Sydney first major city to mark Earth Hour 2009
SYDNEY - The floodlit cream shells of the famed Opera House dimmed Saturday as Sydney became the world's first major city to plunge itself into darkness for the second worldwide Earth Hour, a global campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
Nations:New Zealand Denmark Thailand China Hong Kong South Africa People:Ban Ki-moon Abhisit Vejjajiva Dalai Lama Cate Blanchett Source:(AP)
2009-03-28
Empty seats show glitches in China-Taiwan flights
TAIPEI - Planes are flying with many empty seats a month after daily direct flights began between political rivals Taiwan and China, and travel officials are urging that some of the restrictions in the landmark deal be loosened.
Nations:Taiwan China People:Ma Ying-jeou
2009-01-15
Police struggle to control Beijing Olympic ticket chaos
BEIJING (AFP) - Police struggled on Friday to control surging crowds of more than 50,000 people desperate to grab the last Olympic tickets in Beijing, as a Hong Kong journalist trying to cover the chaos was detained.
Nations:China People:Liu Xiang Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AFP)
2008-07-25
China stands still to remember quake victims
China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-19
Tiny dinosaur fossil is found in China
As pterodactyls go it was small, toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes -- yet scientists are welcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life.
Nations:China
2008-02-11
China unveils likely successors to top posts
China's ruling Communist Party unveiled on Monday a new leadership line-up, including two men likely to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Wen Jiabao Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress China Hu Jintao Admin.
2007-10-22
China Communists narrow in on leadership
Delegates to a pivotal Communist Party congress whittled down a list of candidates for senior committee assignments on Saturday, a prelude to selecting China's new leadership.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Hu Jintao Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress
2007-10-20
Door to secretive China Congress opens by a crack
In Mao Zedong's day, the world was not even aware China's ruling Communist Party was holding one of its agenda-setting congresses until the whole event was over.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Wen Jiabao Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress China Media Control
2007-10-20
China officials silent on leadership
Communist Party delegates on Thursday reviewed candidates for committees that will determine China's leadership and influence policy-making for the next five years.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress
2007-10-18
Secrets aplenty as China communists meet
China's ruling communists on Wednesday had yet to agree on a method of electing their top bodies, almost halfway through a national congress that will determine the future leadership of the party and ultimately the country.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress
2007-10-17
Hu aims to boost authority at China party meeting
Chinese leader Hu Jintao's vows to spread prosperity more equally and his closed-door battle to enhance his own power converge on Monday at the Communist Party's biggest political meeting in five years.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Zeng Qinghong Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress
2007-10-14
U.S., China urged on energy efficiency
Los Angeles and Pittsburgh provide examples of what to do -- and not to do -- about China's severe air pollution in the face of surging energy use from rapid economic growth, U.S. and Chinese scientists say.
Nations:China U.S.
2007-09-07
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