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China defense minister to visit USWashington (AFP) May 2, 2012 Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will visit the United States next week to meet his US counterpart Leon Panetta as the two nations seek to shore up testy relations, officials said Wednesday. "The reason for the visit on Monday is to attempt to further strengthen our military relation and contacts with the Chinese," said Pentagon spokesman George Little. Liang will visit several US military bases, especially a naval base in San Diego, the Marine base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, and ... read more |
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 China violated Indian airspace in March: minister China breached Indian airspace twice in March, a minister said Wednesday, adding the intrusions were reported to Beijing to "facilitate maintenance of peace" between the two Asian giants. ... more | .. |
 Energy, economy top EU talks with China's likely premier China's premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang flew in to Brussels on Tuesday for a visit aimed at tightening the bond between the two trade giants with a slew of energy deals and economic pacts. ... more | .. |
 Clinton heads to China as dissident case looms Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to China Tuesday as US officials raced to find a solution to a sensitive row over a top dissident reportedly holed up at the US embassy in Beijing. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Jurassic pain: Giant 'flea-like' insects plagued dinosaurs 165 million years ago It takes a gutsy insect to sneak up on a huge dinosaur while it sleeps, crawl onto its soft underbelly and give it a bite that might have felt like a needle going in - but giant "flea-like" animals, ... more | .. |
  Chen appeals to Obama to help him leave China: CNN Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng appealed to US President Barack Obama to help get him and his family out of China, saying he fears for his life just hours after leaving the US embassy in Beijing. ... more | .. |
 China activist leaves US embassy after deal with Beijing Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng on Wednesday "reluctantly" left the US embassy where he had sought protection after fleeing house arrest, following a deal with Beijing, a US-based rights group said. ... more | .. |
China demands apology as activist leaves US embassy Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has left the US embassy to seek medical care and join his family, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing demanded a US apology on the eve of key talks between the two powers. ... more |
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Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia
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Heritage conservation, Chinese style: demolition Beijing has announced plans to rebuild some of the gates in its long-lost imperial city wall: such is the way of heritage in China, where conservation often means demolition and putting up a replica. ... more | .. |
  Can Nature's Beauty Lift Citizens From Poverty? Using nature's beauty as a tourist draw can boost conservation in China's valued panda preserves, but it isn't an automatic ticket out of poverty for the humans who live there, a unique long-term st ... more | .. |
China, US in talks to allow Chen to leave: activist Beijing and Washington are working on a deal to allow rights activist Chen Guangcheng to leave China for the United States with his family after he fled house arrest, a fellow activist said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Philippines asks US for radars, patrol boats and aircraft The Philippines said Wednesday it has asked the United States to supply its armed forces with patrol boats and aircraft as well as radar systems amid an escalating territorial dispute with China. ... more |
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  China and India manufacturing boosts recovery hopes Factory activity picked up pace in Asia with China showing stronger momentum and India also gathering steam, according to business surveys released on Wednesday, buoying recovery hopes in the region. ... more | .. |
 UN gives Sudan, South Sudan 48 hours to halt hostilities The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution giving Sudan and South Sudan 48 hours to halt hostilities or face potential sanctions. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan sets up airborne unit for Spratlys Taiwan's defence ministry said Wednesday that it has formed a special airborne unit capable of scrambling to the contested Spratly islands in just hours, as tensions in the South China Sea mounted. ... more | .. |
 China posed for more investment in shale? China invested $222 million in its shale gas sector last year, a government official said. ... more |
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Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique
Eight dead, 17 hurt, in China school knife attack; Police formally arrest car ramming suspect
COP16 biodiversity finance deal for 'early 2025': presidency | .. |
 Brazil's gas find heralds a 'golden age' Brazil says natural gas finds on land herald a golden age of the energy resource and will likely reduce dependence on gas imports from Bolivia. ... more | .. |
  China launches two navigation satellites China successfully launched two satellites into space at 4:50 a.m. Beijing Time Monday, the 12th and 13th satellites for its Beidou global navigation and positioning network, the launch center said. ... more | .. |
 US shores up ties in Asia push The United States is embarking on two weeks of intense diplomacy on Asia as it seeks to rekindle friendly ties with Japan and India while managing an often fractious relationship with China. ... more | .. |
 China manufacturing at 13-month high China's manufacturing activity rose in April to a 13-month high, official data showed Tuesday, indicating the world's number two economy may have bottomed out in the second quarter. ... more |
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  Australian rare earths miner sues Malaysian opponents Australian rare earths miner Lynas has launched legal action against the most vitriolic opponents of its proposed plant in Malaysia following fierce criticism that it is unsafe. ... more | .. |
Student-devised process would prep shale gas for sale A team of Rice University students accepted a challenge to turn shale gas produced in China into a range of useful, profitable and environmentally friendly products and did so in a cost-effective ma ... more | .. |
 China sets fines for Bohai oil spill China has ordered oil giant ConocoPhillips and China National Offshore Oil Corp. to pay $269 million for oil spills at a Bohai Bay oilfield run by Conoco. ... more | .. |
 Obama, Japanese PM meet at White House President Barack Obama welcomed Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to the White House Monday, as Japan and the United States look to reinvigorate defense ties after a rocky few years. ... more |
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US Russian officials disagree over International Space Station leak severity
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China, US face damaging fallout from activist's flight The escape of a Chinese activist championed by Washington and now said to be under US protection is hugely embarrassing for Beijing and comes at the worst possible time ahead of US-China talks, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  China raises profile as Tonga rebuilds after riots Jason Ng wasn't living in Tonga in 2006 when riots, which had Chinese-owned small businesses among their targets, left eight people dead and the centre of the capital Nuku'alofa a smouldering ruin. ... more | .. |
 Disbelief in village over China activist's daring escape As the daring escape from house arrest of Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng makes world headlines, locals in his village expressed disbelief that "the blind man" could flee the intense security surrounding him. ... more | .. |
  China says shuts Coke plant after chlorine reports Coca-Cola has been ordered to temporarily halt production at a bottling plant in northern China after media reports of chlorine in its products, according to a government statement. ... more |
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Chinese activist in US embassy: fellow dissident Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is holed up in the US embassy in Beijing but is not seeking asylum, another rights activist said Monday as the spectre of a China-US diplomatic wrangle loomed. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong delays China patriotism lessons Hong Kong said Monday it would delay the introduction of mandatory "national education" classes, which have been criticised as a bid to brainwash children with Chinese patriotism. ... more | .. |
China to loan South Sudan $8 billion, Juba says China has agreed to loan oil-rich South Sudan eight billion dollars for infrastructure development, Juba government spokesman Barnaba Mariel Benjamin said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Chinese tastes impact global car designs As more and more Chinese buy cars, automakers say consumer tastes in the Asian nation have a growing influence on vehicle design the world over. ... more |
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