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![]() Xi'An, China (AFP) April 28, 2010 French President Nicolas Sarkozy begins a visit to China on Wednesday aimed at reinvigorating ties tested two years ago over Tibet and at winning support from Beijing on new Iranian sanctions. The French president, making his second state visit to China, will meet the country's top leaders including his opposite number Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing before heading to Shanghai for the start of the World Expo. Sarkozy - who will be accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and a de ... read more |
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China quake rescue effort ends, reconstruction begins![]() Search and rescue work has ended in China's Himalayan region following this month's deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake, with the government urging greater reconstruction efforts, state media said Sunday. "The focus should now be shifted from searching for quake victims and treating the injured... to resettling survivors, restoring social order and carrying out reconstruction," Xinhua news agenc ... more Three dead as sandstorms blanket northwest China ![]() Violent sandstorms engulfed northwest China Sunday, leaving three people dead and one missing, as visibility dropped to near zero. The region was swept by a blast of cold weather, stirring up clouds of dust and sand in weather expected to continue through to Monday, the state meteorological administration reported. On Saturday the violent storms in Xinjiang's Turpan region left three peo ... more China buying may help Latam recovery: IMF ![]() China's voracious appetite for commodities and raw materials may be helping Latin American economic recovery, though doubts persist about Chile after the Feb. 27 earthquake and Argentina and Venezuela over political uncertainties. The unclear economic outlook for some of the Latin American countries was cited by analysts after the International Monetary Fund published regional assessmen ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) April 23, 2010 China's top leadership has decided to ramp up development in its restive Xinjiang region, state media said Friday, where ethnic Uighurs have long complained of missing out on economic growth. The decision was taken in a meeting of the ruling Communist Party's powerful nine-member inner circle presided over by President Hu Jintao, the official Xinhua news agency said. It said the move was aimed at securing "long-term social stability in the region", which was torn by violence between mainly Musli ... read more |
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