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Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | yesterday
london the bbcs chineselanguage website appears to have been unblocked in china ahead of the olympic gamesaccording to a report by bbc news an international olympic committee spokesperson called it a quotgood signquot after complaints about internet accesssome journalists arriving to cover the games complained when they found a number of websites at olympic media centres were blockedchina has long...
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Maple Leaf 2.0 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. has submitted an offer for General Motors Corp.’s Opel division. The Chinese company’s bid gives the automaker more options in case their negotiations with Magna fail. Ontario-based Magna International Inc. was selected by the German government a few months ago as the preferred bidder for Opel. Magna is Canada’s largest auto [...] Post from:...
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Sufiy. (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
US Dollar is the reserve currency of choice - the key word is choice here. There is no desire to submit its future to the misery of US financial economy by 50% of the world's population any more. It is the beginning of the End. " India Joins Russia, China in Questioning U.S. Dollar Dominance By Mark Deen and Isabelle Mas July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Suresh Tendulkar , an economic adviser to Indian Prime...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has called a riot that shook the capital of restive western Xinjiang region on Sunday a plot by exiled members of the Uighur people, after at least three people died in the latest eruption of ethnic unrest there.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 400,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Three people died in rioting in China's restive far west Xinjiang region on Sunday, state media reported, in a confrontation that underscored the tense divide there between Han Chinese and the Uighur ethnic minority.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu has asked the Union government to step up developmental activities in the areas close to the border with China, matching the infrastructure work being carried out by Beijing. ...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
BEIJING -- Protesters from a Muslim ethnic group clashed with police in China's far west Sunday, with activists saying police fired shots in the air and used batons to disperse a crowd that had swelled to nearly 1,000.
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Senior military officials of ...
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The centre due to open on Wednesday (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
US flag flutters over embassy in Libya. The crunch which is going to take place in Libya will qualify the first three positioned teams to the World Cup in Turkey. StatoilHydro Okokrim Will Not Investigate The Libya Case. S leading atomic scientist, set up a black market network that sold nuclear know how and equipment to Iran, Libya. S Gaddafi to visit Italy in June ahead of G. BEIJING, June Xinhuanet...
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The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
John Batchelor writes on his blog: At week’s end, Beijing speaks up and rejects the carbon tax based tariffs included in the House version of the cap and trade bill passed on Friday 26. Beijing points correctly to the fact that the tax is a WTO illegal international trade restriction. “It has always been China’s position [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Hong Kong - Freedom of expression in Hong Kong is on the decline as Beijing tightens its control over newspapers and TV stations in the former British colony, journalists warned Sunday. Unveiling its annual report, the Hong Kong Journalists Associati...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Sunday for Italy, to attend a meeting of the G8 industrial powers, along with leaders from other emerging economies, state media reported. Hu will join leaders from India, Brazil, South Africa and Me...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing - China called for calm Sunday after North Korea's test-launch of seven missiles off its east coast the previous day. China has taken note of the situation and hopes that all parties exercise restraint and remain calm, and jointly maintain p...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
BEIJING -- At least 16 people have died and more than 320,000 have evacuated homes in southern and central China after heavy rains toppled houses, flooded roads and damaged a dam, news reports say.
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konaxis.net | 06/29/2009
The World Bank, in its China Quarterly Update, raised its forecast for China's 2009 gross domestic product (GDP) growth from 6.5 to 7.2 per cent , saying there was an apparent success of the government's stimulus package as shown by the improved business outlook from March, when the 6.5 per cent growth forecast was made. However, the bank does not see yet a sustainable recovery, despite the state's...
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konaxis.net | 06/26/2009
The use of domestically- made goods is required for companies bidding to take on projects that will be financed by funds from the government’s economic stimulus packages. The use of imported goods requires official permission, according to an order issued by China's main planning agency and eight other government bodies. The order is considered as a move that could strain ties with trading partners...
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tanay2035 | 06/16/2009
Of this Swine Flu’s 5th phase spread out, if there are at least two countries in one region and spread the virus by any means of human-to-human transmission. The signal of the pandemic is strong. The infected countries are required to advise people with respiratory illnesses to stay at home. There should be an advisory of suspension of classes. Some key states in the United States already announced...