Study shows China speaks better English than India
NEW DELHI, April 8, 2011 (AFP) – Emerging market giant China has pipped neighbouring rival India in English language proficiency skills, despite the South Asian nation’s strong anglophone...
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China’s blatant abuse of human rights – Ai Weiwei is simpl...
The mother of detained artist Ai Weiwei said Thursday that authorities in China were trying to silence her son with their investigation of his alleged economic crimes, which she called “unaccep...
China launches massive crackdown on democracy activists
BEIJING, March 31, 2011 (AFP) – Rattled by Arab unrest and the growing power of the Internet, China has launched its harshest crackdown on dissent in years, which rights groups say has wiped ou...
Disgraceful Brazil, China, India and Russia resist France bid for UN s...
France is pressing for an urgent vote on a UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions against Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, but is facing resistance, diplomats said Wednesday. Brazil, ...
Hu Jintao gives stern warning to Sarkozy on Libya strikes
BEIJING, March 30, 2011 (AFP) – China’s President Hu Jintao Wednesday warned French leader Nicolas Sarkozy that air strikes on Libya could violate the “original intention” of ...
China dismisses calls from the U.N. for the release of human rights la...
BEIJING, March 29, 2011 (AFP) – Beijing on Tuesday dismissed calls by a United Nations human rights agency to free prominent rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, saying the body should respect ChinaR...
China jails prominent democracy activist for 10 years
BEIJING, March 25, 2011 (AFP) – A prominent Chinese democracy activist was sentenced Friday to ten years in jail for subversion, his wife said, amid a severe crackdown on dissidents in the wake...
China slams coalition attacks on Libya and says it stems from narrow p...
BEIJING, March 22, 2011 (AFP) – China on Tuesday accused the West of causing civilian casualties in Libya through UN-authorised air strikes and called for an immediate ceasefire in the war-torn...
Air strikes on Libya to start as China express concerns
BEIJING, March 18, 2011 (AFP) – China said Friday it had serious concerns over a vote by the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone over strife-torn Libya, despite choosing not to use its veto ...
Radiation fear in China as passengers and goods from Japan are screene...
BEIJING, March 16, 2011 (AFP) – China stepped up radiation monitoring of passengers and goods from neighbouring Japan on Wednesday as fears mounted about harmful nuclear contamination from the ...
China positions new ballistic missile pointing at Taiwan
TAIPEI, March 16, 2011 (AFP) – Taiwan’s top intelligence chief said Wednesday that China is targeting the island with a new type of ballistic missile. ”The Chinese communists have d...
33-year-old Chinese woman lures three South Korean diplomats into sex-...
SEOUL, March 10, 2011 (AFP) – South Korea will send a team to Shanghai next week to investigate an alleged sex-for-favours scandal that has rocked its consulate in China’s largest city, t...
Taiwan to cut down troops by 9,200 as China keeps ties warm
TAIPEI, March 7, 2011 (AFP) – Taiwan plans to slash the number of its troops by 9,200 this year amid warming ties with China, but the cut will be offset by more advanced weaponry, an official s...
China sets up high-tech rocket production base
BEIJING, March 4, 2011 (AFP) – China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press said Fr...
China to increase its defence budget by 12.7%
BEIJING, March 4, 2011 (AFP) – China’s defence budget will rise 12.7 percent in 2011 to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion), a government spokesman said on Friday, amid persistent concerns...
China scraps the death penalty for some criminal offences
BEIJING, February 25, 2011 (AFP) – China on Friday eliminated capital punishment for some economic crimes, as it moved to curb use of the death penalty in a country believed to execute more peo...