Anniversary China's excuse for a crackdown on dissent The Australian | CHINA has stepped up a massive security operation in preparation for the Communist Party's gala celebrations of its 60 years in power on October 1, but a growing number of localised demonstrations around the country are proving problematic. | Land confiscation, legal injustice, corruption, healthc...
Markets in China Fly High Once More The New York Times | SHANGHAI - Fueled by renewed confidence in economic growth in China and perhaps the kind of frenzied buying that took place a few years ago, Chinese stock prices are once again soaring. | The Shanghai composite index rose 52 points Thursday, to close at 3,060.25, putting the index up 68 percent th...
China won't press for new global currency at G8 Syracuse | (AP) - BEIJING - China has no plans to raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar at the G8 meeting this week but is willing to discuss it, a top Chinese diplomat said, as President Hu Jintao left Sunday for Italy. | China i...
HK lawmakers discuss Disney expansion plan Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | HONG KONG - Hong Kong lawmakers said Saturday they would be unwilling to approve a plan to expand the city's Disneyland unless the government and Walt Disney Co. tell them how the theme park has performed since it opened in 2...
China well prepared for cluster flu outbreak China Daily | CANCUN, Mexico: China is well prepared to contain a cluster outbreak of A(H1N1) influenza, Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said Friday. | Chen was here for the first global meeting on the deadly new A(H1N1) flu virus, which ended Friday. | Regardi...
Anniversary China's excuse for a crackdown on dissent The Australian | CHINA has stepped up a massive security operation in preparation for the Communist Party's gala celebrations of its 60 years in power on October 1, but a growing number of localised demonstrations around the country are proving problematic. | Land ...
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Swallowing China's economic medicine The Guardian | Hope never dies, particularly not when it can give the stockmarket a boost in uncertain times. When the financial crisis rolled out into a general economic downturn last year, th...
China shares fall on worries about world economy Syracuse | (AP) - SHANGHAI - Chinese shares snapped a four-day rally and fell slightly Tuesday on worries about the world economy, but banking and steel stocks gained. | The benchmark Shang...
China shares hit 10-month high on recovery hopes Syracuse | (AP) - SHANGHAI - China's stock benchmark rose to a 10-month high Thursday on optimism about a possible economic revival while health-related stocks soared on expectations that s...
China says 'no thanks' to G-2 Asia Times By Jian Junbo | SHANGHAI - At the Sino-European Union (EU) summit in Prague last week, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao rejected the concept of a Group of Two (G-2) comprising China and the United States, saying "it is totally ungrounded and wrong t...
China picks core new leaders Asia Times | By Willy Lam | While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) administration seems preoccupied with the twofold task of baoba and baowen - maintaining an 8% growth rate and upholding social stability - it is also giving priority to the rejuvenation of the...
China: rich nations must cut emissions by 40 pct Denver Post | SHANGHAI—Wealthy nations, as history's biggest polluters, should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, China says in a policy document on climate change. The government also rolled out fresh help for solar power...
China's Xinjiang hit by violence BBC News | The city of Urumqi in China's restive Xinjiang region has been hit by violence with cars burned and traffic blocked, Chinese state media says. | An unspecified number of people also attacked passers-by and damaged property, Xinhua news agency said. | Police had rushed to the area to maintain order, the agency said. | Xinjiang, in the far west of ...
Boehner Reaches Into Bag of Tricks to Disrupt Democrats The New York Times | WASHINGTON - Representative John A. Boehner came to Washington in 1991 as a rabble-rousing Republican willing to disrupt the House to score points against powerful Democrats. Now, as the House Republican leader in a town again dominated by Democrats, the Ohioan is back to his old tricks. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Doug Mills/The Ne...