Wen Jiabao

The Frog and the Scorpion

Conn Hallinan | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Socialism, Bo Xiali, Capitalism, Wen Jiabao, China, China Poverty, China Economy, China Human Rights, World News

Global capitalism -- including in China, despite its self-styled socialism with Chinese characteristics" -- is in its most severe crisis since the great crash of the 1930s. The question is, can any country make a system with serious built-in flaws function for all of its people?

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China's Premier, Wen Jiabao, Stresses Importance Of Helping Europe

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: International Trade, European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Global Economy, Trade, Reuters, Chinese Exports, Eurozone Debt Crisis, European Imports, Europe, China, Wen Jiabao, Video, Business News

BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) - China has a stake in helping the euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in co...

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China Vows To Tackle Job Creation In The Face Of A Slowing Economy

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, China Inflation, China Job Creation, China Jobs, China Economy, China, Wen Jiabao, China Housing, Video, Business News

(CHRIS BUCKLEY, Reuters) - China will make job creation a more urgent priority in the face of slowed economic growth and weakened exports, Premie...

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China is Not the Problem, It's a Symptom

Georges Ugeux | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Debt, Europe, Globalization, Federal Reserve, Chinese, America, Ipad, Deficit, Wef, Dalian, Washington, US Treasury, Wall Street, Welfare, Chinese Yuan, Exports, United States, Japan, Emerging Markets, Euro, Senate, Imports, Apple, Arab, Foxconn, Protests, US Economic Crisis, Ben Bernanke, China Foreign Exchange Reserves, Domestic Manufacturing, China, Wen Jiabao, Business News

The vote by the U.S. Senate to proceed with sanctions to "punish" China for its currency policy is hypocritical and is a further sign of Washington's inability to deal with U.S. economic problems.

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China Says It Has 'Full Confidence' In U.S. Economic Recovery

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Bank of China, Communist Party, General Motors, Double-Dip Recession, Great Recession, Xi Jinping, Economic Recovery, Caterpillar Inc., Joe Biden, Coca Cola Co., China, Treasury Debt, Wen Jiabao, Video, Business News

BEIJING -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tried to reassure China's leaders Friday that its $1.2 trillion in Treasury debt is safe, while both sides st...

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China Admits 'A Long Way To Go' On Citizens' Human Rights

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Democracy, Premier Wen Jiabao, China Human Rights, Civil Rights, China, Wen Jiabao, China Democracy, World News

BEIJING (Reuters) - China still has "a long way to go" before its citizens can enjoy full human rights, a senior Chinese official said in a rare a...

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China Beats Growth Expectations, But Economy Still Slows

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Gdp, Beijing, Inflation, Hu Jintao, Hong Kong, Free Trade, Gdp Growth, Wen Jiabao, China, Shanghai, Fair Trade, High Interest Rates, Video, Business News

BEIJING (Aileen Wang and Kevin Yao) - China's economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter, easing fears of a hard landing and strength...

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Chinese Premier Shoots Hoops With Students

Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Chinese Premier, Sports, Beijing, Wen Jiabao Basketball, International Children's Day, Chinese Prime Minister, Basketball, China, Wen Jiabao, Video, World News

Following promises he would attend a physical education class with students, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao showed off some surprising prowess on the bask...

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In China, Concern for the Environment Means a Plan for Less Growth

Lucia Green-Weiskel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, China, Wen Jiabao, Green News

Last week, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called for a cap on China's growth rate at 7%. a significant slow-down from the 8%-10% clip of the last decade. The proposal is potentially game changing.

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China Announces Priorities for Next Five Years

Daniel K. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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This past Saturday, Premier Wen Jiabao delivered his 2011 "Report on the Work of the Government" to the 3,000 delegates gathered in Beijing for the Na...

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China Promises Sweeping Economic Change

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Economic Change, China Reform, China Economic Reform, Business, China, China Economy, Wen Jiabao, Business News

BEIJING — China's government is promising an economic overhaul that would raise the status of consumers and entrepreneurs but has given no sign ...

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What If China's Drought Goes Global?

Daniel K. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Wheat, Egypt, Cloud Seed, Fao, Hu Jintao, Tunisia, Boxer Rebellion, Silver Iodide, China Daily, China Drought, Global Times, China Wheat, Huang Chao, Wen Jiabao, Taiping Rebellion, World News

Given the global repercussions of a severe wheat shortage in China, Beijing's aggressive efforts to deal with the crisis should be welcomed by all.

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China's Premier Welcomes Government Critiques In Rare Visit

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — An unprecedented visit by China's premier to the bureau where ordinary citizens submit grievances about corruption and other problems ...

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Will India Win Coveted UN Seat?

Sunil Sharan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The mandarins of New Delhi must be pleased as punch to have had over to visit leaders of all five permanent member countries in quick succession. Inexorable appears the march but will India find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

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Shanghai's World Expo: The Curtain Falls

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

In the end, Shanghai's World Expo was not an international event. It was orchestrated as a domestic power display, in the same vein as the country's 60th anniversary military parade and this fall's Asian Games.

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Wei Jingsheng: Blocking 'Peaceful Evolution' Will Lead to Instability in China

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Communist Party, Nobel Peace Prize, Xi Jinping, Liu Xiaobo, China Peaceful Evolution, Wei Jingsheng, China, Wen Jiabao, China Economy, China Dissidents, World News

If you think American politics these days are complicated, try to fathom the depths of China's vastly more opaque political maneuvering. Here is Wei Jingsheng on the subject.

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To Counter Currency Manipulation: Rally Some Allies

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Japan, no economic small fry, challenged China last month. The conclusion of the dispute is a cautionary tale for countries confronting China about currency manipulation.

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China, Japan End Spat Over Maritime Collision

AP | ARTHUR MAX and SCOTT McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRUSSELS — Japan declared an end Tuesday to a dispute with China over a high-seas collision last month and the two countries agreed to resume ex...

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Amplifying Banned Arts

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Gere, Contemporary Tibetan Art, Free Tibet, Art for Tibet, Shepard Fairey, Wen Jiabao, Impact News

Presented by Students for A Free Tibet, the Art For Tibet benefit event is part of an ongoing effort to amplify the voices and means of expression that are banned inside Tibet.

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China Plays Down U.S. Tensions At U.N. Summit

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressed optimism Wednesday that the United States and China would resolve major trade frictions, even as...

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China's Currency Manipulation: Flipping off America

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency Manipulation, C. Fred Bergsten, Trade Deficit, Renminbi, Illegal Subsidies, International Monetary Fund, Obama, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Currency Undervaluation, China, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Commerce Department, Economic Policy Institute, Wen Jiabao, Obama Administration, Business News

Earlier this year, the Obama administration asked China nicely to allow its currency value to float up naturally on international markets. China said it would. And then it didn't.

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Chinese Premier Says Japanese Companies' Wages Too Low

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Premier Wen Jiabao told a visiting Japanese delegation Sunday that Japanese companies operating in China should address workers' unhap...

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Is China Poised for Implosion? What Would the Communist Manifesto Predict?

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Deng Xiaoping probably would be concerned to see that Chinese population policies and practices as well as the engine of capitalism appears to be creating a Marxian nightmare of bourgeois and proletariat.

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Yu Jie, Chinese Author, Says Chinese Premier Is Not The Reformist He Claims To Be

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese, China Censorship, Yu Jie, Chinese Premier Wen Jibao, Censorship, Wen Jiabao, Chinese Author, Books News

HONG KONG — A book by a Chinese dissident author who says he was threatened with imprisonment argues China's premier is not a reformist nor a ma...

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Chinese Author May Risk Jail For Book Critical Of Premier

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yu Jie, Chinese Author, Books, Chinese Premier Wen Jibao, China's Best Actor, Wen Jiabao, Chinese Censorship, Books News

BEIJING — China's premier cultivates the image of a sympathetic "Grandpa Wen," but a new and unusually critical book claims he should be known a...

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