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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 
China said Monday it had put to death nine people involved in deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region, the first executions since the violence erupted in July. Authorities convicted 21 defendants in October. Nine were sentenced to death, three were given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve -- a sentence usually commuted to life in jail -- and the rest were handed ... read more 
Tawang, India (AFP) Nov 9, 2009The Dalai Lama held a mass audience with tens of thousands of devotees Monday on a "non-political" visit to a region near India's border with Tibet that has drawn strong protests from China. More than 30,000 people, many of whom arrived days in advance, packed into an open-air polo ground near the remote Tawang monastery in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh to hear the exiled ... more
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Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 9, 2009China's pledge of 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African states and enhanced trade was warmly received by African delegates as a two-day summit in Egypt ended on Monday. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's aid promise was welcomed despite some lingering suspicions that Beijing is interested in Africa only for its resources, including oil, to fuel a booming economy. The Forum ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 9, 2009A top Communist party official in China has urged the country's state media to expand its footprint overseas and called on journalists to do more to burnish the image of the nation's leaders. In a speech on Sunday to mark Journalists' Day, Li Changchun -- who is seen as the country's propaganda and ideology chief -- praised Chinese reporters for "strengthening and improving" the party's ... more 
New Delhi (UPI) Nov 9, 2009 India is welcoming the Dalai Lama to the country's disputed north eastern territory, despite China's vehement opposition to the Buddhist spiritual leader's visit. China and Indian fought a brief inconclusive war in 1962 over the area in Arunachal Pradesh on the China-India border and the two countries have agreed to differ rather than harm their greater bilateral relations. ... more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Nov 09, 2009China will launch a French-made communications satellite for the Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Holding Limited in the first half of 2012. A contract for the launch service was signed here Sunday. The satellite, dubbed APTSTAR-7 and made by the Thales Alenia Space, will be sent into space by China's Long March 3B/E carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao said his nation supported the peaceful use of outer space Friday, days after his air force commander sparked concerns by saying an arms race in space was inevitable. Hu's comments, which echoed those made the day before by a foreign ministry spokesman, appeared to hammer home the message that Beijing has not abandoned its long-held opposition to the weaponisation ... more 
Washington (AFP) Nov 6, 2009President Barack Obama, set for a mission to China this month to boost warming ties, will stay firm on the US policy of supporting but not recognizing rival Taiwan, an aide said Friday. Jeff Bader, the East Asia director on the White House's National Security Council, stayed coy on whether Washington would soon authorize more weapons to Taipei, saying only, "Our policy on arms sales to Taiwa ... more |
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