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US aircraft carrier in Hong Kong amid China tensionsHong Kong (AFP) Feb 17, 2010 A US aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday amid heightened tension between Washington and Beijing over arms sales to Taiwan and President Barack Obama's plan to meet the Dalai Lama. The stop by the USS Nimitz, one of the world's largest warships, came just weeks after China said it would suspend military and security contacts with the United States over Washington's 6.4-billion-dollar arms package for Taipei. It also coincided with a trip to Washington by exiled Tibetan spiritual leade ... read more |
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Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010China took one step forward in its ambition to build an independent global navigation network capable of rivaling foreign congeneric systems with the successful launch of a new orbiter into space early Sunday morning. Boosted by a Long-March-3III carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, it was the third orbiter China has launched for the network ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 17, 2010Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama headed Wednesday for the United States and a long-awaited meeting with President Barack Obama that has infuriated China. For the 75-year-old Dalai Lama - vilified by Beijing as a "wolf in monk's robes" - recognition by the White House is crucial to maintaining a critical international spotlight on Chinese treatment of his Himalayan homeland. ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 16, 2010China is on the verge of unseating Japan as the world's number two economy, but student Shi Minfei is one reason why Beijing's rapid growth is not all bad news for its deflation-hit neighbour. With Japan's consumers keeping a tight hold on their purse strings, leaving the country as reliant as ever on exports, Chinese tourists like Shi are a rare example of good news for the country's long-s ... more |
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China needs no Saudi prodding on how to deal with Iran: FMRiyadh (AFP) Feb 15, 2010 Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said on Monday after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that China needs no prodding from Riyadh over how to deal with Iran in the UN Security Council. The Chinese "carry their responsiblity" as one of the major world powers and "they need no suggestion from Saudi Arabia to do what they ought to do," Prince Saud said at a joint news conference with Clinton. He was questioned about suggestions that Saudi Arabia could provide oil supply guarantee ... read more |
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