US warns China over weapon links to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan - Daily Times
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WASHINGTON: The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant’s continued sale of arms to Iran, said Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on Thursday. He ... [Link]

Foreign rescuers join frantic search for China quake survivors
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MIANYANG, China - Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives. [Link]

China's All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone
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With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. [Link]

Europe against leaders' presence at Olympics
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Protests against China's rule over Tibet appear to have influenced more Europeans to oppose their leaders going to the opening of the Beijing games, says an opinion poll [Link]

American tourist joins pandas in 'surreal' earthquake ordeal (AFP)
Posted 32 minutes ago
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/d~ src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg~ align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A young panda eats bamboo at the Chengdu Research Base in Sichuan(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas.</p><br clear="all"/> [Link]

Official: CPC and Hu welcome visit of KMT chairman - Xinhua News Agency
Posted 33 minutes ago
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and its General Secretary Hu Jintao welcome and invite Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung to visit the mainland, an official said Saturday. "The Taiwan ... [Link]

TAKE A LOOK-China earthquake - Reuters UK
Posted 33 minutes ago
Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race time to save lives, days after the most destructive earthquake to hit modern China. China has put the known death toll at over 22,000 but has said it expects ... [Link]

US Monitoring China's Nuclear Sites After Quake - CBS News
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(AP) American experts are monitoring nuclear facilities in China's earthquake zone, officials said Friday, after France's nuclear watchdog reported that some had suffered minor damage. The French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear ... [Link]

China halts search-and-rescue missions, starts digging for dead - New York Daily News
Posted 33 minutes ago
Chinese soldiers stand guard outside a pit being prepared to bury victims from the earthquake. The last shreds of hope for tens of thousands of people still buried in rubble gave way to grief Thursday in China as the hunt for survivors turned to ... [Link]

Aftershock rattles China quake zone - FOX News
Posted 33 minutes ago
YINGXIU, China — A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in ... [Link]

Rescuers search for more China earthquake survivors, but focus efforts ... - International Herald Tribune
Posted 33 minutes ago
BEICHUAN, China : Rescuers held out hope of finding more survivors Saturday, nearly five days after a powerful earthquake ravaged China's Sichuan province, and authorities prepared for the daunting task of housing and feeding millions left homeless ... [Link]

Why did so many Chinese schools collapse in the earthquake? - Times Online
Posted 33 minutes ago
In almost every town and village rocked by China's massive earthquake distraught parents point to the ruins of a school where their only child died. Angry citizens have deluged the Government with demands for an explanation and the Government vowed ... [Link]

American tourist joins pandas in 'surreal' earthquake ordeal
Posted 41 minutes ago
An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas. [Link]

China urges quake rescuers not to give up hope - Reuters UK
Posted 51 minutes ago
YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race against time to save lives, days after the most destructive earthquake to hit modern China, state media said on Saturday. China has ... [Link]

Official: CPC and Hu welcome visit of KMT chairman
Posted 57 minutes ago
THE Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and its General Secretary Hu Jintao welcome and invite Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung to visit the mainland, an official said today. "The... [Link]

UN chief praises China for fast, effective relief efforts
Posted 61 minutes ago
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised yesterday the Chinese government for its fast and effective efforts to save earthquake victims. "The secretary-general commended Beijing authorities for their fast and... [Link]

Aftershock rattles China quake zone - Guardian Unlimited
Posted 64 minutes ago
YINGXIU, China (AP) - A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in ... [Link]

US lawmakers ask Bush to consider Myanmar 'intervention'
Posted 75 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - US lawmakers have asked President George W Bush to consider "humanitarian intervention" in cyclone-hit Myanmar after its military rulers refused to allow foreign experts to direct relief efforts despite rising deaths. [Link]

Hurrican Katrina Chinese Response
Posted 76 minutes ago
[...]It is unfortunate that the Chinese media followed the Bush agenda in the case of Hurricane Katrina. This was alarming to many Chinese Americans such as myself, who refuse to draw distinctions based on so-called "race." I believe that every advanced human being knows that "race" is a pseudo-scientific fiction designed to repress and weaken our sense of solidarity. In ... [Link]

Feature: Determined to save lives: rescuers, volunteers never stop
Posted 81 minutes ago
Sweating away amid the stench of death with no food for more than 20 hours, 19-year-old Zhu Yuantong said he doesn't care: he's saving lives. Zhu owns a pet store in Mianyang City, Sichuan. After Monday's earthquake, he left his bus ... [Link]

Virtual community mobilizes, mourns for quake victims
Posted 81 minutes ago
Whether distributing appeals for on-line donations, uploading images of quake-hit towns or asking for help in extracting someone from the rubble, Chinese netizens are fully engaged in relief from the deadly earthquake. Zhu Dake cele ... [Link]

Donations to China quake zone hit 3.175 bln yuan
Posted 93 minutes ago
China has received 3.175 billion yuan (454 million U.S. dollars) in cash and goods for earthquake relief from donors at home and abroad as of 4 p.m. Friday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA). Domestic donations reache ... [Link]

Beijing to provide barrier-free taxi service during Olympics, Paralymics
Posted 93 minutes ago
Beijing will put 70 barrier-free taxis on roads to provide convenience to disabled people or those with walking difficulties during the Olympics and Paralymic Games. The first batch of 30 barrier-free taxis, either custom-made or re ... [Link]

Taiwan labor unions express condolences to people in quake-hit zone
Posted 93 minutes ago
Labor unions in the Taiwan region have expressed condolences and donated for the people in the quake-hit areas in the Chinese mainland, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions said Friday. Senior executives of the Taiwan Electric P ... [Link]

Diplomat: China willing to cooperate with EU on Africa in "constructive" manner
Posted 93 minutes ago
China is willing to cooperate with the European Union (EU) in promoting Africa's development in an "open" and "constructive" manner, China's ambassador to the European Union (EU) Song Zhe said Friday. "China and the EU have general ... [Link]

Chinese, Russian, Indian, Brazilian FMs meet on further co-op
Posted 93 minutes ago
The foreign ministers of China, Russia, India and Brazil (BRIC) met in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on Friday and agreed on further development of cooperation. The four countries play vital roles in maintaining world peace and fa ... [Link]

UN chief praises China for fast, effective relief efforts
Posted 93 minutes ago
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised on Friday the Chinese government for its fast and effective efforts to save earthquake victims. "The secretary-general commended Beijing authorities for their fast and effective action and ex ... [Link]

Chinese vice premier, U.S. secretary of treasury talk over phone on quake
Posted 93 minutes ago
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Tuesday held telephone talks Friday over the deadly earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province. China has pledged all-out efforts in rescu ... [Link]

Chinese defense minister meets SCO counterparts on cooperative ties
Posted 93 minutes ago
Visiting Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie and his counterparts within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) agreed Friday to enhance defense cooperation among the member states and to contribute to regional peace and prosperity ... [Link]

Foreign rescue personnel first join in China's disaster relief
Posted 93 minutes ago
A group of earthquake relief professionals sent by Japan arrived in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday to become the first foreign rescuers working in China since 1949. The 31 rescuers began searching for three people, includ ... [Link]