of Hong ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 12, 2009Taiwan said Monday the leader of the Falungong group was not welcome to come to the island as a visit could damage evolving ties with China, which considers the spiritual movement an "evil cult". National Security Bureau chief Tsai Teh-sheng said that US-based Li Hongzhi would not be allowed to travel to Taiwan after media reports that the main opposition party planned to invite him. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2009Three fishermen died as Tropical Storm Parma slammed into south China, causing torrential rain and high winds, state media said Tuesday. Rescuers discovered their bodies after Parma hit Hainan Province Monday, causing a boat to sink off the coast of Wanning city, according to the Xinhua news agency. Nine fishermen on the vessel fell overboard, Xinhua said, citing a spokesman for the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2009China said Saturday it was confident it could ensure the nation's safety after an Al-Qaeda leader called on members of the mainly Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang to launch a jihad against Beijing. "The Chinese government has the confidence and the ability to protect the safety of the nation, of people's lives and property," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in a statement faxed to ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2009The solidarity displayed by the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea at a summit in Beijing could put further pressure on Pyongyang to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, analysts say. The leaders, who met Saturday for three-way talks, called for the quick resumption of the long-stalled negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear drive, while also pledging to deepen reg ... more  
Berlin (AFP) Oct 11, 2009Rwandan President Paul Kagame Sunday defended China's programme of investment in developing African countries, while slamming Western nations and firms for polluting the continent. "The Chinese bring what Africa needs: investment and money for governments and companies. China is investing in infrastructure and building roads," said Kagame in an interview with German daily Handelsblatt to app ... more |
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