Seventeen people were given prison terms, including three life sentences, for their roles in a coal mine explosion that killed 105 in Shanxi province in December of last year, AP reported, citing state media. The mine’s production manager, investor and legal representative were all sentenced to life in prison from a courtroom in Linfen, Shanxi. […]
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Beijing has agreed to a long-standing US request for access to military records from the Korean War, which may resolve the fate of the more than 8,000 US servicemen still unaccounted for, AP reported. A Pentagon offical said US researchers would not have direct access to the Chinese records, but Chinese archivists with security clearances […]
China’s special envoy to Darfur said Beijing is ready to cooperate with Sudan, the UN, the African Union (AU) and other relevant parties to secure a permanent solution to the ongoing conflict in the region, AFP reported. Speaking in Khartoum on Sunday, where he will participate in top-level talks with Sudanese officials, Liu Giujin called […]
Millions of people in northern China are without drinking water due to a prolonged dry spell that has prompted drought relief efforts, the South China Morning Post reported. The government’s flood and drought control agency called on local governments on Sunday to draw up plans to ensure drinking water supplies. According to official statistics, rainfall […]
The two candidates to succeed Chen Shui-bian as president of Taiwan both said on Sunday that they backed an easing of tensions with the mainland, AFP reported. The Kuomintang’s (KMT) Ma Ying-Jeou and Frank Hsieh of Chen’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) made the remarks during their first live televised debate ahead of the March 22 […]