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    WASHINGTON - The United States has said it wants "credible negotiations" with North Korea as Pyongyang in its latest offer has expressed desire to start "senior-level" talks with America on regional peace and easing tensions. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are said to have discussed the issue by telephone Sunday evening. They agreed to close ...

  • Beijing rejects claim of Snowden being Chinese spy

    Beijing has rubbished a former US president's claim that Edward Snowden, a former US intelligence contractor-turned-whistleblower hiding in Hong Kong, was an agent of China. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying termed such a claim as "sheer nonsense" Monday, a day after former US vice president Dick Cheney expressed suspicion that Snowden had chosen Hong Kong due to being a Chinese ...

  • Beijing begins military recruitment of college students

    More than 1,000 representatives from over 30 universities in Beijing Monday joined in a ceremony held to mark the start of the military recruitment of college students. Brochures introducing recruitment policies were distributed and students' questions about the policy were answered in the event, which was jointly organised by the Ministry of National Defence (MND) and the Ministry of ...

  • China builds worlds fastest supercomputer

    China Monday announced that it has built the world's fastest supercomputer which is capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the US Titan supercomputer. The Tianhe-2 has a peak performance speed of 54.9 quadrillion operations per second, according to the National University of Defence Technology, which built the computer, reported Xinhua. The computer's ...

  • China may take 18 years to clear air under countrys anti-pollution campaign

    China could take 18 years to bring air quality within acceptable standards, analysts have said. China has announced new measures to combat pollution by slashing emissions from major polluting industries and holding local officials responsible. According to news.com.au, the problem of air pollution has led to discontent across the country, with levels of particulate matter in Beijing measured ...

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  • Chinas role in NSA snoopgate leak questioned by GOP politician

    Michigan Republican Rep. Mike Rogers said that China's role is questionable in light of Edward Snowden's leaking NSA secret intelligence and his subsequent fleeing to Hong Kong despite its extradition treaty with US. Defending the NSA spy programme as an essential and life saving tool in the war on terrorism, Rogers said that Snowden is a traitor and not a hero, Washington Times ...

  • Hong Kong says it will follow law in Snowden case

    The government of Hong Kong, headed by Leung Chung-ying, said it will conduct itself in accord with the laws in the case of US former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who is believed to be in hiding at an unknown location in the coastal enclave. Leung said in a statement that China's special administrative region will handle the case according to its established procedures, an allusion to the ...

  • China May Leading Index Signals Weaker Economic Growth Ahead

    A leading indicator of Chinese economic activity rose marginally in May and at a slower pace than a month earlier, suggesting more sluggish growth for the ...

  • Mitsubishi Motors to recall 9478 faulty vehicles in China

    (MENAFN) China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) stated that Mitsubishi Motors plans on recalling 9,478 vehicles in China due to a potential safety hazard in the sunroof, reported Xinhua News.China's consumer quality watchdog also said that the problem was related to the installing of the sunroofs causing a possibility of the glass panel ...

  • Chinese economic and trade fair deals reach USD25b

    (MENAFN) The local Chinese commerce department said that the China Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair surpassed expectations by 181 investment and trade deals valued at USD24.8 billion, reported Xinhua News.The commerce department official records show that the exhibition drew 9,335 traders and buyers from all over the world covering various businesses including new materials, biology, ...

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