The Associated Press China on Thursday called on Iran to cooperate with U.N. nuclear inspectors, but declined to criticize the country for blocking recent requests for information and visits to sensitive sites. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Iran should agree to more talks at an early date and preserve the positive momentum in...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines said Wednesday it has the right to invite foreign companies to explore for oil and gas in waters located between its western coast and the South China Sea, dismissing China’s claim to the area in a fresh spat between the Asian neighbors. The verbal tussle erupted after Energy Secretary Jose...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s defense ministry said Wednesday that an air force officer has been detained on suspicion of passing military secrets to China, the latest case involving the transmission of classified information from the democratic island to the communist mainland. Taiwan and China split after a civil war in 1949, and, although their relations...
By Lee Chyen Yee and Huang Yuntao GUANGZHOU, China, Feb 29 (Reuters) – Lawyers for Apple Inc. argued for its right to use the iPad trademark in China on Wednesday, as a higher court began a crucial hearing that could result in sales of the wildly popular tablet computer being halted throughout the Chinese...
BEIJING, Feb. 29 (UPI) — A labor shortage in Guangdong province, China’s main production and export center, has hit its labor- and service-intensive industries, officials said Wednesday. The province, bordering Hong Kong, is facing a shortage of about 800,000 workers, said a spokesman with the province’s department of human resources and social security, the...
BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) — China aims to decrease AIDS fatalities in the country by 30 percent by 2015, and new cases by 25 percent in 2015 as compared to 2010, according to a national action plan issued Wednesday. The State Council, or China’s Cabinet, published the country’s AIDS Action Plan for the 12th...
BEIJING — China backs international efforts to send humanitarian aid to Syria, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said, after France said the U.N. Security Council would work on a draft resolution about extending help to stricken parts of Syria. Yang made the comments in a phone call late on Tuesday with the head of the...
The rise of China’s space program may pose a potentially serious military threat to the United States down the road, top American intelligence officials contend. China continues to develop technology designed to destroy or disable satellites, which makes the United States and other nations with considerable on-orbit assets nervous. Even Beijing’s ambitious human spaceflight...
By By Koh Gui Qing BEIJING | Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:52pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy is near a turning point that demands that it relax its grip on industry and move towards free markets, the World Bank said on Monday as it forecast the country would become the world’s largest economy...
At least 12 people were killed in riots Tuesday near the Chinese city of Kashgar in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media reported. No details were given about what might have set off the violence, although Xinjiang see periodic outbreaks of anti-government violence by restless members of the region’s native Turkish Muslim...
