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Japan trading firms say China blocked rare earths exportsTokyo (AFP) Sept 24, 2010 China blocked rare earth exports to Japan days before Tokyo's decision Friday to free a Chinese boat captain whose detention sparked the worst diplomatic row between the sides in years, traders said. Beijing denied reports it had prevented shipments of the rare minerals that many of Japan's top exporters, such as the world's biggest automaker Toyota, rely on to make cutting-edge products ranging from car batteries to computers. But traders in Tokyo said that China had blocked exports to Japan ... read more |
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United Nations (AFP) Sept 23, 2010President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Thursday amid rising tensions over Beijing's currency policy and as China is locked in a maritime showdown with key US ally Japan. The two men, meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, noted common efforts on the global economy, climate change, non-proliferation and other issues, as they spoke to reporters befo ... more  
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 23, 2010China, which has a tangle of territorial disputes with a number of its Asian neighbours, has been asserting its claims more aggressively in recent months. Here are details on some of the more troublesome conflicting claims, which range from stretches of the frozen Himalayan border to tiny islets and rocks in the resource-rich South China Sea. South China Sea - Paracel and Spratly Island ... more  
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 23, 2010China successfully launched a remote-sensing satellite "Yaogan XI" Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province. The satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 2-D carrier rocket at 10:42 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the center. The satellite will be used to conduct scientific experiment, carry out surveys on land resources, estima ... more |
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China, Japan, US top list of world seafood consumers: studyWashington (AFP) Sept 22, 2010 China is the world's top seafood consumer, followed by Japan and the United States, a trio leading an "unsustainable" assault on global fish stocks, according to a new study which measures the impact of fishing practices. The study, written up in October's National Geographic magazine, found that China's enormous population gives it the world's biggest "seafood print" - 694 million metric tonnes of the sea's resources consumed each year. Japan has a seafood print of 582 million metric tonnes wh ... read more |
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