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China
March 10, 2010
BEIJING - China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations.
Chinese premier says he was snubbed at Copenhagen climate summit, fires back at critics
March 14, 2010
BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was snubbed at last year's Copenhagen climate change conference and fired back Sunday at critics who accuse China of arrogance.
March 10, 2010
DHARMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama blasted Chinese authorities Wednesday, accusing them of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region.
China issues another warning against Hong Kong democracy campaign
March 07, 2010
HONG KONG - China has warned that a plan by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to use a special election as a de facto referendum on democratic reform is a threat to stability in the former British colony.
China jails 3 executives after company's milk products found tainted with industrial chemical
March 03, 2010
SHANGHAI, China - Three Shanghai dairy executives have been sentenced to jail after milk products their company made were found to be tainted with an industrial chemical at the centre of China's milk safety scandal.
Google still considering next steps in China, following vow to stop censoring search results
March 02, 2010
WASHINGTON - A Google Inc. executive says the company is still considering its next step in China - seven weeks after it pledged to stop censoring search results and threatened to pull out of the country altogether.
China, U.S. seek to end tensions, but Beijing signals no backing down on Iran sanctions
March 02, 2010
BEIJING - U.S. envoys hope to ease a two-month spike in tensions with China, but differences over the issue of new sanctions against Iran have emerged as a snag even before this week's talks in Beijing can begin.
Documentary highlights 'sad reality' of China's migrant workers
February 23, 2010
The idea that cinema represents an escape from reality receives a necessary antidote in the form of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, an annual series dedicated to films with underlying themes of social justice.
Chinese village converts to pig power
December 21, 2009
The inhabitants of Cao Tian Da, in the Chinese province of Yunnan, cook and heat their homes with pig excrement — an example of transition towards new energies encouraged by China.
China reining in church growth?
December 10, 2009
Towering eight stories over wheat fields, the Golden Lamp Church was built to serve nearly 50,000 worshippers in the gritty heart of China’s coal country.
Stephen Harper and the gang that shoots late
December 08, 2009
You don’t have to look too closely to notice a pattern in our governing Conservatives. They’re late learners.
Shanghai gets ready to show off
August 19, 2009
Shanghai boasts the largest port in the world, one of the largest skyscrapers in the world, and the highest hotel in the world.
Bollywood goes global
January 14, 2009
The wild world of the Bollywood movie is generally unknown to most mainstream North American viewers.
India, China pledge better ties during Indian prime minister's Beijing visit
January 14, 2008
BEIJING - Chinese and Indian leaders agreed Monday to a second round of joint military exercises and raised their target for two-way trade by billions of dollars, underscoring growing interaction between the two Asian giants and rising economic powers.
India's prime minister leaves for China to boost ties between Asian giants
January 12, 2008
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh headed for China Saturday for a three-day visit aimed at boosting the sometimes strained relations between the two Asian giants.
China's notoriously dangerous coal mines claimed 3,786 lives in 2007: report
January 12, 2008
BEIJING - China's state media says accidents in the country's notoriously dangerous coal mines killed nearly 3,800 people last year.
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