Posts Tagged ‘China’
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria (AP)
AP – Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, despite international outrage Saturday over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by his regime’s forces. Activists said more than 200 were killed in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month uprising.
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Russia, China veto resolution on Syria, as bloody massacre kills hundreds
Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Security Council resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down amid escalating violence.
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Wealthy ‘Octomom’ stuns in one-child China
The incident has highlighted both the use of birth surrogates, a violation of Chinese law, and how wealthy Chinese do as they please.
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Tear gas fired at protesters in China seaside town (AP)
AP – Riot police in a southern Chinese coastal town fired tear gas Friday at protesters, including elderly men and women, on the fourth day of unrest over a planned power plant expansion, according to protesters’ accounts and TV footage.
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China prepares for big entry into vaccine market (AP)
AP – The world should get ready for a new Made in China product — vaccines.
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Countering China, Obama asserts US a Pacific power (AP)
AP – Signaling a determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to expand U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region and “project power and deter threats to peace” in that part of the world even as he reduces defense spending and winds down two wars.
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Countering China, US sets training in Australia (AP)
AP – Signaling U.S. determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will send military aircraft and up to 2,500 Marines to northern Australia for a training hub to help allies and protect American interests across Asia. He declared the U.S. is not afraid of China, by far the biggest and most powerful country in the region.
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