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China ready for Taiwan talks

24-May-2008 Intellasia | The Australian | 7:01 AM

The doors yesterday started to open for talks between the new government of Taiwan and China, far quicker than most experts had imagined possible. China said yesterday it was [...]
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Foreigners feel the heat as China tightens controls ahead of Olympics

Foreigners feel the heat as China tightens controls ahead of Olympics

12-May-2008 Intellasia | The Australian | 2:21 PM

Business people in China, especially in Beijing where about 250,000 foreigners live, are facing ever tightening controls as the Olympic Games approach on August 8. The [...]
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China imposes new visa restrictions

21-Apr-2008 Intellasia | AFP | 5:01 AM

China has imposed further curbs on visitors, just weeks after it stopped issuing multiple-entry visas, Hong Kong travel agents said Friday, sparking concern among the [...]
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Arroyo’s fling with China

14-Apr-2008 Intellasia | Phillipine Post | 5:01 AM

Lost in the din of protests over alleged bribery and corruption in the $329-million NBN-ZTE deal were two stories in the Malaya newspaper last Friday that could explain why [...]
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China untouchable by UN rights council: activists

China untouchable by UN rights council: activists

29-Mar-2008 Intellasia | AFP | 5:01 AM

China remains untouchable by the UN Human Rights Council, with Beijing to emerge unscathed from the current session despite widespread criticism of its crackdown in Tibet, [...]
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Bush confronts China on Tibet crackdown

29-Mar-2008 Intellasia | AP | 5:01 AM

President Bush sharply confronted China’s President Hu Jintao on Wednesday about Beijing’s harsh crackdown in Tibet, joining an international chorus of alarm just [...]
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US, Russia, China in fierce battle to sell fighter jets in Asia

US, Russia, China in fierce battle to sell fighter jets in Asia

27-Mar-2008 Intellasia | AFP | 5:01 AM

The United States is bracing for tough competition from Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the trio for a new breed of fighter jets to beef up their [...]
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China Terrorizes Tibet

China Terrorizes Tibet

20-Mar-2008 Intellasia | Reuters | 5:01 AM

It was impossible not to notice that the United States removed China from its list of top 10 human rights violators just as the biggest anti-China protests in 20 years [...]
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China closes its side of Everest to climbers

15-Mar-2008 Intellasia | AP | 5:01 AM

China is denying mountaineers permission to climb its side of Mount Everest this spring, a move that reflects concerns by the communist government that Tibet activists may [...]
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Beijing opens world’s largest airport terminal

Beijing opens world’s largest airport terminal

03-Mar-2008 Intellasia | travel.latimes.com | 5:01 AM

It’s a huge building, much bigger than the Pentagon and a whole lot less clunky. It’s expected to handle more passengers than any other air terminal in the world. [...]
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China approves food safety law, WHO lauds efforts

02-Nov-2007 Intellasia | Reuters | 5:59 AM

The Chinese government approved in principle Wednesday a new food safety law aimed at raising standards at every level of production, a senior official said. The quality of [...]
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EU steel makers duties on China, others

01-Nov-2007 Intellasia | Saigon Times Daily page 5 | 5:59 AM

EU steel makers were set to fire the first shot in what could be a major trade battle yesterday by asking Brussels to hit steel from China and other Asian exporters with [...]
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Asia’s space race heats up as China heads for moon

Asia’s space race heats up as China heads for moon

26-Oct-2007 Intellasia | AFP | 5:59 AM

Asia’s space race heated up on Wednesday October 24 as China launched its first lunar orbiter, an event hailed by the world’s most populous nation as a milestone [...]
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China ratchets up web closures

15-Oct-2007 Intellasia | Associated Press | 7:26 AM

At first, Liu Xiaoyuan just fumed when his online journal postings disappeared with no explanation. Then he decided to do something few if any of China’s censored [...]
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Bush to hold talks with China’s Hu at Apec meet

Bush to hold talks with China’s Hu at Apec meet

01-Sep-2007 Intellasia | AFP | 6:54 AM

US President George W. Bush will hold bilateral talks with Chinese leader Hu Jintao and possibly meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin privately during the Apec meeting next [...]
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