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/ 9 November 2006
A group of wildlife experts weighed into the acrimonious battle over shark fishing on Thursday, saying very few species were threatened with extinction as some activists charge. They said that there was no targeted killing of sharks just for their fins — a Chinese delicacy — as most sharks are caught mainly for their meat.
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/ 3 November 2006
China will announce a package of measures covering aid, investment, trade and social development for Africa, state media reported on Friday, as Beijing opened a ministerial summit hosting about 48 leaders from the continent. ”We take great pride in China’s strong and warm friendship with Africa,” Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi said at the opening of the conference.
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/ 1 November 2006
There could be a few strangers at the party when the China-Africa Summit opens on Friday — a rebel group of five countries with formal ties to Beijing’s diplomatic rival, Taiwan. China has invited representatives of the five — Gambia, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Swaziland and São Tomé and PrÃncipe — to attend the summit as observers, although it is still not sure if they are coming.
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/ 18 October 2006
Chinese officials accused the United States of double standards on Wednesday for criticising China’s oil investments in Africa, and insisted the country had a positive role to play in the continent’s development. China’s booming energy demand and Africa’s bountiful oil resources are mutually beneficial, the officials said.
A super typhoon, the strongest to threaten China in half a century, slammed into the south-east coast on Thursday killing at least two people, injuring more than 80 and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes. Typhoon Saomai made landfall in Zhejiang province, hitting Cangnan county just after officials there declared a state of emergency, Xinhua news agency said.