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Opinion: Hu's Visit Clouded by Lingering Oppression

When Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington this week, he can expect a gracious welcome and a state dinner that he was denied on his first visit in 2006. But he can also expect tough discussions on trade, foreign exchange, national security and, hopefully, human rights. As head of the Chinese Communist Party, Hu...

Russia-China Deal Aims -- Sort of -- to Ditch Dollars

Alexei Druzhinin, Pool / RIA Novosti / AP

(Nov. 24) -- Russia and China plan to start conducting their mutual trade in rubles and yuan in a bid to remove the globally predominant U.S. dollar from the equation, but the move seemed more symbolic than financially significant. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the decision Tuesday after meeting with...

A US Currency Battle With China Is Heating Up

(Sept. 24) -- Congress is moving to give President Barack Obama new ammunition in a long-running feud with China over currency policies that cost American jobs, but the White House may not want to use it. The House Ways and Means Committee today passed a measure that would declare currency manipulation -- like China's...

Thousands Die as Floods Sweep Across Asia

(Aug. 9) -- Up to 1,300 people are believed to be missing after flash floods and landslides ravaged northwest China, the latest in a succession of disasters that have killed thousands and left millions more homeless across Asia over the past week. In Pakistan, authorities are struggling to cope with the country's worst...

Four Killed in Another Attack at a Chinese School

(Aug. 4) -- A man waving a huge knife barged into a kindergarten in eastern China and stabbed to death three children and a teacher, Chinese media reported today. It's the latest in a string of school killings that have frightened the nation and spurred communist officials to stifle news reports amid public outrage. The...

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05/30/12 Beijing 'has no plan for large stimulus' Source: Today Online - Singapore China has no plan to introduce stimulus measures to support growth on the scale unleashed during the depths of the global credit crisis in 2008, according to the nation's state-run Xinhua News Agency.
05/30/12 Don't mention the stimulus package Source: The Age - Melbourne VIC - Australia Chinese leaders are loosening fiscal and monetary policy settings but refusing to utter the words that global investors most want to hear, following a fusillade of dire warnings from policy advisers.
05/30/12 Pink? Wen told to think again Source: Shanghai Daily THE story of a Chinese primary school boy "challenging" Premier Wen Jiabao for offering him a pink schoolbag has become a favorite among Chinese.
05/24/12 China's Cabinet promises to boost economy Source: Lincoln Daily News - Lincoln IL Chinese leaders have gradually eased controls imposed over the past two years to cool an overheated economy and inflation.
05/23/12 S&P 500 Sees Largest Gain in Two Months After China... Source: Sys-Con Media NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/23/12 -- U.S. stocks got a boost in Monday trading after recent comments from China's Premier Wen Jiabao signaled they were prepared to support growth.

Background on Wen Jiabao

Wen Jiabao (born 19 September 1942) is the sixth and current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as China's head of government and leading its cabinet.

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