Jan 10 2011
BEIJING — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and his Chinese counterpart said Monday that they would look for ways to deepen military cooperation, but tensions over Taiwan arm sales and China’s modernization of its armed forces remained...
Apr 13 2010
China will chart its own course in reforming the yuan, President Hu Jintao said as President Barack Obama renewed his call for a more flexible Chinese currency. The two heads of state, meeting for the first time since Sino-U.S. tensions over the yuan...
Sep 10 2009
1-year-old girl from China is waiting to have an operation after doctors discovered she was carrying her parasitic twin. Kang Mengru left doctors baffled after her belly became enlarged, The Sun reported. They carried out a CT scan to discover the...
Sep 8 2009
An explosion at an illegal coal mine killed 35 miners in central China’s Henan province Tuesday and left another 44 men trapped, the government said. An initial investigation showed that the mine in Pingdingshan city had been operating illegally...
Sep 3 2009
Fresh protests have been reported in the province of Xinjiang in western China, where almost 200 people were killed in ethnic violence in July. Hundreds of ethnic Han Chinese are thought to be holding demonstrations in the capital, Urumqi. Members of...
Jul 30 2009
On November 5, 2008, the Chinese government released a policy paper on Latin America and the Caribbean, as it had previously done so for Europe in 2003 and for Africa in 2006. Although it may not come as a huge surprise that Latin America is the most...
Jul 8 2009
Some women glared through their black veils at the paramilitary troops encircling them. Others held identity cards of missing relatives in the air. Fists raised, tears in their eyes, they demanded the release of sons and husbands seized by the police...
May 28 2009
As General Motors heads toward insolvency, the company that was once the biggest on the planet is still riding high in the world’s most populous country. China is one bright spot in GM’s dismal fortunes, but U.S. consumer activists have...
Oct 17 2008
The panels can charge the battery enough for a 3-mile trip in just one hour. After a full charge of 30 hours in the sun, the car can travel up to 90 miles.
Oct 13 2008
As i was pondering in my pondering chair, over entitlement of transitioned states of matter (what to call melted froghurt) i suddenly became bored, so i did what every man does when they are bored, i watched porn. Luckily my pondering chair also doubles...