After 60 years, China's Communists mean business
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shortly after the Communist Party took power in China, capitalists in Shanghai paraded through the streets with drums and flags, asking the Party to take over their businesses.
Nations:China People:Deng Xiaoping Activities:PRC 60th Anniversary Source:(Reuters)
2009-09-29
Non-embryonic stem cells pass major hurdle in mice
WASHINGTON - Two teams of Chinese scientists have made a major advance in mice in the development of a new kind of stem cell that doesn't involve destroying embryos.
Nations:China Source:(AP)
2009-07-23
Australia presses China on Rio Tinto arrest
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia on Saturday made high-level representations in China over the arrest of a top mining executive on bribery claims, as diplomatic tensions deepened between the key trading partners.
Nations:Australia China Canada India New Zealand People:Kevin Rudd Activities:2009 Rio Tinto Spy Case Source:(AFP)
2009-07-11
US House Speaker Pelosi due in China
BEIJING (AFP) - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's rule over Tibet and its rights record, was to arrive in Shanghai Sunday for a trip focused on energy and climate change.
Nations:China People:John Kerry Nancy Pelosi Activities:China-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2009-05-24
Censor-defying Chinese director back at Cannes
BEIJING (AFP) - Defying the authorities, controversial Chinese director Lou Ye is offering a movie on love and homosexuality at the Cannes film festival this week that was shot on the quiet in east China despite a state work ban.
Nations:China People:Lou Ye Zhang Ziyi Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival Source:(AFP)
2009-05-11
China tracks Mexico plane passengers over flu
BEIJING (AFP) - China was searching Saturday for passengers on a flight to Shanghai with a man who was diagnosed with swine flu after landing in Hong Kong, bringing the disease dangerously close to the mainland and its massive population.
Nations:China Hong Kong Mexico South Korea Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AFP)
2009-05-02
Flu fighters warn against complacency, seek clues
MEXICO CITY - The leader of an international team helping Mexico face down the swine flu outbreak said it should soon learn whether the epidemic is stabilizing, but with global apprehension on the rise, Hong Kong sealed 350 tourists and employees inside a hotel.
Nations:Mexico Hong Kong Israel New Zealand U.S. China People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-05-02
China suspends flights from Mexico
BEIJING - China has suspended flights from Mexico to Shanghai, state media reported Saturday, after a Mexican man who arrived in Hong Kong from Shanghai tested positive Friday for the swine flu virus.
Nations:Mexico China Hong Kong Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AFP)
2009-05-02
Sydney first major city to mark Earth Hour 2009
SYDNEY - The floodlit cream shells of the famed Opera House dimmed Saturday as Sydney became the world's first major city to plunge itself into darkness for the second worldwide Earth Hour, a global campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
Nations:New Zealand Denmark Thailand China Hong Kong South Africa People:Ban Ki-moon Abhisit Vejjajiva Dalai Lama Cate Blanchett Source:(AP)
2009-03-28
Chinese utility tries to join electricity pioneers
BEIJING - As companies abroad slash spending to ride out a global slump, China's biggest utility is pouring money into the multibillion-dollar field of electric power transmission.
Nations:Brazil China India South Africa Italy U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-02-21
China to lend relics to Taiwan: state media
BEIJING (AFP) - China's national museum will lend some prized cultural artifacts to Taiwan's Palace Museum in what could become a long-hoped for exchange programme between the two rivals, officials and media said Monday.
Nations:Taiwan China People:Ma Ying-jeou Source:(AFP)
2009-02-17
China's surge of college graduates finds white-collar work elusive
As if college seniors hadn't watched their job prospects sink low enough.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Job Crisis Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-02-04
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