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- An ugly war; Failure to leverage China
As director of the Unicef office of Europe from 1990-1995, I met Radovan Karadzic along with the Unicef executive director at UN headquarters in Geneva in the early 1990s. We pleaded for the protection of all Bosnian children and their families and a
- Modern China under the artist's microscope
A WOUNDED man lying upon a hospital bed. . The Dalai Lama. Uniformed athletes. The Olympic torch run. Rendered on grouped canvases, these images spread across the walls of downtown's Morono Kiang Gallery suggest an almost hyperlinked view of recent
- NOC chief says Iraq banned from Beijing Games
Iraq's government had disbanded the country's Olympic committee in May because of a dispute over how it had been assembled. 'This morning we were informed of the final decision of the International Olympic Committee to suspend the membership of the Iraqi
- China arrests online dissident
Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly.Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei,
- China's Zhongxing in Talks With GM, FAW: Sources
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese pickup truck maker Hebei Zhongxing Automobile Co is in talks with General Motors and major Chinese automaker FAW Group to explore opportunities for cooperation, including possible equity ties, a source close to the situation
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For centuries China has stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. But in the first half of the 20th century, China was beset by major famines, civil unrest, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established a dictatorship that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping gradually introduced market-oriented reforms and decentralized economic decision making. Output quadrupled in the next 20 years and China now has the world's second largest GDP. Political controls remain tight even while economic controls continue to weaken.
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AFP - The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in the Beijing Games in a major blow to seven Iraqi athletes who had hoped to travel to China, an IOC letter said.
AFP - The number of mobile users in China, the world's biggest cellphone market, now tops 600 million, the government said, as subscribers increasingly abandon fixed lines.
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