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India, Chile Sign Four Agreements
In a bid to give further push to their bilateral ties, India and Chile have inked four series of cooperation agreements on science and technology, air services, sports cooperation, and Antarctica expeditions. |
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Chinese Soliders and Arms Exports Embroiled in Zimbabwes Electoral Impasse Chinese soldiers were spotted patrolling the streets of Mutare, Zimbabwe. The total number of PLA soldiers in Mutare is unconfirmed, but eyewitness accounts place 10 Chinese soldiers in full military regalia equipped with pistols with 70 Zimbabwean soldiers checking into a hotel (Zimbabwejournalists.com, April 15). |
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NTDTV to Present Nine International Chinese Competitions in 2008 After successfully holding the International Chinese Classical Dance Competition and the International Chinese Vocal Competition last year, New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) will present a global Chinese competition series that includes art, music, martial arts and culinary skills. |
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Beijing Intensifies People’s War Against “Splittism” as Nationalism Rears its Head While Beijing started last weekend to rein in nationalistic outbursts against Western media and governments, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has upped the ante in its “people’s war” against separatists who are allegedly in cahoots with “anti-China elements overseas” to undermine Chinese rule and disrupt the Beijing Olympics... |
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Private cricket leagues in India must be monitored to check match fixing: ex-Pak players Former Pakistan cricketers Sarfraz Nawaz and Rashid Latif have warned that those playing in private Indian leagues would be vulnerable to match fixing offers because their national honour would not be at stake in such leagues. They said that these leagues should be closely monitored because big money are involved. |
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Former Reporter Quits the Communist Youth League According to data published on The Epoch Times Tuidang (Withdraw from the Party) Web site, since early 2005, more than 35 million people have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Communist Youth League (CYL), and the Communist Young Pioneers (CYP). Chinese people from all walks of life, from common citizens to high-ranking officials, have announced their three withdrawals in place at the provincial, municipal, and county or township level nationwide. |
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Small Earth-like Planet Discovered Spanish astronomers announced yesterday that they have discovered the smallest planet located to date outside the solar system. It is located 30 light years from earth. They are hopeful of finding soon an earth-twin planet with their new detection technique. |
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Lee Myung-bak and the Future of Sino-South Korean Relations World leaders, including PRC President Hu Jintao, offered congratulations to Lee Myung-bak following his election as South Korea’s next president on December 19, 2007. According to Chinese state-run media, Hu’s message stressed his desire to expand “good neighborly and friendly relations” with South Korea and his hope that “strengthen[ed] coordination and cooperation on regional and international affairs” might “upgrade the all-round partnership of cooperation to a higher level and bring more benefits to both peoples and countries.” |
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Senator: It is much richer than what I had imagined CANBERRA, Australia—Senator Gary Humphries attended the Chinese Spectacular at the Canberra Theatre, and spoke with the Epoch Times afterward about his impressions of the show.It has been a spectacularly enjoyable show, the acrobatics of the performers, the quality of the singers. The richness of the storyline makes it a very spectacular and rich show to watch. And I suspect that it also describes a side of Chinese culture which many western theatregoers havent experienced in a long time. |
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Human Rights Torch Relay Reaches Guizhou Province Before the arrival of the Olympic Torch in China, the end of March has seen the global Human Rights Torch Relay officially spread to mainland China with the slogan Same World, Same Human Rights.It was impractical to pass the torch under an autocratic regime so the people chose to spread the message by passing around a logo of the torch relay or tying yellow ribbons. |
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