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Pentagon gives OK for Taiwan missile deal: officialTaipei (AFP) Jan 7, 2010 The US Defense Department has approved the sale of upgraded missile equipment to Taiwan, a Taipei-based US official said Thursday, risking the ire of the island's rival China. The sale of the Patriot missile equipment is part of a package passed by the US Congress more than a year ago, said a spokesman with the American Institute in Taiwan, the US de facto embassy in the absence of formal ti ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2010Two people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in China's northwest province of Gansu belonging to energy giant CNPC on Thursday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The incident occurred at a plant operated by the Lanzhou Chemical Company, which is owned by China National Petroleum Corporation, Xinhua reported from the provincial capital Lanzhou, citing local officials. ... more  
Frankfurt (AFP) Jan 7, 2010The biggest European carmaker, Volkswagen, said on Thursday that Chinese sales hit a record 1.4 million vehicles in 2009 in what is now its most important market. The figure represented a leap of 36.7 percent from the 2008 figure of 1.02 million, a statement said, adding that "2009 has been an extraordinary year. "The automotive market went beyond everybody's expectations," it said. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2010Over 150 workers at an electrical factory in southern China have tested positive for suspected mercury poisoning, state press said Thursday, in the latest work-safety scandal to hit the nation. Urine samples from 590 workers at the Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co. in Guangdong province were tested late last month after a smaller group was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, Xinhua news agenc ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2010Authorities in China's troubled Xinjiang region will step up identity checks and monitor religious activities in a renewed bid to quash terrorism, separatism and extremism, state media said Wednesday. The announcement of new government regulations aimed at helping the police and judiciary stamp out the so-called "three forces" in the region comes six months after ethnic violence left nearly ... more 
United Nations (AFP) Jan 5, 2010China's UN ambassador Zhang Yesui said Tuesday it is too early to contemplate new sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear fuel work, and called for more diplomacy. His comments came after the United States on Monday said "the door is still open" for Iran to meet world demands on its nuclear aims, but warned it was discussing with its allies the "next steps," which c ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Jan 6, 2010South Korea on Wednesday urged North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks and called on China to step up efforts to bring Pyongyang back to the table. "I think the North has now secured all face-saving measures (it needed) to return to the six-party talks," Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan told Yonhap news agency. "Now is the time for the North and China to respond more actively (t ... more |
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