February 2009

WITNESS: Reporting from behind China’s Himalayan curtain

By admin on February 28, 2009

LHASA, China (Reuters) - I had barely stepped off the plane, gasping slightly in the thin Tibetan air, when our government minder wandered over to tell me plans for an evening of rest and adaptation to the high altitude had been canceled.

Japan and China seek agreement beyond islands row

By admin on February 28, 2009

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Japan sought to temper a row over disputed islands in the East China Sea when their foreign ministers met in Beijing on Saturday to seek common ground on North Korea and the global economy.

China premier says stimulus is off to good start

By admin on February 28, 2009

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s stimulus spending has started to nudge the economy in the right direction but the global financial crisis could still take a turn for the worse, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told an online forum on Saturday.

U.S. looks to China for support on Afghanistan: Pentagon

By admin on February 28, 2009

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is looking to stronger Chinese cooperation on Afghanistan, piracy, and other international troubles, a Pentagon official said on Saturday after talks that he said also addressed strains over Taiwan.

Japan foreign minister flies into Chinese storm

By admin on February 28, 2009

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan’s Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone flew into a diplomatic storm on Saturday, arriving in Beijing one day after China made stern representations over official remarks about disputed islands in the East China Sea.

Dell sees 2009 contraction in Asia amid sales slump

By admin on February 27, 2009

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Dell Inc expects its Asia revenue to fall this year, amid heated competition and the global slowdown, but it still expects to pick up share in the PC markets in China and India, a top executive said on Friday.

China scorns U.S. rights record in tit-for-tat exchange

By admin on February 26, 2009

BEIJING (Reuters) - China maintained its scornful response to human rights criticism from the United States, throwing back assertions that Washington was culpable for racism, crowded prisons and torture.

China’s giant water scheme opens torrent of discontent

By admin on February 26, 2009

XICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China’s vast scheme to channel southern rivers to its parched north faces potentially explosive defiance at a dam where bitter memories and an unsure future are driving farmers to protest the nation-spanning feat.

China condemns sale of bronzes at Paris auction

By admin on February 26, 2009

Anonymous bidders bought two bronze animal heads from the 18th century that had been in the collection of the French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

China assails U.S. report on human rights

By admin on February 26, 2009

The Chinese authorities reacted caustically Thursday to the release of an annual U.S. State Department report on global human rights.

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