CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) — The young woman lay on a mat in the concrete hallway of a Beijing hospital on June 4, 1989. She weakly held up an X-ray showing a bullet in her shoulder. Knowing I was a journalist, she whispered something I had heard…
Jun 04 19June 04, 2019
Article at AP NEWS
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- New, larger iPhones, the versatile Apple Watch and wireless Apple Pay system launched recently will likely attract more users to Apple's portfolio of gadgets and apps, but the world's most highly valued company still faces an…
Sep 18 14September 18, 2014
Article at Nikkei Asian Review
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Satya Nadella is only Microsoft's third chief executive ever, but he looks to be a significantly different leader for the software giant than founder Bill Gates or sales specialist Steve Ballmer. A native of India, Nadella…
Feb 13 14February 13, 2014
BEIJING (Reuters) - In a few remote corners of China, two of France’s top winemakers have more on their minds than a trade row with their most promising export market. In three far-flung provinces, a world away from Beijing’s allegations of European…
Aug 01 13August 01, 2013
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BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s top career diplomat met China’s foreign minister on Tuesday in the latest bid to ease strains between Asia’s two biggest economies over a bitter territorial row, while a Chinese official newspaper said Beijing had…
Jul 30 13July 30, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - The family of a French billionaire and art collector eased a sore point in history on Friday by returning two bronze animal heads, among Chinese treasures pillaged from a Beijing palace by French and British troops more than a…
Jun 28 13June 28, 2013
BEIJING, June 9 (Reuters) - Bruno Paumard, the cellar master at a vineyard in China, can’t stop laughing while describing a bottle of supposedly French wine a friend gave him two years ago. It’s white wine, with a label proclaiming it is from the…
Jun 09 13June 09, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - China took aim on Wednesday at exports of the European wines favoured by its growing middle class, responding to an EU move to impose anti-dumping duties of Chinese solar panels as tensions rise between two of the world’s biggest…
Jun 05 13June 05, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - China hit back at European wine exports on Wednesday in response to the European Union’s decision to impose duties on imports of Chinese solar panels, as tensions mounted between two of the world’s biggest trading partners. A man…
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people held a candlelit vigil in a rain-soaked Hong Kong park on Tuesday to urge China to respect human rights on the 24th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s…
Jun 04 13June 04, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy told China’s president on Friday that his reclusive country was willing to take “positive actions” to ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, as China steps up diplomatic efforts to bring Pyongyang…
May 24 13May 24, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. Residents of the Beijing First Social Welfare Institution-affiliated nursing home use…
May 20 13May 20, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - Security personnel in eastern China are carrying out a nightly harassment campaign against the brother of blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng, the two said on Tuesday, throwing rocks, bottles and dead poultry at his house for 12…
Apr 30 13April 30, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s new leadership is seeking to dismantle a system of privilege which has allowed the drivers of military vehicles to do as they please on the roads. Officers of China's navy pose for photographs with the new (L) and old…
Apr 28 13April 28, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - China signed a deal with European planemaker Airbus on Thursday to purchase 60 planes, as French President Francois Hollande began a two-day visit to China. A People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer takes a photo of a model of the…
Apr 25 13April 25, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday Chinese leaders had assured him that they were working on persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey speaks…
Apr 24 13April 24, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States’ top military officer on Monday defended the re-orientation of U.S. foreign policy towards Asia in front of his Chinese counterpart, a week after Beijing criticised Washington for ramping up its military presence…
Apr 22 13April 22, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - China formally charged a former railways minister, Liu Zhijun, with corruption and abuse of power on Wednesday, setting up the first test of newly installed President Xi Jinping’s resolve to crack down on pervasive graft. Liu…
Apr 10 13April 10, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - Cyber attacks against the United States from China are eroding the country’s credibility and scaring off potential foreign investors afraid of losing their intellectual property, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. The sheer…
Apr 09 13April 09, 2013
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