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China vows crackdown on ethnic separatists
BEIJING (AFP) - China's ruling Communist Party pledged on Friday to crack down on "ethnic separatists", two months after deadly ethnic unrest rocked the restive mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang.
People:Xi Jinping Hu Jintao Activities:2009 Xinjiang Riot Source:(AFP)
2009-09-19
China, taking advantage of global recession, goes on a buying spree
Beijing - General Motors is doing it. The world's second-largest mining group is doing it. Russia, Brazil and Venezuela are doing it. And China is loving it.
Nations:Venezuela Brazil Russia China Canada People:Xi Jinping Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2009-02-21
China, US upbeat on future of bilateral relationship
BEIJING (AFP) - Top Chinese and US diplomats applauded 30 years of formal ties on Wednesday and expressed hope that one of the world's key bilateral relationships will stay on an even keel in the years ahead.
Nations:North Korea China People:Xi Jinping John Negroponte Barack Obama Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice George W. Bush Activities:1979 China Ties US China-U.S.
2009-01-07
China counts down to its riskiest space mission yet
JIUQUAN, China (AFP) - China counted down Thursday to its third manned space mission which for the first time will include a space walk -- a feat as risky as it is prestigious for the rising Asian power.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Activities:2008 China Shenzhou 7 Source:(AFP)
2008-09-25
China's Olympic ambitions falter with protests
BEIJING - The short, catchy film commissioned by the Chinese government was designed to plant a new, positive image of China in foreigners' minds for the Beijing Olympics.
Nations:U.S. Japan France China People:Xi Jinping Steven Spielberg Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-03
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