A senior Chinese environmental official says air pollution readings posted by foreign embassies are an unacceptable interference in Chinese internal affairs. The comments made Tuesday by Vice Environment Minister Wu Xiaoqing were a clear reference to the air quality readings posted regularly on the Twitter page of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Wu said only […]
China: Foreign Air Pollution Readings ‘Illegal’
Posted June 5th, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
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China Papers Warn of ‘Rift’ Following US Shift toward Asia
Posted June 5th, 2012 at 2:25 am (UTC-5)
Chinese state media on Tuesday warned that Washington’s planned military shift towards the Asia-Pacific threatens to create rifts between the two countries and may upset regional stability. The warnings come days after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlined a plan to transfer the majority of U.S. warships to the region by the end of the decade […]
Putin in China to Cement Ties on Foreign Policy, Boost Trade
Posted June 5th, 2012 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a three-day visit aimed at boosting trade and furthering cooperation on foreign policy issues such as Syria and Iran. Mr. Putin, who is making his first trip to Asia since starting his controversial third term as president last month, is meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao […]
Vigils in Hong Kong, Taiwan Mark Tiananmen Square Anniversary
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong have marked the 23rd anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square protests and the deadly government crackdown that followed. Demonstrators held a candlelight vigil Monday, shouting “long live democracy” and “never forget June 4.” Hundreds of demonstrators also gathered in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei. The demonstrations in Hong Kong and […]
VOA Chief Holds Talks in Burma on News Bureau
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
VOA Director David Ensor is in Burma seeking to negotiate terms that would allow the U.S. broadcaster to open a news bureau in the long-isolated southeast Asian nation. Ensor held introductory talks Monday in the Burmese administrative capital, Naypyitaw,with Parliament speaker Thura Shwe Mann. “He (the speaker) seemed very open and interested in some advice […]
VOA Chief Holds Talks in Burma on News Bureau
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
VOA Director David Ensor is in Burma seeking to negotiate terms that would allow the U.S. broadcaster to open a news bureau in the long-isolated southeast Asian nation. Ensor held introductory talks Monday in the Burmese administrative capital, Naypyitaw,with Parliament speaker Thura Shwe Mann. “He (the speaker) seemed very open and interested in some advice […]
Two Dalai Lama Envoys Quit to Protest Chinese Posture on Tibet
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Two envoys who represented the Dalai Lama in failed talks with China on Tibet issues have resigned to protest Beijing’s unwillingness to consider new autonomy measures for the Himalayan region. The exile Central Tibetan Administration in northern India announced the resignations Monday, saying envoys Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen left their posts last week. The […]
China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
China’s foreign ministry has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with a U.S. call for Beijing to free all those still imprisoned for the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. Responding to a question from the VOA Mandarin service, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters that the U.S. State Department call was a gross intervention in China’s internal affairs […]
China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
China’s foreign ministry has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with a U.S. call for Beijing to free all those still imprisoned for the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. Responding to a question from the VOA Mandarin service, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters that the American call was a gross intervention in China’s internal affairs and a […]
Vietnam Opens 3 New Sites for Search of US MIAs
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam’s defense chief told U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Monday that the communist government will open up three new sites for the search and excavation of troop remains from the war decades ago. The pledge came during a meeting between Panetta and Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh. The two military heads also exchanged artifacts […]
