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Roslinda's poor season worsens as she fails to defend title
KUALA LUMPUR: Pole vaulter Roslinda Samsu's poor season just got worse when she failed to defend her title at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Guangzhou, China, yesterday. Comment?
China a key challenge on Obama's Asia tour
President Barack Obama leaves for Asia on Thursday with the U.S. economy, jobs and a yawning trade deficit with China looming large on his agenda. Comment?
Nothing like a dandy evening's apocalypse to take the edge off recession, unemployment, Afghanistan and Glenn Beck. Comment?
I've had it. I've frakking had it. I had hoped the brouhaha over the 2012 apocalypse -- you know, the Mayans predicted the world would end on Dec. Comment?
... gathering to watch Friday night's UC-West Virginia football game at a bar, except for the bar's location. Beijing, China. Jones and more than 20 other UC alumni will have some Skyline Chili and watch their red-hot Bearcats (9-0) on ESPN2 at The ... Comment?
U.S. can't ignore coerced abortion
... no one supports forced abortion . Yet, coerced abortions, as well as involuntary sterilizations, are commonplace in China , Beijing's protestations notwithstanding. While the Chinese Communist Party insists that abortions are voluntary under the ... Comment?
Honda, Guangzhou Auto mull capacity expansion
The No. 2 Japanese automaker and its partner operate 2 plants making Accord, City Odyssey and Fit models in south China, with a combined capacity of 360,000 units. Comment?
China to give two pandas to Singapore, sign other pacts
Beijing and Singapore have signed four cooperation pacts, including procurement of two pandas from China, to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries next year, a media report said. Comment?
Chinese woman convinces burglar to take nap, calls cops
A woman in China convinced a burglar that he looked very tired and should take a nap, promising him to give some money once he woke up. Comment?
Stocks tumble as slump in energy shares erases early gain
... ahead of fundamentals.' Asian shares and U.S. stock-index futures fell before the open of exchanges in New York after China's Premier Wen Jiabao spurred concern that the global economic recovery will slow. 'The worst is over,' Wen said in speech ... Comment?
Insurers Find China Tough to Crack
When insurer AIA moved back into its gray stone colonial headquarters on Shanghai's waterfront Bund in 1998, it marked the return of foreign insurance companies to China after their ejection nearly five decades earlier. Comment?
... travel to Shanghai and Beijing, then finish up in Seoul. It's a cover-the-waterfront trip, but the focus is on China, America's key trading partner and rival. The Obama team will express its concern that Beijing aims to boost locally owned ... 1 comment
Author: Ancient Mayans never predicted doomsday in 2012
There is a growing legend out there, egged on by Hollywood and extremist Web sites, that the ancient Maya predicted the world would end on Dec. Comment?
Already the murmurs and rumors about the end of the world in December of 2012 are surfacing, continually being accelerated and perpetuated by the Internet and other media outlets. Comment?
Newly assertive Japan to test Obama
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... Japana TMs Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Beijing last month. Japan has pursued its own relationship with a rising China, a move with implications for the US. Liu Jin/Reuters Washington - When President Obama touches down in Tokyo Nov. 13, the ... Comment?
China tries to appeal to Obama by equating Tibet with U.S. slavery
... Nov. 12, 2009 7:25PM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 7:28PM EST W as Mao Zedong the Abraham Lincoln of China? In an attempt to convince U.S. President Barack Obama of its claim to Tibet, the Chinese government has likened the 1959 ... Comment?
Advocates urge child-abuse laws
... or her parents in order to make the charges stick. The issue is coming to the forefront after a couple from Southwest China's Guizhou province was detained for allegedly burning their 6-year-old daughter with red-hot fire poker and using other ... Comment?
Invoking Lincoln, China warns Obama
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United States President Barack Obama should understand China's opposition to the Dalai Lama as a black president who lauded Abraham Lincoln for ending slavery, said the Foreign Ministry yesterday. Comment?
Qian Xuesen: Scientist and pioneer of China's missile and space programmes
Qian Xuesen was a rocket scientist who was regarded as the father of China's missile and space technology programme. Comment?
Best Chinese in the Valley: Confucius
... friends. The diplomat said he cannot find food that good in Chinatown in Washington, D.C. Another friend who lives in China and was in town said he has not found food that good in the city of Suzhou where he works. These were not empty compliments. ... Comment?