Once the cameras stopped rolling at the opening session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, top officials got down to brass tacks in what one called "very constructive, very candid" discussions. Trying to pull themselves out of the worldwide financial crisis, the United States and China both enacted massive stimulus programs
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U.S. students face second quarantine in China
A group of U.S. students touring China are gaining an experience they had not expected — a second round in quarantine following a positive test of the H1N1 flu virus, a chaperone for the group said.
One quarter of giant panda habitat lost in Sichuan quake
The earthquake in Sichuan, southern China last May left around 69,000 people dead and 15 million people displaced. Now ecologists have assessed the earthquake’s impact on biodiversity and the habitat for some of the last existing wild giant pandas
U.S. and China launch ‘new dialogue’
Top U.S. and Chinese officials launched an expanded discussion of the crucial relationship between their two countries Monday, holding the first meeting of a "Strategic and Economic Dialogue" in Washington
A Brief History of China’s One-Child Policy
The world’s most populous nation is about to get more crowded — in one city at least. In an effort to slow the rapid graying of the workforce, China’s state press reported July 24, the national government will encourage couples in Shanghai — the country’s most populous city — to have two kids if the parents are themselves only children.
Ericsson boss upbeat despite downturn
The head of Swedish-based telecommunications giant Ericsson says he believes the company is well placed to come through the economic crisis despite suffering a slump in profits.
Hackers target Australian festival showing Uyghur film
Hackers repeatedly attacked the Web site of Australia’s largest film festival Saturday, asking organizers to apologize to the Chinese people for planning to screen a documentary on an exiled Uyghur leader. The attacks were carried out on the opening day of the Melbourne International Film Festival — in what organizers are calling the third phase of a “concerted campaign” to withdraw the film “The 10 Conditions of Love.” The documentary examines the impact on the family of activist Rebiya Kadeer as she fights for greater autonomy of the ethnic minority group, the Uyghurs, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China’s northwest. Kadeer is the president of the World Uyghur Congress, made up of exiled Uyghurs.
Chinese Film Directors Protest Documentary on Uighur’s Kadeer
Political tension over the deadly riots that struck northwest China has spilled into an unlikely venue: the Melbourne International Film Festival. Three Chinese directors announced they were pulling their works from the event to protest the inclusion of a documentary about a Uighur activist. The Uighurs are a Turkic speaking, largely Islamic minority group concentrated in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region.
China bank lending: A bubble in the making?
The Chinese economy may be roaring back to life, but concern is growing that record lending rates are feeding a speculation bubble. While the U.S.
Scientists Grow Mice from New Kind of Stem Cell
Mice are bred all the time in laboratories around the world. So, generally speaking, the birth of a couple dozen more lab mice isn’t worth noting.