China Earthquake

Latest Updates China Earthquake 2010, Qinghai, China, China News, California Earthquake Prediction: It has been reported by authorities that more than 23 people have been reportedly killed in an earthquake in China on Wednesday.

The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 as per the Richter scale and it hit the Qinghai province located in the northwest China. It has been reported by China Earthquake Networks Center that the earthquake hit at 7.49 a.m. at the Yushu prefecture and it hit at 33 km depth. The earthquake was followed by three aftershocks.

A publicity official with the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, Zhuohuaxia said, “Many are buried in the collapsed houses. There are still lots of others who are injured and being treated at local hospitals.”

Commander of the Yushu military area command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Wu Yong said, “Our soldiers have pulled 10 people from the collapsed houses, but four of them had died. The death toll may rise further as lots of houses collapsed. We are now putting up tents and transporting oxygen to prepare for treating the injured. But roads leading to the airport have been damaged, hampering the rescue efforts.”

Rescue operations are carried in China and Qinghai and Tibet have dispatched two rescue teams to aid the earthquake-hit areas. Telecommunications of the affected regions were cut for some time soon after the earthquake.

To Dream The Impossible Dream

Latest About News Men S Figure Skating 2010, Olympics, Man Of La Mancha, Dream The Impossible Dream: In their fourth Olympic Games,Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China came back to win the gold medal in pairs skating and they fulfilled their dream. This time 2010 Winter Olympics pair skating results are amazing with no Russians at the top for the first time since 1960.

On Monday China’s veteran pair of Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao was able to finally get the one prize they were missing – the Olympic gold medal. Although they had a freak error on a lift and they didn’t stake a perfect program but it was enough to keep them in the lead. There performance was outstanding; Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao nailed almost every element, including two triple throws and a triple lift. They cast a spell on the audience and wowed them.

Solar Eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth. At least two and up to five solar eclipses can occur each year on Earth, with between zero and two of them being total eclipses.[1][2] Total solar eclipses are nevertheless rare at any location because during each eclipse totality exists only along a narrow corridor in the relatively tiny area of the Moon’s umbra.

A total solar eclipse is a spectacular natural phenomenon and many people travel to remote locations to observe one. The solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 in Europe helped to increase public awareness of the phenomenon, as illustrated by the number of journeys made specifically to witness the total solar eclipse of October 3, 2005 and the total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006. The recent solar eclipse of January 26, 2009, was an annular eclipse (see below), while the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 was a total solar eclipse.

The next annular event is the Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 and the next total event is the solar eclipse of July 11, 2010.

In ancient times, and in some cultures today, solar eclipses have been attributed to supernatural causes. Total solar eclipses can be frightening for people who are unaware of their astronomical explanation, as the Sun seems to disappear in the middle of the day and the sky darkens in a matter of minutes.

Indian CEOs Ride A Bus Beyond Shanghai

On a chilly December 1 morning, a busload of shivering Indian business leaders made their first journey from Shanghai to a southeast city nicknamed ‘dragon city,’ that makes every car part except tyres and the chassis.

The bosses from Indian banks to tractor, steel and drug-makers, queued to meet the vice-mayor in a gilded room with two golden thrones. A row of Communist Party officials on one side of the room stared silently at thrice as many Indians seated opposite — more Indians than they had ever encountered before. One by one, the Indians stood up to describe brands the Chinese may not have heard of… L&T, Thermax, BHEL, Infosys.

The global economic crisis has snapped awake this city with a population slightly bigger than the number of cars in Beijing but over 3,000 global companies — none Indian. From January, India and China will enter their 60th year of diplomatic ties. But China’s younger business ties with India are now the focus of Chinese factory cities that must diversify for a recession recovery.

“I read about India’s 7.9 per cent GDP. Very marvellous!’’ Zou Hongguo, deputy secretary of the municipal committee told the group.

The interest is mutual. The recession has compelled Indian CEOs to face a China future beyond unaffordable Beijing and Shanghai. Indian industry heads now make frequent trips beyond Shanghai to explore a cheaper China like Changzhou, where business cost is a third of Shanghai’s.

Changzhou sits south of the Yangtze in the eastern Jiangsu state. In 2008, India’s USD 6.3 billion trade with this single state exceeded Indian trade with entire nations like the Netherlands and Russia.

India now wants to collaborate to make hi-tech products, not just buy them from China. “We request Chinese companies to come to our factories and see the high quality products we manufacture,’’ said J J Shrikhande, China head of Larsen & Toubro and head of the India China Business Forum. He also pitched for Chinese investment in Indian infrastructure.

“Our export basket continues to be dominated by raw materials. We would like to see our hi-tech products in China,’’ said Shanghai consul general Riva Das Ganguly before presenting Changzhou a mini Taj Mahal. Indian trade with Changzhou city was worth USD 392 million in 2008, based on exported textiles, chemicals and electrical, mechanical products.

But Changzhou is obsessed with Indian IT.

“Indian manufacturing? Really? We only know of Indian IT and biopharmaceuticals,’’ replied assistant director Willa Song of the foreign trade and economic cooperation bureau, when HT asked why Changzhou had ignored India until now.

“We want to put Indian IT in every sector of our manufacturing,’’ Michael Liu, investment promotion director in the city’s seven-year-old science and education town, told HT. In July, the town offered classrooms and computers to NIIT, the first Indian presence in a city where vocational colleges produce graduates to work machines in the 60,000 factories. Changzhou wants NIIT to train thousands of students to transform the factory city into a global outsourcing destination.

Next year, Changzhou will be closer to Beijing and Shanghai but cheaper. Beijing, over 1,000 km away, will be four hours away by high-speed rail. Shanghai will be 30 minutes away. The city’s Bus Rapid Transit system was finished in two years. “Tell your government officials to come and see it,’’ said a Chinese official as we drove past the blue bullet-train shaped bus stops on eight- lane roads.

But despite a 439 sq km industrial zone and an ocean port under construction, Indian investors will face a shortage that Changzhou cannot build overnight — skilled and managerial English- speaking manpower. “It’s a dynamic city but there are not enough managers, engineers,’’ pointed out Nicholas Vautherin, Deputy GM of Longcheng, a Chinese company.

On the surface, the 2,500-year-old city gives the impression it lacks nothing. “I need GPS to drive from the factory to the city,’’ Vautherin told HT. “All the roads are new so I get lost.’’

China Not Needed In South Asia, Angry India Tells US

New Delhi: Angered by US President Barack Obama’s attempt to envisage a role for China in South Asia, India on Wednesday made it clear that it objects any move to give a wider footprint to China in the region.

The Ministry of External Affairs said that it had objections to Obama giving China a greater role in South Asian affairs, adding a third country’s role cannot be envisaged in the bilateral relationships between countries of the region.

The MEA further said a role for a third country in the region was not necessary and India was committed to resolving all issues with Pakistan bilaterally.

The US and China had yesterday voiced support for the improvement in Indo-Pak ties and their readiness to promote peace and stability in the region.

A joint statement issued at the conclusion of Obama’s talks with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Beijing listed the situation in South Asia among regional and global challenges.

The two countries “support the efforts of Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight terrorism, maintain domestic stability and achieve sustainable economic and social development, and support the improvement and growth of relations between India and Pakistan”, the joint statement said.

“The two sides are ready to strengthen communication, dialogue and cooperation on issues related to South Asia and work together to promote peace, stability and development in that region,” it added.

The US Ambassador to India, Timothy J Roemer today avoided responding to queries on the US-China joint statement, saying he had yet to take a close look at it.

‘No request for Headley extradition’

Meanwhile, speaking at a press conference Roemer denied that India had asked for the extradition of David Coleman Headley, a suspect Lashkar operative held in the US by the FBI for plotting terror attacks in India.

He claimed that the US was trying to have Pakistan concentrate on dismantling terror infrastructure inside its territory.

The US envoy also remarked that America had experienced its 9/11 and India its 26/11. And both the countries have suffered in terms of loss of life, he added.

Dalai Lama Hits Out At China, Says His Visit Is Non-Political

Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who arrived in Arunachal Pradesh Sunday for a warm welcome by hundreds of monks, rejected accusations that China was leading a separatist movement, and said his visit to the northeastern Indian state not politics.

“It is quite normal for China to step up the campaign against me, wherever I go. It is totally unfounded by the Chinese Communist government to say that I am encouraging a separatist movement,” the Dalai Lama told reporters at the Tawang monastery after inauguration of a museum.

The spiritual leader of Tibetans, which has thousands of followers around the world descended on this picture-pretty town perched at an altitude of over 11,000 feet, near the Chinese border in a week-long visit.

“My visit to Tawang is political and not to promote universal brotherhood, and nothing more,” he said.

“I am delighted to be here in Tawang as there are many emotions involved. When I escaped from China in 1959, I was mentally and physically very weak as I was ill with dysentery,” he said.

It was through Tawang, a revered seat of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama fled the Chinese to enter India, where he established the base in Dharamsala, in Himachal Pradesh.
Thousands welcome the Dalai Lama in Tawang
Tawang also spiritually significant to Tibetans as the sixth Dalai Lama was born in the 17th century in the Monastery of Urgelling near here.

“The Chinese will not haunt us in 1959, but when I arrived in India, he started talking against me. I am always surprised (by reactions of China),” said the Dalai Lama.

“Tibetan Buddhism and culture is going through a very difficult period. But there is hope of religion and culture to survive in this free zone, especially in India. So there are very responsible people here and in the South India to keep the flag flying, “he said.

Thousands of residents in traditional dress and monks dressed in maroon robes, waiting for each side of eight mile road that runs from the heliport of the Tawang monastery, he greeted a smiling Dalai Lama as their motorcade wound through the field mountainous.

The highly revered spiritual leader appeared jovial as he was seen waving to the crowd.

In the monastery, about 800 monks, including dozens of child monks, the Dalai Lama welcomed amid chanting Buddhist religious hymns as a strong smell of incense hung in the air.

Giant Gongs were interpreted by the monks, while the priests of the monastery prostrate as the Dalai Lama got out. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and other high priests then led the spiritual leader in the monastery

Manmohan Meets Chinese PM Wen To Ease Tensions

Cha-Am Hua Hin (Thaliland): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met here on Saaturday to discuss bilateral, regional and international mutual interest in the context of the war of words between the two neighbors over Arunachal Pradesh.

Singh, who arrived here yesterday, and Wen held bilateral talks crucial in the context of the ASEAN summit in the Thai resort.

In his opening statement during the meeting, Wen said “we want a healthy and stable relationship with India.”

Prime Minister Singh congratulated Wen on 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Their meeting was that the two countries concerned notes of conciliation after China’s provocative statements on Arunachal Pradesh, provoked a strong reaction from India.

China considers Arunachal Pradesh a disputed territory and opposed the visit of Prime Minister Singh that the Assembly elections, prompting strong reaction from India, which said the state is an integral part of the country.

“The bilateral relationship will focus on” Foreign Minister Nirupama Rao said last night before the meeting between Singh and Wen.

Rao said the relationship between the two countries is a “complex” but “has developed in many areas” in recent years.

“You are aware of the outstanding issues to be resolved between India and China and, obviously, in the meetings of this nature, especially the meetings between the leaders at the highest level, there is an opportunity to address these issues,” said Rao.

While Singh warmly received at the headquarters of the meeting at Dusit Thani Hotel, Wen described him as an old friend and recalled his several previous meetings. “In coming years we are confident that we will have good relations,” said the Chinese premier.

Trade and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, Director of the Prime Minister, Secretary TKA Nair and Secretary (East Asia) N Ravi attended the meeting of the Indian side.

Other issues that recently led to a verbal confrontation between the two fastest growing economies in the world including China to issue visas to citizens of Jammu and Kashmir, in single sheets. India also said China’s development activities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were not in the interest of relations between China and India.

Have also been expressed, particularly the northeastern states like Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, about reports of China’s dam construction in the river Brahmaputra.

However, in recent days heard conciliatory tone of both New Delhi and Beijing. Senior officials from both countries said the border issue could be resolved through dialogue.

China Should Cease Its Activities In Pak-Occupied Kashmir: India

New Delhi: A day after India and China fought aggressively on the status of ownership of Arunachal Pradesh, India said that China should cease its activities in Pak-occupied Kashmir.

In response to a question on Pakistan-China project in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), the official government spokesman, said, “We’ve seen reports from the Xinhua news agency quoted the Chinese President, noting China continue to participate in projects with Pakistan in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. ”

“Pakistan has been in illegal occupation of parts of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. China is fully aware of India’s position and our concerns about China’s activities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.”

“We expect China to adopt a long-term vision of the India-China relations, and stop activities in areas illegally occupied by Pakistan.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA), reiterated Tuesday that the state of Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India.

The statement issued by a ministry spokesman said shortly after China expressed “strong dissatisfaction at the recent visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Arunachal Pradesh for the election campaign.

“The state of Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India. The people of Arunachal Pradesh are citizens of India. They are the proud in the mainstream of India’s vibrant democracy. China is well aware of This position of the Government of India, “said the official spokesman.

“It is well established practice of our democratic system that our leaders visit the States where elections to Parliament and State Assemblies are being conducted. The Government of India is deeply committed to ensuring the welfare of its citizens along and breadth of our country, “added the official spokesman.

Expressing disappointment over the statement by the official spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry, the official spokesman said: “India and China have jointly agreed that the outstanding border issue will be analyzed by the special representatives appointed by the two Governments. We, therefore express our disappointment and concern over the statement by the official spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry, as this does not help the process of ongoing negotiations between the two Governments on the boundary question. “

Prime Minister Vo Visit China From Oct 12-17

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will pay an official visit to China from October 12-17 on the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

The Prime Minister will be attending the 8th Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Council of Heads of Government meeting in Beijing on October 14.

Apart from the SCO Heads of Government meeting, the Prime Minister will also undertake a bilateral visit to China. His programme includes meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other Chinese leaders.

The Prime Minister will also meet other heads of government attending the SCO Summit.

“Both the countries are exploring new avenues of cooperation, and the Prime Minister’s visit will further consolidate multi-dimensional relations,” a Foreign Office statement said on Saturday.

China, Japan, South Korea Leaders Meet, Focus On North Korea

BEIJING : The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea kicked off a summit in Beijing on Saturday expected to focus on bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and building regional trust.

The gathering is the second leg of new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s debut regional tour — aimed at forging a good foundation for relations with Tokyo’s often distrustful neighbours.

But the vexed subject of North Korea will likely seize the spotlight during the summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao, and also attended by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak.

The three shook hands for the cameras before sitting down for the summit, which follows one held in December in Fukuoka, Japan.

In his opening remarks, broadcast on state television, Wen said the talks were important “to improve political mutual trust, promote mutually beneficial cooperation, and push forward stability and development in Asia.

“We will strive to achieve a practical and positive result out of this meeting, to send the three nations’ cooperation to a new level,” he said.

North Korea said Monday during a visit by Wen that it was willing to return to six-party denuclearisation talks — but only if it first was granted direct negotiations with the United States.

Washington has said it would agree to bilateral talks within the six-party framework, but that the goal must be a complete end to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons drive.

The six-way negotiations are hosted by China, a close ally of North Korea, and also include South Korea, the United States, Russia and Japan.

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told reporters late Friday that he came out of a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi — who also made the trip to Pyongyang — with a positive impression of the North’s intentions.

“From the way he talked, I had an impression that China is highly convinced that North Korea will come back to the six-way talks once getting a certain achievement in dialogue with the United States,” he said.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Friday that a key North Korean diplomat was likely to visit the United States later this month, which could provide a rare opportunity for face-to-face talks with US officials.

Lee is to present in Beijing what he describes as a “grand bargain” for North Korea’s nuclear disarmament — massive aid and diplomatic and security guarantees in return for a firm commitment to total denuclearisation.

Hatoyama backed the approach in talks with Lee in Seoul on Friday, saying: “We should not provide economic aid unless the North signals a specific action or willingness comprehensively to (end) nuclear and missile development.”

The two leaders called for a “fundamental change” in North Korea’s attitude to end the nuclear standoff, and said sanctions should stay in force until then.

Japanese foreign ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama told reporters late Friday in Beijing that if North Korea acted “positively, Japan will respond positively”.

“We are witnessing some signs of moves for resumption of the six-party talks,” he said.

The three leaders were also expected to focus on building strong regional ties, with Hatoyama looking to erase the distrust and frequent animosity that marked Tokyo’s relations with its neighbours under the Liberal Democrats.

Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo said Friday after meeting with Okada that relations between Beijing and Tokyo were off to a “good start” under Hatoyama, state media reported.

The key trading partners are also expected to touch on the global financial crisis, climate change and the environment.

A Japanese foreign ministry official said earlier this week in Tokyo that

Hatoyama was also expected to explain his vision for an East Asian community — a European Union-style economic and political alliance of Asian nations.

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