News Source: Inter Press Service
| about 1 month ago
Showing off China�s new wealth and national might on the anniversary of the birth of the People�s Republic, the country�s leaders attributed its rise as a rejuvenated world power to the 60 years of communist rule. But behind the shock-and-awe...
News Source: Delhi News-Record
| about 1 month ago
Canada's military mission in Afghanistan met with skepticism from the Dalai Lama yesterday in Calgary. And the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet predicted he'll one day return to the homeland he fled 50 years ago...But he said countries like Canada...
News Source: Asia Times Online
| about 1 month ago
Unlike the more famous photo of a line of tanks being stopped by a single protester during the Tiananmen protests in 1989, the tank in this picture moves unopposed...The only other person in the image is a white-hatted, neon yellow-vested traffic...
News Source: Denver Post
| about 1 month ago
China's leaders marked their state's 60th anniversary on Thursday with a precision display of military bravado that included, improbably, a female militia unit toting submachine guns and attired in red miniskirts and white jackboots, and a fleet of...
News Source: Zee News
| about 1 month ago
Updated on Friday, October 02, 2009, 11:15 IST Washington: The United States congratulated China as it celebrated 60 years of communist rule, but criticism was not far behind with Congress urging Beijing to free a prominent dissident. US Secretary...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
Communist China's rulers observed the 60th anniversary of their regime with a spectacular parade and floats and an impressive show of military might. The Beijing show Thursday was immense and flawless, The New York Times reported, noting the Oct. 1...