China Voice: Obama should remember discussions about Dalai Lama

BEIJING, Feb. 4  (NsNewsWire) — “Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher,” Confucius famously said. As reports of a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are circulating, it is time to remind the U.S. president of his words in Beijing about three months ago, […]

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China takes UN Security Council helm with eye to marking 70th anniversaries

UNITED NATIONS, Feb.  4 (NsNewsWire) — China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Liu Jieyi who just assumed the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of February, announced on Tuesday a special commemorative debate in the 15-nation council for Feb. 23 to be chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “The council […]

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Indonesian president meets with Chinese security official

JAKARTA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with Meng Jianzhu, a senior Chinese security official here on Tuesday. Meng, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a special envoy of President Xi Jinping, conveyed an oral message from Xi to […]

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90 bodies of AirAsia victims discovered in Indonesia’s waters

JAKARTA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Rescuers have found a total of 90 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia plane from Indonesia’s waters, rescuer said on Tuesday. “So far, as many as 90 corpses have been discovered,” Nurul Karlina, official in charge at National Search and Rescue Office told Xinhua via phone. Search and rescue operation […]

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China Voice: Obama should remember discussions about Dalai Lama

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — “Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher,” Confucius famously said. As reports of a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are circulating, it is time to remind the U.S. president of his words in Beijing about three months ago. […]

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Bangladesh petrol bomb attack leaves seven dead

DHAKA, Feb. 3 (NsNewsWire) — At least seven people have been burned to death and 15 others injured, some seriously, in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in eastern Bangladesh. Police said the bus had been full of sleeping passengers when it was attacked near the town of Chauddagram, reports BBC. It is the […]

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Obama proposes $4 billion for states beating climate goals

New York,  Feb. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The Obama administration is proposing a $4 billion fund to reward states that exceed cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, and wants Congress to back steeper royalty rates for oil, gas and coal extraction from public land. In a mix of measures likely to be greeted skeptically by the Republican majority […]

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Pakistan successfully tests self-developed cruise missile

ISLAMABAD, Feb.3 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful flight test of an indigenously developed cruise missile that enables the country to achieve strategic standoff capability on land and at sea, the military said. The Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) “Ra’ad” has a range of 350 km, an army statement said. “Cruise technology is […]

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Australia to benefit from China’s increased foreign investment

CANBERRA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — Australia is set to benefit from China’s announcement of the country’s largest ever overseas investment program, economists said here Tuesday. Although China is yet to disclose exactly where the government funding will be directed, it is a move that is set to see billions of dollars injected into the Australian […]

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