Posts Tagged ‘China’

Overpacked China school bus crashes, 18 kids die (AP)

In this photo taken on a mobile phone, two police officers, front, investigate at the accident scene where a kindergarten minibus, left, collided head-on with a truck loaded with coal, right, on a road at Yu Linzi township in Qingyang, in northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. At least 17 kindergarten kids and two adults were killed when the nine-seater school minibus crammed with 64 people crashed on its way to class in western China, officials and state media said. (AP Photo)  CHINA OUTAP – An overloaded school minibus crashed head-on with a truck in rural western China on Wednesday, killing at least 18 kindergarten children on their way to class, officials said.


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Obama insists US does not fear China (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives in Canberra, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, for an Australian visit lasting less than 2 days. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, Pool)AP – President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that the notion that the United States fears China or wants to exclude the growing power from American economic alliances in the Asia-Pacific region is mistaken.


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FACT CHECK: Misfires on Iran, China in GOP debate (AP)

Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich,  left, speaks as Mitt Romney,  listens during the CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate at the Benjamin Johnson Arena, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 in Spartanburg, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)AP – Herman Cain contradicted himself on torture, Mitt Romney offered a prescription for challenging China that didn’t add up and Newt Gingrich seemed to forget about crucial help by Pakistani intelligence in running down terrorists.


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Wary about Iran, Obama lobbies Russia and China (AP)

President Barack Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Searching for help, President Barack Obama lobbied the skeptical leaders of Russia and China on Saturday for support in keeping Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed menace to the world, hoping to yield a “common response” to a crisis that is testing international unity.


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Obama seeks Russia, China help on Iran (AP)

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama disembark Air Force One as they arrive at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, where they will host the APEC summit, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Searching for help, President Barack Obama lobbied the skeptical leaders of Russia and China for support in keeping Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed menace to the world, hoping to yield a “common response” to a deepening problem.


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World economy needs China to slow growth gradually (AP)

AP – China’s high-flying economy is starting to lose altitude. The big question is whether the world’s economic superstar will shrink gradually — or so fast that it harms a fragile global economy.

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China struggles less than U.S. for basics: poll

While the number of Americans who don’t have enough money to buy food rose from 9% in 2008 to 19% in 2011, the number of Chinese in the same boat dropped to 6% from 16%, the Gallup survey shows.

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