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China grooms Latin nations as springboardSantiago, Chile (UPI) Jul 28, 2010 China is actively grooming at least three Latin American states as potential springboards for exploring and exploiting greater business and investment opportunities on the continent, new U.N. data indicated. Chinese President Hu Jintao embarked on a high-profile, bridge-building official tour in the region in April but cut it short to return home after an earthquake hit western China. He visited Brazil but canceled stops in Venezuela and Chile. Chile, itself hit by a major temblor in Feb ... read more |
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Tokyo (AFP) July 27, 2010Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to seek an early conclusion to talks over plans to jointly exploit oil and gas fields in a disputed area of the East China Sea, officials said. Senior government officials from the two countries met at the Japanese foreign ministry in Tokyo in the first talks on the matter since their leaders pledged to tackle the issue at a summit in May. "The two sides ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 27, 2010The slowdown in China's economy will stabilise and there is little risk of a double dip recession, the central bank said Tuesday, amid fears the Asian giant was running out of steam. The world's third largest economy grew 10.3 percent in the second quarter, compared with 11.9 percent in the first three months, as government tightening measures started to bite, the People's Bank of China (PBo ... more  
Masinloc, Philippines (AFP) July 27, 2010Philippine police said Tuesday they had detained 80 Chinese nationals illegally working at a mine site north of Manila. The workers have been held since Thursday when mining authorities, police and soldiers raided the chromite mining site at Masinloc, 150 kilometres (90 miles) northwest of the capital, police said. The site was operated by Filipino firm Compania Minera Tubajon, police sa ... more |
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Japan panel moots major defence policy shift: reportsTokyo (AFP) July 27, 2010 A government panel will recommend that Japan relax longstanding defence guidelines to prepare for "contingencies" in the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan Strait, reports said Tuesday. The recommendation, to be submitted to Prime Minister Naoto Kan early next month, will be made by experts tasked with updating the national defence guidelines to be formulated in December, the Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun reported, without disclosing sources. The draft recommendation, obtained by the two newspapers ... read more |
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