Wen Jiabao

Obama's Town Hall in Shanghai - Reading Between the Lines

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


Elizabeth Lynch

President Obama's town hall gave the Chinese people a look at an alternative form of leadership. It is no wonder that there was a tremendous amount of push back to the President's request to hold one.

Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 11.15.2009 | World


As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

China, Russia Agree On $3.5B Gas Deals

Reuters | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


BEIJING (Reuters) - Russia and China bolstered their close but increasingly imbalanced relationship on Tuesday when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Pu...

A Spoonful of Sugar

Roseann M. Lake | Posted 10.10.2009 | Home


Roseann M. Lake

As a westerner living in the capital, I have mixed feelings about the 60th anniversary. I was initially vexed to learn that Beijingers couldn't attend their own country's parade.

Martin Jahnke Cleared For Throwing Shoe At Chinese PM Wen

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


LONDON — A German student who threw his shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a lecture a Cambridge University earlier this year was cleared...

Martin Jahnke Tried For Throwing Shoe At Chinese PM Wen Jiabao

AP | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


LONDON — A German student at Britain's Cambridge University is standing trial for allegedly throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Minister Wen Jiab...

It's Not About North Korea

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


Stuart Whatley

As North Korea closes itself off to the outside world even more, China's unique role as an interlocutor will become even more necessary.

The Daily Szep- The Commie Capitalist

Paul Szep | Posted 04.14.2009 | Comedy


Paul Szep

China's Premier Wen Jiabao...the Commie Capitalist.

China's Wen Worried Over US Assets

Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister, has voiced concern over the outlook of US government bonds, calling on Washington to ease worries about US assets....

Wen Jiabao Defends TIbet Policies

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


BEIJING — Beijing is willing to hold talks with the Dalai Lama if Tibet's exiled spiritual leader abandons his separatist cause, Chinese Premier...

Going to the Country: Unemployed Chinese Migrant Workers Return Home

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


John Wagner Givens

In the world's biggest annual migration every Chinese New Year over one hundred million internal migrants take a break from their jobs and studies in ...

China Ready To Negotiate Peace Deal Wiith Taiwan

guardian.co.uk | Tania Branigan in Beijing | Posted 04.05.2009 | World


China is ready to talk to Taiwan about reaching a peace deal, the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, said today....

Chinese Premier Urges Leniency For Cambridge Shoe Thrower

The Guardian | Tania Branigan | Posted 03.12.2009 | World


The Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, has called on Cambridge University to show leniency to the protester who threw a shoe at him last week, the foreign m...

Chinese Government Orders All-Out Anti-Drought Effort

Chinadaily.com.cn | Xinhua News Agency | Posted 03.08.2009 | World


Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered all-out efforts to combat the severe drought in the country's vast wheat-growing area ...

The China Sin Drone

Bob Franken | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business


Bob Franken

We need to send a message that these smug fat cats who have stolen our futures from the rest of us will pay a very big price for their crimes.

China's Lively Blogosphere Has A Field Day With Shoe Throw

Times Online | Jane Macartney in Beijing | Posted 03.06.2009 | World


China's blogs were abuzz after a shoe-throwing protest at Premier Wen Jiabao in Cambridge yesterday - as state television finally showed footage of wh...

Protester Hurls Shoe At Chinese PM

AP, CNN | MARTIN BENEDYK | Posted 03.05.2009 | World


CAMBRIDGE, England — A protester threw a shoe at China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao Monday while he was giving a speech at Cambridge University, ...

China, Germany Pledge Joint Efforts To Stabilize Global Economy

English Xinhua | Posted 03.02.2009 | World


BERLIN, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- China and Germany have vowed to make joint efforts to stabilize the global economy amid the ongoing financial and econ...

Chinese Premier Begins European Tour To Boost Confidence

English Xinhua | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing Tuesday morning for official visits to four European countries and the EU hea...

World Leaders Congratulate Obama

CNN | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


(CNN) -- World leaders rushed to congratulate Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday following his historic win in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Th...

China's Milk Scandal: Unharmonious Rumblings

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business


Tom Doctoroff

In the end, the losers in this sorry debacle are Chinese consumers, a striving people who sometimes feel that odds are stacked against them.