New strategies for 'democratizing' China Asia Times | By James Gomez | Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. if you are interested in contributing. | Various China-related democracy issues need to be integrated through a broad and overarching theme and coordinated from closer locations in Asia. T...
China made easy: Tourism highlights CNN | (Travel + Leisure) -- China can seem as impenetrable as it is imposing. Consider the numbers: it's the world's most populous nation (1.3 billion), where more than 100 cities have populations over a million. Fifty-six ethnic groups are spread across 22 wildly distinct provinces and five autonomous ...
Exports 'endangering' shark species The Australian | THE Federal Government is under pressure to declare the Coral Sea a safe haven for sharks as new figures show a rise in shark product exports. | WWF Australia said the latest data from the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service shows more tha...
Beach Volleyball-China team's fate lies with government The Guardian By Lee Chyen Yee BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - National beach volleyball players around the world decide on their own partners, but in Communist China, it is the government which makes up the pairs. Even the two teams who made the women's semi-finals a...
China unlikely to go to war over Taiwan, says defence expert The Australian | CHINA is unlikely to be a military threat and the chances of a conflict over Taiwan are diminishing, according to a US defence expert. | Jonathan Pollack, professor of Asian and Pacific studies at the US Naval War College, told The Australian that ...
China seizes 300 Bibles from US group – missionary Inquirer | BEIJING -- Airport customs officials in southwestern China seized 300 Bibles from four Americans on Sunday, saying it was illegal to bring the books into the country, a US missionary among them said. | Pat Klein, who runs a group called Vision Beyo...
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Bush Says It's "Important to Engage" China CBS News This story was written by Michael Abramowitz. | Three days before he is set to arrive in Beijing for the Olympics, President Bush offered a mixed assessment of China's role in the ...
China to ease economic brakes Asia Times | By Olivia Chung | HONG KONG - China's leaders at the end of last month used a series of meetings to set the tone for macroeconomic policy for the second half of the year, with pr...
China strengthens its role in Kyrgyzstan Asia Times | By Daniel Allen | BEIJING - At the high-altitude Irkeshtam border crossing a convoy of shiny Chinese rigs waits to cross into Kyrgyzstan. Facing the deserted vehicles, a snaking ...
China says floods kill 112 as more rain is forecast International Herald Tribune | : Weeks of rain pushed rivers over their banks in southern China, killing at least 112 people, displacing more than 1.27 million and forcing some to huddle on rooftops as the region braced for more downpours. | The deaths have been reported in 12 p...
Heavy rains in China leave scores dead or missing Mail Guardian South Africa Heavy rains in southern and eastern China have left at least 62 people dead or missing, while over one million residents have been evacuated, the government and state media said on Sunday. | Rains were expected to further pound southern China in the ...
China tightens regulations on Macao's casinos Daily Yomiuri | MACAO--The Chinese government is tightening regulations on the construction of new casinos in Macao, as well as restricting the movement of Chinese nationals to that area, fearing the booming casino industry may undermine Macao's economy and social...
China hopes to attract more US college students The Press Democrat | But even before the 2008 Games, China was already on its way as the hot new destination for study abroad. | There are almost certainly at least 10,000 U.S. students now enrolled annually in programs in China, up fivefold from a decade ago. China is the seventh most popular destination for U.S. students, according to the Institute of International...
Former PM hammers Harper for unforgivable snub of China Canada Dot Com | QUEBEC - Stephen Harper made a political blunder by failing to attend the Olympic opening ceremonies in China, Jean Chretien charged Monday as he denounced the sitting prime minister for burning bridges and undoing decades of goodwill between the two countries with his swipes at the emerging superpower. | The Chinese will not likely forgive the C...
