EU Urges Better Chinese Human Rights Amid Arms Debate
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The European Union urged China to strengthen human rights as the EU considers ending a 15-year-old arms embargo that denies weapons makers such as BAE Systems Plc access to the growing Chinese market.
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The European Union says it is willing to work towards lifting the arms embargo on China, president of the European Council Jan Peter Balkenende has said.
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China's new restrictions on foreign media raise concerns about its respect for trade rules as well as human rights and freedom of expression, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said.
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China is shirking its pledge to improve human rights for the Olympic Games and world pressure is needed to force Beijing to comply, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Friday that talks to lift the European Union&#39;s 15-year arms embargo were making solid progress on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe meeting (ASEM).
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Europeâs leaders were urged today to continue a ban on arms sales to China in protest against torture and human rights abuses. The call came on the eve of an
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The European Union and China pledged to boost relations Wednesday, but the EU said there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing improves its shaky human rights record.
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The European Union is not yet ready to lift an arms embargo on China, Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands which holds the bloc&#39;s rotating presidency, said Wednesday.
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THE HAGUE -- The European Union and China agreed to boost relations yesterday, but the EU made clear there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old arms embargo until Beijing improves its human rights record.
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BEIJING  - Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will urge the European Union to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo and call on the continent to view China as a full market economy during an EU-China summit beginning Wednesday in the Hague.
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The European Union reaffirmed that it is working to lift its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales to China, in a statement released after an EU-China summit.
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The European Union has asked Bangladesh&#39;s military-backed government for information on individual human rights cases, reports said.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan  - Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union to lift a 15-year Embargo on weapons sales to China - the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island.
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European foreign ministers will confront China over Kosovo, the Darfur conflict and its tacit support for Myanmar at a major EU-Asia meeting which began here Monday, diplomats said.
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China has warned the EU that it risks damaging bilateral ties unless it lifts a 15-year embargo on selling arms to Beijing.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Monday called for an end to a 15-year-old European arms embargo on China imposed after the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, as the two countries signed contracts worth &#36;2.1 billion for Airbus jets and other industrial goods.
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China has failed to respond adequately when asked to act on complaints from European nations about unsafe Chinese exports, the EU&#39;s consumer watchdog chief said here Tuesday.