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 Lhasa, Tibet (XNA) Oct 14, 2009 
Chinese and German scientists are establishing an astronomical observatory in a Tibetan county 4,300 meters above sea level. Construction of the observatory began on Monday in Yangbajain Township, of Damxung County in the suburbs of Tibet's regional capital Lhasa, said project leader Wang Junjie Tuesday. The observatory would be operational in early 2011, after a state-of-the-art telescope ... read more 
Paris (AFP) Oct 13, 2009France expressed its concern Tuesday that China had not allowed European diplomats to observe a trial in which six protesters from the restive Xinjiang region were sentenced to death. The suspects, apparently members of the Uighur ethnic group, were convicted of murder and other crimes by a court in the regional capital Urumqi on Monday in the first trials over riots that killed nearly 200 ... more
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US and China meet in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war
US and China set for talks in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war China's consumption slide deepens as tariff war bites Brazil's Lula to visit China ahead of regional summit Myanmar junta chief meets China's Xi for first time: state media China consumer prices fell in April for third straight month: official data US and China prepare for trade talks as Trump floats tariff cut Stocks mixed as global markets eye US-China tariff talks Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of trade talks Stocks mixed despite hopes for US-China tariff talks 
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2009India and China traded diplomatic jabs Tuesday over a recent visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to a border region at the core of a long-standing dispute between the neighbours. Singh visited Arunachal Pradesh on October 3 to campaign ahead of state elections there, but refrained from saying anything on China or the border dispute. Stressing that the state was "an integral and ... more  
Paris (AFP) Oct 14, 2009Chinese and British palaeontologists have identified a crow-sized fossil that they believe fills a key gap in our understanding of the mysterious flying reptiles known as pterosaurs. The species has been baptised Darwinopterus modularis in honour of Charles Darwin, who was born 200 years ago and 150 years ago published his ground-breaking work on evolution, "On the Origin of Species." ... more  
London (AFP) Oct 13, 2009A Briton facing the death penalty for drug trafficking in China probably has serious mental illness and should not be executed, supporters said Tuesday. Akmal Shaikh, who is thought to have bipolar disorder, was arrested in 2007 at Urumqui in China's western Xinjiang province with around four kilograms of heroin. Supporters say he was tricked into carrying it. He was sentenced to death ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2009Nearly 1,000 children in central China have tested positive for lead poisoning in the latest environmental scandal to erupt in the nation's smelting industry, state press said Tuesday. The news comes close on the heels of a spate of lead poisoning incidents around China, and after residents in Jiyuan city, Henan province, protested over pollution from three local smelters last month, Xinhua ... more  
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Oct 13, 2009India 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 ... 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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