Proposed law not a military threat, says PRC
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China said yesterday that a proposed anti-secession law announced last week is aimed at promoting self-ruled Taiwan&#39;s unification with the mainland but rejected suggestions that it would lead to military action by Beijing.
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China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a climate change action plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed aside fears that a projected joint security declaration with Japan would harm his country's ties with China, press reports said.
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Chinese Communist Party chief and  President Hu Jintao has urged the People's Liberation Army  (PLA) to prepare for a military struggle, but stopped short of  singling out rival Taiwan as the target.
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The Philippine army is pushing for tougher laws to help crush nearly 40 years of communist rebellion, favouring legislation similar to the internal security acts enforced elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the military chief said on Friday.
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Chinese lawmakers are set to pass legislation this week that would limit foreign acquisitions in China on national security grounds.
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Hong Kong&#39;s chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, ruled out on Thursday trying to pass internal security legislation any time soon, a strong sign that his backers in Beijing
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China sets out its strategy for tackling climate change, but stresses it will not sacrifice economic growth.
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China's legislature began considering a draft law on developing renewable energy to combat chronic power shortage.
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The EU told China on Wednesday it was not yet ready to end its 15-year-old ban on selling it arms, but suggested the embargo could be lifted in early 2005 despite opposition from human rights groups and Washington.
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China submitted a draft law on Saturday  it says is aimed at peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but  which the island's residents and the United States fear could  ratchet up tensions across the Strait.
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China is drafting laws governing outer space, state media on Monday quoted the country's first astronaut as saying at a time when Beijing's space drive is drawing growing international concern.
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By Charles Hutzler  BEIJING  --  Chinese lawmakers today formally introduced a hotly debated law that marks one of the most explicit attempts to legally protect personal wealth by a government that only a generation ago preached communist egalitarianism.
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China dismissed U.S. criticism of its military build-up on Tuesday, saying the world's most populous country was an important force for world peace.
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Climate change, not war or terrorism,  will be the century&#39;s biggest security challenge with China  unlikely to be able to feed its vast and growing population as  a result, Australia&#39;s top policeman has warned.
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At first glance it is not obvious why China needs an anti-secession law: lack of such legislation has never stopped Beijing using harsh measures to silence anyone advocating independence for
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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian says China's leadership changes are  unlikely to signal a big policy shift.