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BANJUL, Nov 21 (IPS) - The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence...
Forbes Asia Magazine dated November 30, 2009 Ye Tian, all of 29, is one of China's many ambitious entrepreneurs. In China's old guard days, people usually needed a connection to make it, whether it was a buddy working at the...
Fears of India’s relative relegation in the Obama administration’s evolving strategic policies towards South Asia haunts Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he prepares for his first bilateral summit with US President Barack Obama...
NANCHANG: Beijing's iconic Olympic venue -- Ding, director of the Building Energy Engineering Center of China Architecture Design and Research Group, said China's keen interest in low-carbon economy has boosted the development...
Very interesting posts on James Fallows blog on how the American press misunderstood and misrepresented what happened on Obama’s trip. The press, always looking for a simple-minded narrative, decided to look at it as a campaign...
By Saransh Sehgal, Asia Times, Nov 21, 2009 NEW DELHI, India -- China slammed the Indian government for allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal, an area with a Tibetan culture that Beijing claims as "Southern Tibet". Its...
Standing on the parapet of the Great Wall of China Barack Obama thrust his hands deep into the pockets of his coat and took a moment to inhale the frigid winter air blowing in from the Mongolian steppe.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday he was confident China would allow its yuan currency to become more flexible and reflect market expectations. Pressures are building up in the Western capitals that now the...
Sunday, November 22, 2009 WASHINGTON: Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress on Saturday pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would likely set back warming US ties with...
From correspondents in Beijing AN explosion at a coal mine in northeast China has killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua says, citing emergency services. A further 66 are trapped and first-aid workers are...
