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Fatherly dreams link Obama brothers in Beijing

US President Barack Obama said yesterday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share. Obama acknowledged the meeting in an interview with ...

From TINI TRAN, Shanghai Daily,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mark Ndesandjo,  United Nations

Obama says he met with half brother while in China

BEIJING - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share. ...

From TINI TRAN, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mark Ndesandjo,  Hu Jintao,  White House,  United Nations

Obama meets with half brother in China

BEIJING—When President Barack Obama landed in Beijing on Monday on his first state visit to China, his first order of business was family business. Before he headed to a formal dinner with China's President Hu Jintao, he set aside time to see his half ...

From TINI TRAN, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hu Jintao,  Mark Ndesandjo,  United Nations,  Harvard University

China's plan for 3 Gorges' water level stalled

Plans to raise the water level behind China's massive Three Gorges dam to full capacity this month _ which would mark the symbolic culmination of the decades-old project _ have stalled amid a worsening drought and reports of increased landslide ...

From TINI TRAN, eTaiwan News,  16 Nov 2009

China's plan for Three Gorges' water level stalled

current conditions, less water is coming from the upper reaches and more water is needed to be released to the lower reaches to ease the drought situation. So it's difficult to reach that level," he said, declining to be named because he wasn't ...

From TINI TRAN ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  15 Nov 2009

Plans to raise Three Gorges' water level stalled

BEIJING - Plans to raise the water level behind China's massive Three Gorges dam to full capacity this month - which would mark the symbolic culmination of the decades-old project - have stalled amid a worsening drought and reports of increased ...

From TINI TRAN, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  15 Nov 2009

Report predicts extreme weather on China's Yangtze

Rising temperatures over the next few decades will unleash storms, floods and drought across China's Yangtze River Basin, a new report says, raising the prospect of catastrophe for a region that is home to nearly a third of the country's population. ...

From TINI TRAN, eTaiwan News,  10 Nov 2009

Weather warming in Yangtze basin

INCREASED droughts, floods and storms will hit China's Yangtze River Basin over the next few decades, the result of rising temperatures globally, according to a report released yesterday. Climate change will trigger extreme weather conditions along ...

From TINI TRAN, Shanghai Daily,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Report: Extreme weather will be seen on Yangtze

Increased droughts, floods and storms will hit China's Yangtze River Basin over the next few decades, the result of rising temperatures globally, according to a report released Tuesday. Climate change will trigger extreme weather conditions along ...

From TINI TRAN, eTaiwan News,  10 Nov 2009

China sentences notorious gang 'godmother'

police chief, Wen Qiang, who was detained for investigation by the ruling Communist Party in August. Wen, who is regarded as being at the heart of an extensive network of protection of local gangs for over a decade, will go on trial later in the month. ...

From TINI TRAN ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wen Qiang,  Mercedes-Benz,  Xinhua

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