Media brief - Monday 2 Novmber 2009 (02/11/2009)
UK NEWS ABOUT CHINA:
TELEGRAPH: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6481650/Chinese-government-makes-it-snow-in-Beijing-in-order-to-fight-drought.html> Chinese government makes it snow in Beijing in order to fight drought
GUARDIAN: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/01/uighurs-guantanamo-palau> Released Guantánamo Uighurs land in Palau / REUTERS <http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59U1QU20091101> / FT <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00e2a1a2-c69b-11de-94b6-00144feab49a.html>
GUARDIAN: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/02/globalisation-financial-markets-reforms> Painful death of the American economic dream
BBC: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8336695.stm> Growth in Chinese manufacturing
BBC: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8329217.stm> China looks to export censorship
REUTERS: <http://www.reuters.com/article/internal_ReutersNewsRoom_ExclusivesAndWins_MOLT/idUSTRE59U0WH20091031> China's Wen warns of "grim" flu prevention task
TELEGRAPH: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6468221/Shanghai-comes-to-terms-with-British-colonial-century-of-humiliation.html> Shanghai is to spend £20 million restoring its former British Consulate in a sign it may be coming to terms with its colonial past.
GUARDIAN: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/01/lou-jing-chinese-talent-show> China's black pop idol exposes her nation's racism
REUTERS: <http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE59U07Q20091031> China sees rocky export rebound, shrinking surplus
REUTERS: <http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5A00AR20091101> China survey suggests sustained industrial expansion
BBC: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8333445.stm> Strong start for China's 'Nasdaq'
REUTERS: <http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE59T3N520091030> Trade panel approves antidumping probe into China pipe
TIMES: <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6898239.ece> In a rare instance of sexual frankness, a Chinese official has called for "conjugal homes" and short-stay hotels to meet the needs of sex-starved migrant workers in Guangdong, the province known as the "workshop of the world".
TELEGRAPH: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6466897/Chinese-toddler-has-dead-twin-removed-from-her-stomach.html> Chinese toddler has dead twin removed from her stomach
UK MEDIA EXTRA:
TELEGRAPH: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6479407/Mass-vaccination-of-schoolchildren-to-stop-spread-of-swine-flu.html> Mass swine flu vaccinations are expected to be extended to all children under the age of 18 by the end of the year.
TIMES: <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6898188.ece> No 10 backs David Miliband for Brussels
FT: <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/684f39a6-c590-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a.html> Miliband to remain in Westminster, Harman says
BBC: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8336286.stm> Alistair Darling has told the BBC there could be three new High Street banks in the UK over the next three to four years.
TIMES: <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6898396.ece> Afghanistan poll chaos as Abdullah quits run-off
DAILY MAIL: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224282/Medical-alert-series-passengers-mysteriously-faint-mid-flight-way-Britain.html> Medical alert after series of passengers mysteriously faint mid-flight on their way to Britain
TIMES: <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6896098.ece> British survivors recall the Mumbai attacks
DAILY MAIL: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1224377/British-nuclear-expert-s-17th-floor-UN-death-plunge-suicide.html> British nuclear expert's 17th floor UN death plunge 'was not suicide'
TELEGRAPH: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/profiles/6474110/Paul-Deighton-and-David-Higgins-two-men-with-1000-days-left-to-deliver-the-London-Olympics.html> Paul Deighton and David Higgins, the men running the 2012 Olympics, will this week unveil a £700m investment opportunity.
UK foreign policy news
- UK support for Kosovo is robust and enduring (24/11/2009)
- Afghanistan is number one foreign policy priority (24/11/2009)
- FCO appoints Head of Digital (24/11/2009)
- 'A golden opportunity for Cyprus' (24/11/2009)
- Climate change high on Commonwealth agenda (24/11/2009)