November 4, 2008 Top Negotiators for China and Taiwan Meet By EDWARD WONG nytimes.comBEIJING — Mainland China’s top negotiator on Taiwan matters began negotiating in Taipei on Tuesday over transportation and economic is…
July 21, 2008 Women's Marathon runnersworld.comThat's it for today. Hope the TV coverage was good.Paula's going to finish. Good for her. Let's just hope she hasn't done herself any injury harm. Certainly the British pres…
California strawberries clear Olympic hurdle By the Associated Press Posted Thursday, August 7, 2008 4:19 AM ETFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - With one food preference survey, China's Olympic athletes accomplished something the Ca…
Pandas Sensed China Quake Coming? Christine Dell'Amore National Geographic News May 15, 2008 In the minutes before a massive earthquake shook central China on Monday, captive pandas near the epicenter began acting…
January 8, 2008 Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn Does Midwestern farms prove switchgrass could be the right crop for producing ethanol to replace gasoline By David Biello sciam.comFarmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas…
Historic China-Taiwan talks held China's President Hu Jintao has held a historic meeting with Taiwan's Vice-President-elect, Vincent Siew. It was the highest-level contact between the two governments since their post-civ…