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China may draw farms into market economy
Published October 11, 2008, 5:32 am, International Herald Tribune
Chinese leaders are expected to allow peasants to buy or sell land-use rights for the first time.
China May Let Peasants Sell Rights to Farmland
Published October 11, 2008, 3:11 am, The Gainesville Sun
The shift could draw hundreds of millions of farmers more firmly into Chinas city-centered market economy.
China may let peasants buy, sell land-use rights
Published October 11, 2008, 3:09 am, San Diego Union-Tribune
BEIJING – Chinese leaders are expected to allow peasants to buy or sell land-use rights for the first time, a step that could draw hundreds of millions of farmers more firmly into the city-centered market economy.
China sets plan to settle 470,000 Tibetan herders
Published October 11, 2008, 2:32 am, ABC Radio Australia
Authorities in the Chinese province of Sichuan plan to spend 732 million dollars to settle 470 thousand Tibetan herders in permanent houses.
Braving China anger, Dalai Lama's envoy on Nepal mission
Published October 11, 2008, 12:40 am, IANS via Yahoo! India News
Kathmandu, Oct 11 (IANS) For the first time since the government of Nepal closed down the office of the Dalai Lama's representative in Kathmandu, a top envoy of the exiled Tibetan leader is on a fact-finding mission in the new Himalayan republic, a move that is bound to anger Nepal's giant neighbour China.
Ex-President Of Finland Is Awarded Peace Prize
Published October 11, 2008, 12:24 am, Hartford Courant
Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funds for further peacemaking in hot spots to come.
China sets plan to settle 470,000 Tibetan herders
Published October 10, 2008, 11:45 pm, The Star
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese province of Sichuan plan to spend 5 billion yuan ($732 million) to settle 470,000 Tibetan herders in permanent houses, state media said, as part of efforts to promote the development of ethnic Tibetan areas.
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Published October 10, 2008, 11:30 pm, Tiscali
to promote the economic development of ethnic Tibetan areas. Last month, Xinhua said the government would spend $3.1 billion (765 million pounds) by 2013 on a series of industrial schemes in Tibet, including 10 mining projects and five industrial zones.
China sets plan to settle 470,000 Tibetan herders
Published October 10, 2008, 11:21 pm, AlertNet
Source: Reuters SHANGHAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese province of Sichuan plan to spend 5 billion yuan ($732 million) to settle 470,000 Tibetan herders in permanent houses, state media said, as part ...
Thai protest leaders granted bail
Published October 10, 2008, 10:59 pm, Thailandnews.net
(45 mins ago) The leaders of mounting protests in Thailand were granted bail after turning themselves in on charges related to their campaign to overthrow the government, one of the leaders said. ...
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