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Work on a mountainous road in Indian-controlled Kashmir near the border with China has been stopped after objections from the Chinese army, an official and a report said Monday. "The road was being built for the locals following their persistent demands," a government official from Leh, the capital of the area of Ladakh where the road was being built, told AFP. The official, who asked ... read more 
Nanjing, China (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday sought to reassure the EU that China shared its environmental concerns, a week ahead of the global conference on climate change in Copenhagen. Wen, in an unusual move for a Chinese leader, began a speech at a China-EU business summit -- where he addressed an audience including European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso -- by quoting the world ... more
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Sydney (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Asian powerhouse China is Australia's biggest trading partner, while exports to India have also soared in the past year, official figures released Monday showed. Two-way trade with China jumped to 83 billion dollars (76.1 billion US) in 2008-09 on the back of increased iron ore and coal exports and China's status as the number one source of Australia's imports. Japan was Australia's ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 30, 2009The Taiwanese government will adopt measures to cushion any potential negative impacts on industries from a planned controversial trade agreement with China, an official here said Monday. The move comes after local garment and ceramics producers have repeatedly warned that a trade agreement with China could erode their competitiveness and lead to thousands of job losses. ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Nov 30, 2009China will launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, in October 2010, a top Chinese space scientist told China Daily on Thursday. The newspaper quoted Ye Peijian, chief designer of the nation's first moon probe, as saying that the second lunar orbiter will carry different payloads and orbit the moon in a different way. "It will orbit 100 km closer to the moon and be equipped with better ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Nov 27, 2009The European Union issued new figures on Friday showing that the bloc's trade deficit with China narrowed in the first half of the year, three days from a bilateral summit in China. In the first half of 2009, when the euro was rising against the dollar, to which the Chinese yuan is de-facto pegged, the value of EU exports to China fell to 37 billion euros (55.5 billion dollars) from 39 ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2009A flood at a coal mine in northeast China has trapped 16 workers, the government said Saturday, in the latest accident to strike China's notoriously dangerous mining sector. One miner was rescued and 16 remained missing after the accident on Friday at the Zhonghe coal mine near Meihekou city, Jilin province, the State Administration of Work Safety said on its website. Rescue efforts were ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2009China is touting its carbon-limiting plan as a "major contribution" to the struggle against climate change, but its already massive greenhouse gas emissions will still rise for years to come. The United States and Europe have announced plans to actually cut emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, but China said Thursday it would seek only to reduce emissions as a percent ... more |
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