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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. More »

  • 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.

  • Pedestrians are seen entering a metro station in front of a shopping mall in Shanghai. The nation's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, fell 0.5 percent in October compared with the same month a year earlier, after falling 1.1 percent in the first nine months of the year.

    Mixed figures on China's economy

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    BEIJING (AFP) - - Industrial production and retail sales picked up pace in China in October, while consumer prices continued to fall, according to official data.

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