Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in North Korea on highly anticipated state visitPYONGYANG, North Korea — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived Sunday in North Korea on a highly anticipated state visit amid signs the North may be willing to restart dialogue over its nuclear programs following months of resistance. Internet helps young Chinese shineBEIJING - Website business manger Shao Yibei describes herself as “a tiny waterdrop in the ocean of Chinese netizens longing to shine”. But she never knew she would shine overnight. Pilots hope balloons make it back from China in time for NM balloon fiestaALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has negotiated for the release of U.S. hostages in Iraq, Sudan and North Korea. Now he’s trying to work diplomatic magic for Coco the Clown, Darth Vader and Burnie the Little Devil. Premier: Taiwan needs to maintain defense against China while pursuing peaceful tiesTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan needs to maintain its defense against China while pursuing peaceful cross-strait relations, the island’s premier said Thursday, as Beijing staged its biggest-ever military parade to celebrate the 60th anniversary of communist rule. With tanks, troops and kitsch, China celebrates 60 years of communist rule and its new powerCommunist China marks 60 years with tanks, kitsch BEIJING — Jets, tanks and missile-toting trucks thundered through Beijing on Thursday in a show of military muscle to celebrate six decades of communist rule and China’s transformation from a war-battered regional player into global economic superpower. Chinese weathermen on guard against bad weather on National DayBEIJING - Nearly 400 scientists, satellites, cloud-probing lasers and a squadron of transport planes to sprinkle liquid nitrogen on clouds were deployed in Beijing with one mission - to ensure good weather over the city as China celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Peoples Republic Thursday. Cannon firing, flag raising marks 60th anniversary celebration of ChinaBEIJING - A grand flag-raising ceremony, firing cannons and a march past down a red carpet in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China on Thursday. Parade, pageants highlight China’s 60-year rise in world stageBEIJING - Military and civilian marchers accompanied by floats turned Tian’anmen Square into a scene of joyous celebration here Thursday as China celebrated the 60th birthday of the People’s Republic. Military parade marking 60 years of communist rule in China stirs both pride and uneaseBEIJING — China celebrated its rise to a world power over 60 years of Communist rule Thursday, staging its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with over 100,000 marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism — and some unease. US and Western allies ready to talk with Iran _ or work on new sanctionsGEMEVA — The U.S. and five other world powers began high-stakes talks Thursday with Iran to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, with a senior U.S. official saying Washington is open to rare one-on-one talks with Iranian diplomats. China orders crackdown on industrial overcapacity; steel, aluminum, cement targetedBEIJING — China announced sweeping curbs on surging investment in steelmaking, cement and other industries, warning that chaotic overexpansion was raising the danger of job losses and trouble for banks. China says profits at major industrial companies fell 10.6 percent in first 8 monthsBEIJING — Profits at China’s oil producers, steel makers and other major industrial companies fell 10.6 percent in the first eight months of 2009 from the same period a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Sunday. Analysis: US has high ground in Iran talks but unlikely to budge Tehran on nuclear programWASHINGTON — The Obama administration has gained the high ground in upcoming talks with Iran, but Tehran — famous for diplomatic stall tactics — will probably leave the Geneva negotiations having bought still more time to pursue its nuclear ambitions. Study says China earthquake a once in 4,000 years event that ruptured multiple faultsBEIJING — China’s devastating earthquake last year that left some 90,000 people dead or missing was caused by a geological event that occurs about once every 4,000 years, a study led by Chinese researchers said Sunday. Fog and SWAT teams settle on downtown Beijing ahead of massive military paradeBEIJING — China’s capital was wrapped in tight security and thick fog Wednesday as police blocked off Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and other popular tourist landmarks ahead of a massive parade marking 60 years of communist rule. Communist China at 60: Each family in richest village has house and car awarded by communityHUAXI, China — Public loudspeakers in the central square blare the village anthem hourly: “If you want to see a miracle, come to Huaxi.” Not that any reminders are needed. NKorea’s state media says Chinese Premier Wen to visit NKorea next weekSEOUL, South Korea — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will travel to North Korea next week, Pyongyang’s state media said Monday, amid a flurry of international efforts to convince the reclusive regime to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. China plans 60th anniversary with huge ‘ideology’ showBEIJING - “Democracy” is taking a minor role in Thursday’s show marking 60 years of the People’s Republic of China, upstaged by the ruling Communist Party’s invitation-only celebration of its own history, ideology and military prowess. Chinese becoming terror, crime targetsBEIJING - China’s Vice-Foreign Minister Song Tao has said that the people of his country are increasingly becoming victims of foreign criminals and terrorists as China’s profile on the world stage changes. China urges US to ‘create condition’ for military relationsBEIJING - China Tuesday urged the US to create conditions for the development of stable military-to-military relations. SCO prime ministers’ meet in BeijingBEIJING - The annual prime ministers’ meet of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held in Beijing Oct 14, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu announced here Tuesday. Putin to visit China next monthBEIJING - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit China Oct 12-14 to meet Chinese leaders and attend a Central Asian security summit, China’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. Chinese Premier to persuade N. Korea to resume six-nation talksBEIJING - Keen to bring Pyongyang back to the multilateral negotiation table, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) early next week. China completes highest resolution 3D map of moonBEIJING - Chinese experts Monday announced that the country’s space scientists have completed the world’s highest-resolution three-dimensional map of the moon. China celebrates 2,560th birth anniversary of ConfuciusBEIJING - China Monday celebrated the 2,560th birth anniversary of ancient philosopher and thinker Confucius. China to unveil new missile types on National DayBEIJING - China plans to reveal previously undisclosed technologies in the 108 missiles that it possesses during Thursday’s National Day parade here, a senior Chinese military commander has said. Hong Kong publisher to issue banned Chinese history book critical of authoritarian ruleHONG KONG — A Hong Kong publisher best known for a memoir of the Chinese premier ousted for opposing a crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square is releasing a critique of authoritarian rule that is banned in mainland China. China charges 21 people with murder following its worst ethnic violence in decadesBEIJING — China issued its first indictments Friday in connection with July’s bloody rioting between minority Muslim Uighurs and majority Han Chinese, the country’s worst outbreak of ethnic violence in decades. China charges 21 with murder in July riots that left nearly 200 dead in XinjiangBEIJING — Chinese prosecutors brought murder and arson charges Friday against 21 people arrested in connection with riots in July that left nearly 200 dead in Urumqi. Government think tank says China’s 2009 auto sales should reach 12.6 million, up 35 percentBEIJING — China’s auto sales should soar to 12.6 million units this year, up 35 percent from 2008, boosted by subsidies that the industry is lobbying Beijing to extend, a government researcher said Friday. |
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