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Japan notes China's 'restraint' of protestsTokyo (AFP) Sept 19, 2010 Tokyo said on Sunday Beijing had helped restrain protests over the arrest of a Chinese captain for ramming his trawler against Japanese patrol boats near a disputed island chain. Rallies were staged in Beijing and other Chinese cities on Saturday, marking the highly sensitive anniversary of Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931, to voice anger over the arrest which has sparked a major diplomatic row. But Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara played down the significance of the demonstrations, ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2010Former US president Jimmy Carter said that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il denied in talks with China that he would anoint his youngest son as his heir, as believed by many analysts. Carter, who last month visited North Korea to free a detained American, said he later spoke about his trip with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao who told the former president about his recent talks with Kim Jong-Il. ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Sep 16, 2010 After months of strained relations, U.S. Defense Department officials say they have received encouraging signs in Chinese designs to renew military-to-military relations with the United States ahead of talks between the two countries' presidents early next year. The changing course of relations was revealed after talks between Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commiss ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2010China on Thursday called for "concrete actions" from Japan to resolve a bitter diplomatic row, as Tokyo warned its citizens to remain vigilant ahead of possible protests in major Chinese cities. The Asian neighbours are entangled in their worst spat in years, stemming from the collision last week of a Chinese fishing trawler and two Japanese coastguard vessels near a disputed island chain in ... more |
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E-readers yet to win mass market in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 Zhang Li started selling e-readers in Beijing six months ago, hoping to cash in on what she believed would be an inevitable market boom. Now, she's not so sure she made the right call. The immense popularity of versatile tablet computers including Apple's iPad - which will be officially launched Friday in China - and the relatively high prices of e-readers have so far kept the sector from blossoming, experts say. "Sales of e-readers just do not compare with those of smartphones or tablet compu ... read more |
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