via Seattle Post Intelligencer: Nearly one-third of children living in China’s poorest areas suffer from malnutrition, the government said Saturday, underscoring the country’s growing economic divide. Citing a report from the Beijing-based Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, the official Xinhua News Agency said 29 percent of children younger than 5 and living in poverty-stricken […]
Read Morevia Taipei Times: The government will seek a constitutional interpretation and other measures to annul the cross-strait peace advancement bill should it be passed into law, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Vice Chairman You Ying-lung (Ê∏∏ÁõàÈöÜ) said yesterday. The bill failed to move forward last Friday due to scuffles between pan-green and pan-blue lawmakers over the […]
Read MoreFrom China Post: Taiwan announced on Wednesday it would for the first time allow the exchange of Chinese currency on its territory, but only on two small islands close to the mainland’s coast. China’s yuan could be exchanged for New Taiwan dollars in banks on Kinmen and Matsu beginning from Monday Oct. 3, Premier Frank […]
Read MoreFrom Sify News: The sixth round of India-China boundary talks entered the second day on Tuesday with a senior Chinese leader urging for an early solution to the vexed border dispute between the two Asian giants. Welcoming India’s National Security Advisor M K Narayanan to China, the Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee member and Chairman […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: China supports a proper solution to the Iranian nuclear issue through negotiation and cooperation within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a Chinese official said Monday at the 49th IAEA general conference in Vienna. China has always supported a solution to the Iranian nuclear issue within the framework of […]
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