BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday sharply criticized a planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama, suggesting bilateral relations could face a new setback if it goes ahead. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang reaffirmed more

London: A senior Chinese official said in comments broadcast on Friday that Beijing was open to further discussions with Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, following talks earlier this month. Zhu Weiqun claimed in remarks to the BBC that “China more

Conspicuously displayed in local newspapers on Nov. 11 was a photo of a press conference called by former President Chen Shui-bian on the eve of his arrest by the Taipei District Court on corruption charges. The picture showed that among those more

British athletes, who enjoyed their most successful Olympics for a century in Beijing this summer, face cuts in funding for the build-up to the 2012 Games in London. Top officials fear many sports will have to reduce the training programmes that more

LITI VILLAGE, China - Li Xiaokai died of kidney failure on the old wooden bed in the family farmhouse, just before dawn on a drizzly Sept. 10. Her grandmother wrapped the 9-month-old in a wool blanket. Her father handed the body to village men for more

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