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92 perish in China mine disaster: state media

92 perish in China mine disaster: state media
AFP - Monday, November 23

HEGANG, China (AFP) - - The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China climbed to 92 on Sunday as rescuers hunted for 16 workers still trapped deep underground in the nation's deadliest mine disaster in two years. More »

  • Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets US asylum: supporters

    Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets US asylum: supporters

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The United States has granted political asylum to the wife and children of jailed Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong who the family says is suffering abuse, supporters said Saturday.

  • Dalai Lama praises Obama on Tibet issue

    Dalai Lama praises Obama on Tibet issue

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday praised US President Barack Obama for taking up the issue of Tibet "very seriously" with Chinese leaders on his recent trip to China.

  • 11 dead, 118 trapped after China mine blast: media

    11 dead, 118 trapped after China mine blast: media

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    BEIJING (AFP) - - An explosion at a mine in northeast China early Saturday killed 11 workers and left 118 trapped, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.

  • China's Wen welcomes new EU president post

    China's Wen welcomes new EU president post

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday congratulated the European Union for creating the new posts of president and foreign policy chief, calling it a "step forward" for EU integration.

  • Chinese defence chief to visit N.Korea: media

    Chinese defence chief to visit N.Korea: media

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.

  • China orders more accurate swine flu tallies

    China orders more accurate swine flu tallies

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    BEIJING (AFP) - - China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu deaths after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak claimed the true number of fatalities was being covered up.

  • Japan, China agree to improve military, political exchanges

    Japan, China agree to improve military, political exchanges

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    TOKYO (AFP) - - The foreign ministers of Japan and China agreed Thursday to advance political and military exchanges in a bid to foster mutual trust, a Japanese diplomat said.

  • China tightens supervision of online games

    China tightens supervision of online games

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    BEIJING (AFP) - - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.

  • Afghan minister accused of major bribery: report

    Afghan minister accused of major bribery: report

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Afghanistan's minister of mines accepted a 30-million-dollar bribe to award a huge development project to a Chinese state firm, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a US official.

  • Desperate parents roam China to find kidnapped children

    Desperate parents roam China to find kidnapped children

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    ZHENGZHOU, China (AFP) - - Hu Xiaojiao was watching an undercover report about forced labour at a brick kiln in the midst of a slavery scandal in China two years ago when she saw her missing adult son in the video.

  • Tibetan cause faces 'setback' when Dalai Lama dies

    Tibetan cause faces 'setback' when Dalai Lama dies

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    ROME (AFP) - - The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday his death would be a "setback" for Tibetans' struggle, but that he was confident the next generation would carry on his torch.

  • N.Korea nuke talks top Obama agenda in Seoul

    N.Korea nuke talks top Obama agenda in Seoul

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SEOUL (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea Wednesday on the last leg of his debut Asian tour, with North Korea's nuclear programme due to top the agenda after three days of negotiations in China.

  • Obama wraps up China trip with PM talks, Great Wall

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BEIJING (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama wrapped up his first trip to China on Wednesday by meeting Premier Wen Jiabao, who said the two nations were better off as partners not rivals, and visiting the Great Wall.

  • Hong Kong's 'spiders' stick to bamboo scaffolding

    Hong Kong's 'spiders' stick to bamboo scaffolding

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - Nicknamed "spiders" for their gravity-defying skills in web-like constructions, Hong Kong's bamboo scaffolders have risen above predictions that their trade would disappear.

  • China, US call for resumption of N.Korea talks

    China, US call for resumption of N.Korea talks

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    BEIJING (AFP) - - China and the United States want talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme to resume "as soon as possible", US President Barack Obama said Tuesday after talks with his host Hu Jintao.

  • Obama urges early China talks with Dalai Lama reps

    Obama urges early China talks with Dalai Lama reps

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    BEIJING (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao that he backs an early resumption of talks between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama.

  • N.Korea kidnapped Chinese in refugee crackdown: report

    N.Korea kidnapped Chinese in refugee crackdown: report

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    SEOUL (AFP) - - Pyongyang's agents over the past decade abducted about 200 Chinese citizens as part of a campaign to stop people from fleeing North Korea, a news report said Tuesday.

  • China fuels US foreign student boom

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Soaring interest by Chinese students has led to record foreign enrollment at US universities, offering a potential boon to the United States both economically and politically, a study said.

  • CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt

    CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A CNN correspondent said Monday she was detained byChinese security guards in Shanghai for two hours for displaying a T-shirt on camera depicting US President Barack Obama as Mao Zedong.

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