China says space plans peaceful
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry insisted on Thursday that the country's intentions in space were peaceful, after comments from top air force brass preparing to celebrate a 60th anniversary worried analysts in the United States.
Nations:U.S. India China Activities:China-U.S. Military Relations Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-05
Trade opens on China's Nasdaq-style board
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Trading opened Friday on China's long-awaited Nasdaq-style board, ChiNext, with all 28 listed small- and medium-sized firms rocketing in early trade on fevered interest from investors.
Nations:China Activities:Chinese Markets Source:(AFP)
2009-10-29
What crisis? China's billionaires live it up
BEIJING (AFP) - While the rest of the world struggles to bounce back from the global financial crisis, China's billionaires are living large, snapping up luxury products at a breathtaking pace.
Nations:China Activities:China Wealth Gap Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
Ford taps China's Geely as favored bidder for Volvo
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ford Motor Co., the number-two US automaker, said Wednesday it had tapped Chinese peer Geely as preferred bidder for Volvo Cars, its premium Swedish nameplate.
Nations:Sweden U.S. Activities:2009 Geely Bidding Volvo Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
China to pursue trade case against US automakers
WASHINGTON - China has told the U.S. that it will take steps that could lead to higher tariffs on imports of autos made by GM, Chrysler and Ford.
Nations:China People:Gary Locke Activities:China-U.S. Trade Ties Source:(AP)
2009-10-28
Microsoft launches Windows 7
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft's much-heralded Windows 7 went on sale around the world Thursday as the US software giant seeks to reboot after the disappointment of its previous generation operating system Vista.
Nations:U.S. People:Steve Ballmer
2009-10-22
Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus
OKLAHOMA CITY - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-22
Rivals China, India in escalating war of words
Beijing - China and India have taken a vituperative war of words and diplomatic barbs to an unusual level of tension in recent days, prompting fears that the traditional rivalry between the two Asian giants could spin out of control.
Nations:India Pakistan China Nepal People:Dalai Lama Activities:Kashmir Conflict China-India Territorial Disputes Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-10-20
Iraq approves oil deal with BP-led consortium
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government said Saturday it has approved a contract with a British-Chinese consortium to develop a prized oil field in southern Iraq, a significant achievement for a country that has struggled to attract foreign investors despite its vast natural resource wealth.
Nations:Iraq Russia Activities:Iraqi Oil Industry Source:(AP)
2009-10-17
China sentences 3 more to death for Xinjiang riot
BEIJING - China sentenced three more people to death Thursday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bringing to nine the number of people facing execution for the unrest.
Nations:China Activities:2009 Xinjiang Riot Source:(AP)
2009-10-15
China sentences six more to die for Xinjiang unrest
BEIJING (AFP) - A court in western China's Xinjiang region on Thursday sentenced six more people to death over deadly ethnic unrest in July, the state Xinhua news agency reported, bringing the total to 12.
Activities:2009 Xinjiang Riot Source:(AFP)
2009-10-14
Huge dinosaur find in China 'may include new species'
BEIJING (AFP) - Paleontologists in east China may have discovered the remains of a new species of dinosaur at what is said to be the world's largest group of fossilised dinosaur bones, state media said Wednesday.
Nations:China Source:(AFP)
2009-10-14
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