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Dalai Lama says loves China despite 'suppression'Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 22, 2010 Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said he feels love in his heart for China but believes hardliners in Beijing are in denial over their cultural "suppression" of his homeland. "Sometimes you see some of these hardliners' sort of policy, brutalist policy, sometimes I got some irritation for short moment," the Buddhist monk told CNN talk-show host Larry King on a visit to Los Angeles. "Still, yes, I have to sort of make effort to keep love," he said in the interview broadcast Monday e ... read more |
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Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Feb 22, 2010Mountains of discarded computers and mobile phones could soon pose serious threats to public health and the environment in developing countries without swift action, the UN said Monday. "Sales of electronic products in countries like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin America are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years," the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said i ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 23, 2010Jackie Chan croons on giant screens floating on Shanghai's river, Yao Ming beckons to shoppers from huge digital billboards on main thoroughfares and a waving blue mascot named Haibao is everywhere. On water and land, in homes and in schools, the propaganda machine in China's largest city has unleashed an unprecedented campaign to promote Expo 2010, which starts on May 1 and aims to draw up ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 23, 2010Shares in China Southern Airlines were suspended Tuesday after the nation's biggest carrier by fleet size said it expected a government cash injection of 1.5 billion yuan (220 million dollars). China's finance ministry awarded the funds to the airline's parent, China Southern Air Holding Company, to support its core business development, the firm said in a statement. The airline and its ... more |
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Beijing Fumes Over A Snowman In Washington With No ShoesBeijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2010 China on Friday angrily protested at US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it had "seriously harmed" relations and summoning the American ambassador in Beijing. The denunciation came swiftly after Obama vowed support for Tibetan rights in his White House talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on Thursday, a meeting that China had repeatedly warned against. "The US action seriously interfered in Chinese internal affairs, seriously hurt the feelings of China's peo ... read more |
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