http://www.dolbajao.com/rss.php (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Times of India - 1 hour agoMIANYANG: Chinese President Hu Jintao flew on Friday into one of the areas worst hit by this week's earthquake, vowing no let-up in rescue work from the country's worst disaster in a generation. Aljazeera.net ABC Online - - -
Times Online (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Four days after earth-shattering tremors left huge swathes of southwest China in ruins, President Hu Jintao flew into the region today to reinvigorate a rescue operation in which miracles are becoming fewer and farther between.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Experts in international relations from Japan and China have warmly welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao's "warm spring" visit to Japan and called for the implementation of tangible benefits of the visit. At a seminar here Thursday ...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's funny. I knew Chinese President Hu Jintao could sing but I never knew he could play ping pong. Guy's a table tennis machine. Look at the way he holds his paddle Chinese-style (I guess that makes sense) and takes on not one but two opponents. George Bush claimed in an interview Tuesday that he gave up playing golf in order to show solidarity with those soldiers fighting in Iraq. He told Politico’s...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the problem may stem from the birthdates of China’s current political leadership — president Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao. Both were born in 1942, The Year of the Horse. In Chinese astrology, 2008 is The Year of the Rat and, according to Lo, this is part of the problem. “Chinese people believe in animal astrology,” Lo said in a telephone interview. “In animal astrology we know the horse...
O-Poker (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... seen a tourney that you couldn't unregister from for T$ until this morning. They put up the $25k HU Championship tourney and it says in the lobby and the lobby of every satellite to the tourney, "You can not unregister from this or the $25k final." and "NO UNREGISTERING." It doesn't look like it would be very +EV to play, especially with the list of players that are already signed up: Chris Ferguson...
Climate Audit (Free subscription) | yesterday
As Hu McCulloch mentioned, I am speaking tomorrow, Friday May 16, at OSU on “Was 1998 the Warmest Year of the Millennium: What do We Really Know?” The talk will be 2:30-3:48 in Scott Lab 001 (a big lecture hall in the basement of the south end of the east wing). A reception will [...]
Observing Japan (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
As Jun Okumura notes , a poll by Fuji TV's Hodo 2001 program found that Fukuda Yasuo gained nothing from Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Japan last week. The poll recorded that nearly sixty percent of respondents disapprove of Mr. Fukuda's China policy. Beyond public doubts, Mr. Fukuda's action (or inaction) during Mr. Hu's visit have driven conservative commentators into paroxysms of rage...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
James C.Y. Soong, chairman of the People First Party in Taiwan, sent a message to President Hu Jintao on Monday, expressing condolences over the earthquake that jolted Sichuan. "Upon hearing that Sichuan Province was hit by an unpre ...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Chinese leader Hu Jintao urged governments at all levels to regard earthquake rescue and relief as the top priority at a high profile meeting late Monday evening. Hu, state President and General Secretary of the Central Committee of ...
China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
From news.sohu.com, translated by CDT: Yesterday afternoon, Hu Jintao visited Yokohama Yamate Chinese School. This is the first time that any of China's highest leaders have visited an overseas Chinese school. Hu Jintao audited a Chinese class in a third grade classroom, and taught children to read the Tang ...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
By Hugh Jorgen I'm always amused to watch the responses of recently-arrived foreigners in China when the subject of CCTV International comes up. For those of you not familiar with it, CCTV International (CCTV 9) is the state-run English-language television station operated by China Central Television, which also operates several other such stations, most of which are in Chinese. Among the program lineup...
World (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
President Hu Jintao on Monday ordered all-out efforts to help those affected by a major earthquake in China measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale that jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
President Hu Jintao on Monday ordered all-out efforts to help those affected by a major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale that jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. Premier ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
OSAKA (Kyodo) Chinese President Hu Jintao's trip to Japan this week, the first by a Chinese leader in a decade, was marked by less bitterness about the war and more publicity events aimed at wooing a... Read more ...
