Chinese period drama opens 60th Berlin film festival
BERLIN (AFP) - The 60th Berlin Film Festival kicks off Thursday with the world premiere of "Apart Together", a lush period drama from China and one of 20 pictures vying for the coveted Golden Bear top prize.
Nations:Argentina Switzerland People:Martin Scorsese Renee Zellweger Michael Winterbottom Roman Polanski Tony Blair Zhang Yimou
2010-02-11
US House Speaker Pelosi due in China
BEIJING (AFP) - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's rule over Tibet and its rights record, was to arrive in Shanghai Sunday for a trip focused on energy and climate change.
Nations:China People:John Kerry Nancy Pelosi Activities:China-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2009-05-24
China declares emergency in drought-struck regions
BEIJING - China declared an emergency Thursday in eight provinces suffering a serious drought that has left nearly 4 million people without proper drinking water and is threatening millions of acres of crops.
Nations:China People:Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Source:(AP)
2009-02-05
Time names Obama 'Person of the Year'
NEW YORK - President-elect Barack Obama has won another contest: He's been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2008.
People:Sarah Palin Nicolas Sarkozy Jeff Bezos Henry Paulson Barack Obama Vladimir Putin Activities:US Election 2008
2008-12-17
Deaths uncounted in China's tainted milk scandal
LITI VILLAGE, China - Li Xiaokai died of kidney failure on the old wooden bed in the family farmhouse, just before dawn on a drizzly Sept. 10.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-11-15
China opens its long-sought Olympics spectacularly
BEIJING - China didn't just walk onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry dramatizing its ascendance as a global power.
Nations:Afghanistan Nepal Turkey Argentina Kenya Germany People:Dirk Nowitzki Roger Federer LeBron James Vladimir Putin Yao Ming Kobe Bryant Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-08-08
Olympic flame sets off on final relay
BEIJING - Torch bearers carried the Olympic flame on the final relay of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games.
Nations:China People:Yao Ming Zhang Yimou Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
Olympics are a moment of pride, tension for China
BEIJING — On Friday evening, as princes, kings and presidents look on, China will fill the sky over its capital with an awesome display of fireworks and make its case to the world that it was no mistake to award Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Nations:China Japan South Korea Spain People:Zhang Yimou Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(McClatchy)
2008-08-03
China: Floods kill 63 this month
GUANGZHOU, China - Soldiers scrambled to shore up soggy levies with sandbags Tuesday in southern China as forecasters warned that more heavy rain in the central region could trigger flooding on the country's second-longest river.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Southern China Flood Source:(AP)
2008-06-17
Honors for Mao Mao the panda killed in China quake
WOLONG, China - Mao Mao the panda's remains were gently laid in a wooden crate and wheeled to a patch of ground in China's famed Wolong Nature Reserve where a freshly dug grave awaited.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
Jet Li breaks record with $13 mln paycheck
Chinese action star Jet Li is set to rake in 100 million yuan ($13 million) for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film, state media reported on Sunday.
Nations:Hong Kong People:Jet Li Peter Chan Xu Jinglei Takeshi Kaneshiro Ang Lee Zhang Yimou
2007-11-26
Polluted Beijing voted China's most beautiful city
Dirty, polluted, congested and razed of many old buildings -- but Beijing has still been chosen as China's most beautiful city.
Nations:China
2007-09-11
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