AP – State media say an explosion at a coal mine in southwestern China has killed 11 miners and injured six. (read the story…) Related items Reports say Tibetans protest in southwest China (AP) Thousands battle forest fire in southwestern China (AP) Report: China police fire on Tibetans, killing 3 (AP) Groups: Police fire...
China's Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday the Asian giant had neither the ability nor the intention to "buy Europe", amid concerns over growing Chinese investment in debt-stricken eurozone economies. (read the story…) Related items 13 dead in China mine accidents: state media (AFP) China warns U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to hurt ties (Reuters)...
AP – A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer says police prevented him from attending a meeting with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (read the story…) Related items Merkel unhappy China blocked lawyer from meeting (AP) China blocks rights lawyer from meeting Merkel (Reuters) Crowd fights Chinese police at mosque demolition (AP) Protesting villagers in...
Reuters – As Hong Kong’s outgoing leader Donald Tsang looks ahead to retirement, an unusually toxic public debate over the burden placed by a flood of mainland Chinese visitors has struck at the heart of Hong Kong’s often rocky transition from British colony to Chinese special administrative region that began in 1997. (read the...
Reuters – China over the years has derided the Dalai Lama as a jackal in Buddhist robes, choreographer of a separatist Peking opera and, lately, instigator of a plot that led some Tibetans to set themselves on fire and other forms of protest. (read the story…) Related items China: Stance on Dalai Lama same...
