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Tibetans in Dharamshala, India protesting to against Chinese occupation over Tibet
China   HumanRights   India   Photos   Tibet  
 Newstrack India 
Exiled Tibetans call on China to release Tibetan political prisoners
Thu 31 Dec 2009
| New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Tibetans-in-exile in India held a protest march here today against China's suppression of Tibetan nationals in Nyagchuka County in Tibet.   | The protest march was held... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
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 The Boston Globe 
China's main stock index ends 2009 up 80 percent
Thu 31 Dec 2009
| BEIJING-China's main stock index ended 2009 with an annual gain of 80 percent after shares edged up Thursday following a year of heavy government stimulus spending and bank lending. | The benchmark ... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)
A visitor studies stock prices at the Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. Australia and New Zealand's share markets plummeted in early trade Friday, following Wall Street's plunge overnight and signaling a sell-off in Asian markets.  Wall Street Journal  Thu 31 Dec 2009
Asian Shares End Year Up

By COLIN NG | SINGAPORE -- Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, but investors were finishing the year with more of a whimper than a bang, as activity was thin with many markets shut or on ... (photo: AP / John Pryke)
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A worker stands beside a stack of rolled steel on a dock at Guangzhou, in south China's Guangdong province Thursday Nov. 18, 2004. T  China Daily  Thu 31 Dec 2009
US moves to place new duties on steel from China

| WASHINGTON: The US government is imposing new duties on imports of steel pipes from China, the latest sign of trade tensions between the two countries. | The case is the largest steel trade dispute ... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
China   Photos   Steel   Trade   US  
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A view of a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. Wall Street Journal Thu 31 Dec 2009
China's Papers, Web Users Hail Briton's Execution

By LORETTA CHAO | BEIJING -- Using language charged with nationalist emotion, state media and ordinary Internet users hailed the execution of a British national for drug ... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Britain   China   Justice   Media   Photos  
A police officer stands guard outside the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, in China's Hebei Thursday Jan. 22, 2009. China Daily Thu 31 Dec 2009
Execution won't hurt longterm Sino-UK ties

| Drug smuggler's case 'isolated' and Britain should respect the law | The recent dispute between China and the United Kingdom over the execution of a British drug traffi... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
China   Drug   Execution   Photos   UK  
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a ceremony is held before a Chinese naval fleet sets sail from a port in Sanya city of China's southernmost island province of Hainan on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. BBC News Wed 30 Dec 2009
China floats idea of first overseas naval base

| A senior Chinese naval officer has suggested that China establish a permanent base in the Gulf of Aden to support its anti-piracy operations. | Rear Admiral Yin Zhou's ... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Zha Chunming)
China   Defence   Maritime   Photos   Piracy  
Pregnancy - Health - Pregnant Woman China Daily Wed 30 Dec 2009
H1N1 flu pamphlets issued for the pregnant

| BEIJING: China's Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a guide to help prevent pregnant women and women with young children from getting the A(H1N1) flu. | The guide prov... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Disease   Health   Photos   Society   Women  
Google maps showing flu shot locations , November 11 , 2009. Newstrack India Wed 30 Dec 2009
Chinese author Mian Mian sues Google over copyright issues

| London, Dec 30 (ANI): Chinese novelist Mian Mian has sued Google over its plan to create an online library.  | And now a Beijing judge has told the author to hold ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Chinese   Computer   France   Google   Photos  
A view of a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. The Independent Wed 30 Dec 2009
Robert Fisk: Why did no imams plead for Akmal Shaikh's life to be spared?

| Akmal Shaikh got a raw deal from his co-religionists. Not from the West, mark you. From the Foreign Office down to the humblest humanitarian agency, the heirs of the Ag... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
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