Media brief - Wednesday 4 Novmber 2009 (04/11/2009)
UK NEWS ABOUT CHINA:
GUARDIAN: China launches 'strike hard' crackdown in Xinjiang
TELEGRAPH: Chinese mafia godmother jailed in Chongqing
REUTERS: China is experiencing an epidemic of syphilis
REUTERS: China urged to adopt tougher C02 target
REUTERS: China shares rise on economic optimism; HK falls
REUTERS: China Unicom says has signed up one mln 3G users
TELEGRAPH: West's best restaurant - elBulli - goes to Beijing
REUTERS: China 3G stirs up mobile Internet frenzy
GUARDIAN: Chinese scientists claim to be able to control the weather. But is so-called geoengineering more than wishful thinking? And, if so, should we be worried?
UK MEDIA EXTRA:
TELEGRAPH: RBS and Lloyds agree to bonus clampdown as taxpayer injects billions more
REUTERS: Africa boycott U.N. climate talks, demands CO2 cuts
REUTERS: Pregnant women should get flu shot as winter bites: WHO
GUARDIAN: Labour splits over Afghanistan war strategy
TIMES: Lisbon treaty signing leads to new dawn in Europe
INDEPENDENT: UN chief defends dismissal of official
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)