Qinghai
(2002 pop. 5.3 million). A remote province in western China, Qinghai (Blue Sea) has a population that includes Han Chinese and Tibetans, as well as Mongols and Kazakh, Hui, Salar, and Tu minor...
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Beijing (dpa) - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met Chinese
leaders on Tuesday for talks that he said would focus on the
environment and economic issues including China'...
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A senior Chinese leader told U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson and watching reporters Tuesday that her country is still poor
and does not pose a threat to anyone.
Vice Premier Wu Yi's ...
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China is forcing nomadic Tibetan herders to settle in towns to clear land for development, leaving many unable to earn a living, a human rights group said in a report issued Sunday.Herders have bee...
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Abe says he aims to stay in power
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his desire to stay
in power Sunday despite a heavy defeat projected by media
organizations for his ...
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BEIJING, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Chinese government will
move more than 52,000 Tibetan herders and farmers into
permanent housing this year, state media said on Thursday, a
practice rights groups s...
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Russian authorities expect new outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the Moscow region and the surrounding provinces, the veterinary service said Wednesday in a statement sent to other govern...
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The environmental group Greenpeace revealed Wednesday it has
found further evidence that global warming is rapidly melting
glaciers on Mt. Everest and in other parts of the Himalayas.
The ...
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Beijing (dpa) - The Tibetan and Xinjiang glaciers - the world's
highest, and the chief sources of Asia's biggest rivers - have melted
by up to an alarming 17 percent during ...
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Qinghai
US treasury chief discusses currency, environment in China
