Where China Goes Next
With the Chinese media gushing over the success of the Olympics, the latest issue of Southern Window - a highbrow news magazine with a circulation of 500,000 - caught my eye. The cover illustration features a couple of law textbooks and a teacher with a wooden pointer giving instruction to a businessman and a government official. The coverline: "Rule of Law Starts With Limitation of Power." Sounds boring? In China, it's almost revolutionary.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:China Political Reform Source:(Time)
2008-08-26
Stars come out for MTV Asia Awards
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The Pussycat Dolls and British pop sensation Leona Lewis added a bit of glamour and sex appeal to MTV's Asia Awards show on Saturday, which showcased the best in global and regional music.
Nations:Malaysia Philippines South Korea Singapore Thailand People:Li Yuchun Andy Lau Source:(AFP)
2008-08-02
US auto sales slump to 16-year low in July
DETROIT - U.S. auto sales slumped to a 16-year low in July as automakers failed to keep up with consumers' growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. While production changes may help that problem, trouble in the credit and auto leasing markets will continue to take a toll on sales.
Nations:Canada Activities:2008 U.S. Automakers Downturn Source:(AP)
2008-08-01
General Motors holds off Toyota as June sales fall
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. soundly beat Toyota Motor Corp. in June to retain its traditional U.S. sales lead, but GM sales still dropped 18.2 percent during a dismal month for large automakers.
Activities:2008 U.S. Automakers Downturn Source:(AP)
2008-07-01
Homeless quake dogs rescued by Chinese woman
CHENGDU, China - The white short-haired mutt was found dragging his crushed hind legs through rubble-clogged streets after the massive earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake Source:(AP)
2008-06-27
At least 6 dead, 8 missing in Japan's 7.2 quake
KURIHARA, Japan - A magnitude-7.2 earthquake ripped across mountains and rice fields in northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least six people as it sheared off hillsides, jolted buildings and shook nuclear power plants. At least eight people were missing.
Nations:Japan People:Yasuo Fukuda Source:(AP)
2008-06-14
China rushes to drain earthquake-formed lake
Soldiers were ordered to deepen a diversion channel to speed the draining of an unstable earthquake-formed lake that was threatening to burst, state television said Friday.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake Source:(AP)
2008-06-06
Magnitude 5.3 aftershock hits quake-battered China
A strong aftershock struck China's quake-battered Sichuan province Thursday, as rising water levels in a lake caused by landslides in the massive May 12 temblor forced evacuations from downstream areas.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-06-05
China's bereaved parents push for accountability
Stung by their grief and anger, parents of children killed in two schools that collapsed in the May 12 earthquake are testing the limits of "people power" in China, challenging normally secretive authorities to give them an honest explanation of why their children died.
Nations:China People:Wen Jiabao Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-06-03
Warning of major aftershock sparks panic in China
A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-20
China's next hurdle: shelter earthquake survivors
A critical shortage of tents is casting a pall of uncertainty over the future of people left homeless by last week's earthquake here, as an army of local Chinese officials and volunteers struggle to cope with a stream of refugees.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-19
Three days' mourning to honor quake dead
China said it would start three days of national mourning on Monday after raising the death toll from last week's earthquake to nearly 32,500.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-18
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