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China tightens supervision of online games

China tightens supervision of online games
AFP - Friday, November 20

BEIJING (AFP) - - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players. More »

  • US advisory panel warns of rampant Chinese spying

    AP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON - A U.S. congressional advisory panel said Thursday that Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets to use in building Beijing's military and economic strength.

  • China criticizes new Israeli move on settlements

    AP - Friday, November 20

    BEIJING - China criticized the Israeli government's move to expand a Jewish neighborhood in the part of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians, saying it poses new obstacles to the Middle East peace process.

  • Afghan minister accused of major bribery: report

    Afghan minister accused of major bribery: report

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Afghanistan's minister of mines accepted a 30-million-dollar bribe to award a huge development project to a Chinese state firm, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a US official.

  • Desperate parents roam China to find kidnapped children

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    ZHENGZHOU, China (AFP) - - Hu Xiaojiao was watching an undercover report about forced labour at a brick kiln in the midst of a slavery scandal in China two years ago when she saw her missing adult son in the video.

  • Tibetan cause faces 'setback' when Dalai Lama dies

    Tibetan cause faces 'setback' when Dalai Lama dies

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    ROME (AFP) - - The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday his death would be a "setback" for Tibetans' struggle, but that he was confident the next generation would carry on his torch.

  • N.Korea nuke talks top Obama agenda in Seoul

    N.Korea nuke talks top Obama agenda in Seoul

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SEOUL (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea Wednesday on the last leg of his debut Asian tour, with North Korea's nuclear programme due to top the agenda after three days of negotiations in China.

  • China's Wen seeks to reassure Obama on trade

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19

    By Caren Bohan and Patricia Zengerle

  • Last Chinese veteran of liberation of France dies

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    BEIJING - The last Chinese veteran of the 1944 liberation of France has died, state media reported Wednesday.

  • Obama closes China trip with PM talks, Great Wall

    Obama closes China trip with PM talks, Great Wall

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BEIJING (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama ended the official part of his trip to China on Wednesday by meeting Premier Wen Jiabao, who emphasised that their two nations were better off as partners, not rivals.

  • U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    Analysis: Obama's China trip shows power shifting

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    BEIJING - President Barack Obama's first visit to China underscored a shifting balance of power: two giants moving closer to being equals.

  • China, US call for resumption of N.Korea talks

    China, US call for resumption of N.Korea talks

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    BEIJING (AFP) - - China and the United States want talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme to resume "as soon as possible", US President Barack Obama said Tuesday after talks with his host Hu Jintao.

  • Obama urges early China talks with Dalai Lama reps

    Obama urges early China talks with Dalai Lama reps

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    BEIJING (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao that he backs an early resumption of talks between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama.

  • Group: Founder of Tibetan Web site gets 15 years

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    BEIJING - The founder of a Tibetan literary Web site was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of disclosing state secrets, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday.

  • N.Korea kidnapped Chinese in refugee crackdown: report

    N.Korea kidnapped Chinese in refugee crackdown: report

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    SEOUL (AFP) - - Pyongyang's agents over the past decade abducted about 200 Chinese citizens as part of a campaign to stop people from fleeing North Korea, a news report said Tuesday.

  • China fuels US foreign student boom

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Soaring interest by Chinese students has led to record foreign enrollment at US universities, offering a potential boon to the United States both economically and politically, a study said.

  • Obama: No need to change "one-China" policy

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    SHANGHAI - President Barack Obama says he sees no need to change Washington's "one-China" policy, which acknowledges China's position that Taiwan is part of its territory.

  • Landslide in northern China kills 23

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    BEIJING - A state media report says a massive landslide in northern China partially has buried a village and killed at least 23 people, and that rescuers are seeking survivors.

  • Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    BEIJING - President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel.

  • CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt

    CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A CNN correspondent said Monday she was detained byChinese security guards in Shanghai for two hours for displaying a T-shirt on camera depicting US President Barack Obama as Mao Zedong.

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