December 9, 2011
Vietnam's chess ace Le Quang Liem (R) will compete at the 2011 World Mind Sports Games in Beijing from December 8-12. Photo by Kha Hoa. Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem will fly to China on Monday to compete at the 2011 World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) in Beijing from December 8-12. The [...]
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November 19, 2011
US President Barack Obama (R) listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during their meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia summits in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, on November 19. US President Barack Obama held previously unannounced talks with China’s Premier Wen Jiabao [...]
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November 15, 2011
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde (L) shakes hands with China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during a meeting in Beijing on November 9, 2011. China’s financial system is at risk from bad loans, booming private lending and sharp falls in property prices, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday, as it called for sweeping reforms. In [...]
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November 14, 2011
President Barack Obama arrives during the first plenary meeting at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 13, 2011. The head of Boeing chose his words carefully as he explained to President Barack Obama the “dilemma” that Corporate America faces in trying to do business in China. “We see a world where our interests lay [...]
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October 31, 2011
Air pollution in Beijing reached “hazardous” levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flights. The Chinese capital is one of the most polluted cities in the world, mainly due to its growing energy consumption — [...]
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September 24, 2011
A recent diplomatic row with China highlights India’s moves to beef up its influence in the East Sea via more cooperation with Vietnam, observers say Indian Navy personnel march on Indian Independence Day at the Red Fort monument in New Delhi. India’s recent actions demonstrate that countries are looking for ways to balance the [...]
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September 15, 2011
Vietnam's Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a meeting in Hanoi Wednesday China and Vietnam have agreed to speed up negotiations towards ending a long-running spat over the East Sea, media in both countries reported on Thursday, as Beijing continued a campaign to defuse tension. Both countries, [...]
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September 9, 2011
The sun rises over highrise buildings in downtown Beijing in 2010. A person tries to kill themselves in China every two minutes, the government and state media said Thursday, giving the country one of the highest suicide rates in the world. China’s suicide rate is 22.23 people out of every 100,000, the Centre for Disease [...]
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August 16, 2011
One-hundred Yuan notes are seen in this picture illustration in Beijing March 22, 2011. China’s long-term plan to cut reliance on investment as a growth engine is clashing with its short-term need for protection against a worsening global outlook. Beijing has made it clear that consumption, not investment, must eventually do more of the work [...]
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August 3, 2011
An investor smiles as she walks past screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province June 24, 2011. China is considering a proposal to create a ministerial-level body to manage its state-owned banks and non-bank financial enterprises, two sources with knowledge of the plan said, a move that would strengthen Beijing’s [...]
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