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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 
South Korean police said Monday they would request help from China to track the origins of cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July. "We are now seeking help from Chinese authorities to launch a joint investigation," a national police agency official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. The move follows last week's remark ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2009A top China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an "historical inevitability", state media said Monday, marking an apparent shift in Beijing's opposition to weaponising outer space. In a wide-ranging interview in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Daily, air force commander Xu Qiliang said it was imperative for the PLA air force to develop offensive and defensive opera ... more
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Colombia moves to join China's Belt and Road
US, Chinese officials to hold trade talks in Switzerland Colombia says taking step to join China's Belt and Road TikTok to build 1-bn-euro data centre in Finland China warns US tariff war 'huge risk' to world economy Putin, Xi to discuss Ukraine, US in Moscow on May 8: Kremlin China says to welcome EU chiefs Costa, von der Leyen for visits Dollar recovers some losses, stocks mixed as traders eye tariff deals China slams CIA recruitment ads as 'naked political provocation' China says to welcome EU chiefs Costa, Von der Leyen for visits 
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Koror (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs, released on the weekend after nearly eight years locked up at Guantanamo Bay, spent their first day of freedom on Monday shopping in the Palau capital Koror. They have also pencilled in a day's swimming at the spectacular Rock Islands in this Pacific island nation after revealing that was one of life's treats they missed most while detained at the US naval base ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Russia's UC Rusal, the world's biggest aluminium producer, will supply Chinese defence industry firm Norinco with 1.68 million tonnes of aluminium from 2010 to 2016, the two companies said on Monday. The value of the contract with the China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) was not made public in their statement. Rusal said sales to China were set to account for five percent of its sale ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Nov 2, 2009A volcano overlooking Taiwan's capital Taipei is still active, and not dormant as long thought, potentially threatening an area that is home to three million people, local media reported Monday. Datun Mountain, around an hour's drive from Taipei's city centre, could devastate the entire urban area if it were to erupt now, the China Post said, citing Academia Sinica, the island's main scienti ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao reiterated to the European Union Monday that technology transfers and financial support from developed nations were key to the success of upcoming climate change talks. The remarks came in phone talks with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, which follow last week's EU summit that agreed developing nations will need 100 billion euros (150 bill ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Nov 2, 2009British banking giant HSBC Holdings said Monday it is eyeing acquisition opportunities in emerging markets and plans to open new branches in China. "In terms of things that come up in Asia, we are of course interested in seeing things come up... China is obviously one market we are interested in," the bank's Asia-Pacific Chief Executive, Sandy Flockhart, told reporters in Taipei following ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Taiwan hopes to hold talks with China before the year's end on allowing its airlines to carry transit cargo to and from the mainland, an official said Monday. "The talks should be held this month or December," the official, with Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration, told AFP on condition of anonymity. The opportunity to handle transit cargo to and from China, before it is shipped to ... more |
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