TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the September 11 attacks a “big lie” used by the US as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
Ahmadinejad’s comments, made during an address to Intelligence Ministry staff, come amid escalating tensions between the West and Tehran over its [...]

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology refuted that China has been involved in any negotiations with Google since the US search engine threatened on January 21 to pull back from the country.
“We have yet to have any direct contacts or negotiations with them on this topic,” said Miao Wei, vice-minister of the MIIT, at [...]

BEIJING – Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday called for efforts toward balanced, coordinated and sustainable development in the transformation of its economic growth pattern.
Hu made the remarks when joining a panel discussion on Premier Wen Jiabao’s government work report with deputies to the National People’s Congress, the top legislature, from the eastern province of [...]