Taiwan’s Vice President-elect Vincent Siew met with President Hu Jintao on the island province of Hainan on Saturday, marking the highest-level cross-strait talks in almost 60 years, the Wall Street Journal reported. The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia, last just 20 minutes but both sides were upbeat […]
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China said it has foiled two terrorist cells targeting the Olympic Games this year, the South China Morning Post reported. Ministry of Public Security spokesman Wu Heping said the two terrorist cells were based in the western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He said one of the cells was under the command of the Eastern Turkestan […]
An appeal circulated on the internet has urged Chinese consumers to boycott French goods following the protests that disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Paris, the Financial Times reported. Some of the companies named in the online appeal included luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Givenchy, and the cosmetics group L’Oreal. The appeal has […]
Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin has released a 16-page academic paper on national energy strategy arguing that energy conservation should be the country’s top priority, the South China Morning Post reported. The paper, which is the first public statement made by Jiang since his official retirement in 2004, was discussed at a seminar by the […]
US President George W. Bush said he still plans to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing, but urged Chinese leaders to open a dialogue with the Dalai Lama, Reuters reported. Bush’s comments came as the US House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution asking China to end its crackdown on Tibetan protests […]