Topic: China
Wang Lin, the world number two from China, and Pi Hongyan, the China-born fourth seed from France, became the first major casualties at the All-England Open when both went out in the first round of the 100th tournament. Wang led 12-8 and 13-10 in the final game against Eriko Hirose, the world number 17 from Japan, but still went down ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday appealed to Saudi leaders to back a US-led drive for tough sanctions against Iran in a visit to Riyadh and came away "hopeful," his press secretary said. Gates met King Abdullah and the Saudi crown prince as part of President Barack Obama's diplomatic push for fresh UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear ...
ABU DHABI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday. Google threatened in January to shut its Chinese Google.cn portal and to pull back from China, citing problems of censorship and a hacking attack from within the country. "I'm going to ...
