We will be holding a public meeting in Southall, West London, to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (1 October, 1949). The meeting will take place on Saturday 4 October 2008, from 6.30-9.30pm. The venue: Saklatvala Hall Dominion Road Southall West London UB2 5AA View location on Google … [Read more…]
Xinhua article BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — Communist Party of China (CPC) chief Hu Jintao has urged Party members to learn the theory on socialism with Chinese characteristics more conscientiously. Hu, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, made the remark at a seminar which was participated in Sunday afternoon by members of the Political … [Read more…]
Prensa Latina, 25 September: Relations between China and Latin America are likely to continue enlarging within the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of our America (ALBA). Venezuela´s President Hugo Chavez made the proposal at a press conference closing his fifth visit to Beijing. Chavez said he had proposed China draw up cooperation mechanisms with ALBA, … [Read more…]
HAVANA, Sept 24, 2008 (AFP) – China Wednesday donated 300,000 dollars to Cuba hit by hurricanes Ike and Gustav boosting its total aid to the island to more than one million dollars, Chinese ambassador Zhao Rong Xian said. AFP, via ReliefWeb Zhao delivered a message of support from Chinese President Hu Jintao on Cuban television … [Read more…]
Xinhua article BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — The spacewalk performed by Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang Saturday afternoon marks a major breakthrough in China’s space program, Chinese President Hu Jintao said. Hu talked with the trio taikonauts at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center for the Shenzhou-7 mission at 6:35 p.m. Saturday, when he inquired the physical … [Read more…]
Xinhua article UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — China has made enormous achievements in realizing its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),rendering an important contribution to the global endeavor to meet the targets, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang has said. “China is the country that has been the most successful and most effective in realizing its Millennium … [Read more…]
Xinhua article BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday visited hospitals, communities and supermarkets in Beijing to see for himself the infants sickened by tainted milk powder and the milk market. His first stop was Beijing Children’s Hospital, where many parents had brought their children for kidney tests. Outside the consulting … [Read more…]
(Sunday 07 September 2008) IN 1936, Communist liberation leader Mao Tse Tung spoke of his dreams of a free China to Edgar Snow, the US author of the magnificent volume Red Star Over China. With remarkable foresight, Mao said: “When China really wins her independence, then legitimate foreign trading interests will enjoy more opportunities than … [Read more…]
Workers World article The technology for harvesting clean power from the wind has improved greatly in the last few years. That’s the good news. It offers hope to countries all over the world that are reeling from the effects of climate change directly linked to the burning of fossil fuels for energy. But in the … [Read more…]
Xinhua article BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — China halved its impoverished population over the past three decades, according to Huang Yanxin, deputy director of the regulation department under the Ministry of Agriculture. The accomplishment makes China the first nation to fulfill its objective under the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) framework. “According to China’s standards, the … [Read more…]