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NASA chief to visit ChinaWashington (AFP) Oct 12, 2010 NASA chief Charles Bolden will make an official visit to China October 16-21, a spokesman for the US space agency said Tuesday. The visit was first announced in November 2009 during a visit to China by President Barack Obama but no dates had been set until now, NASA spokesman Michael Cabbage said. He provided no agenda for the visit. Representative John Culberson, a Republican from Texas, raised objections to the trip in a letter to President Barack Obama, saying the US Congress should have been ... read more |
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Hanoi (AFP) Oct 10, 2010Thousands of goose-stepping soldiers marched past the tomb of Vietnam's founding president Ho Chi Minh on Sunday for the country's largest military display in years. The parade, part of a ceremony for the city of Hanoi's millennium celebrations, is a display of national pride that also sends a subtle message to Vietnam's giant neighbour China with the two sides in dispute over territory in t ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Oct 11, 2010 While China fumes over the Nobel Peace Prize going to a jailed dissident, his wife is under house arrest for informing him of his award. The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China," a statement from the Nobel awarding committee in Oslo, Norway, said. But "the incarcerated Chinese criminal," as ... more  
Tianjin, China (UPI) Oct 11, 2010 Climate change negotiations in Tianjin, China ended Saturday with little progress and dim prospects for a concrete outcome at the Cancun, Mexico, summit beginning late November. Tianjin was the fourth round of climate talks since last December's climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, which failed to reach an agreement that included legally binding emissions. Negotiators in Tianji ... more |
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Beijing softens tone over S.China Sea disputes: US officialHanoi (AFP) Oct 12, 2010 Beijing appears to be adopting a slightly more conciliatory tone over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, backing away from describing the area as part of its "core interests," a US official said Tuesday. Chinese officials in recent months reportedly described the South China Sea in diplomatic talks as among the country's "core interests," raising the stakes and putting the issue on a par with Tibet or Taiwan. "They now, at least in some of our interactions with them, appear to have bac ... read more |
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