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What to Expect from President Obama's Visit to China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: China-U.S. Military Ties, U.S. Foreign Policy Toward China, Obama November Visit to China, Hu Jintao, Beijing, China Censorship, People's Liberation Army, China Human Rights, Barack Obama, Climate Change, China Rule of Law, Bilateral Agreement Between China and the U.S. On Climate Change, Robert Gates, Xu Zhiyong, China Currency Manipulation, Xu Caihou, Peking University, World News

While the White House has yet to release President Obama's schedule, expect President Obama and President Hu Jintao to discuss military ties, global economic health, climate change and human rights.

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Out of Afghan, Into Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Vat-Tax, Globalization, Trade Deficit, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Trade War, Hu Jintao, China, World News

Washington obscures the Trade War by calling it globalization. Globalization is nothing more than a trade war with production looking for countries cheaper to produce.

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The Winds Are Still Blowing East

Zachary Karabell | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Global Economy, Trade, Hu Jintao, Economy, Russia, Oil, Vladimir Putin, China, World Economy, North Korea, World News

China is emerging as the new power in the global economic pantheon, and their embrace of Russia is a clear sign that they wish to become less engaged with the U.S. rather than more.

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Will Japan Go Nuclear?

Joe Cirincione | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Posture Review, Start Treaty, United States, Japan, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear-Free World, World News

A small group of conservative Japanese defense officials have spread the view that if the United States reduces its nuclear arsenal, then Japan will build its own nuclear bombs.

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Murdoch Spars With Chinese President Hu At Media Summit

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Hu Jintao, Media News

In an unprecedented exchange, Chinese president Hu Jintao and global media executives including News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch sparred in su...

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A Spoonful of Sugar

Roseann M. Lake | Posted 10.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Military, China Pollution, Hu Jintao, Chinese Communist Party, China's Economy, Missiles, Mao Zedong, China, Tiananmen Square, Wen Jiabao, Home News

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.

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China's Reforestation Commitment: Imperfect, Important Progress

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: China Climate Change, Climate Change, Deforestation, Hu Jintao, China, Reforestation, Green News

The leader of the largest polluting country in the world has now publicly declared accountability and committed to redemption. It deserves to be recognized as meaningful, if imperfect, progress.

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Obama's Meeting With Dalai Lama Is Delayed In Apparent Nod To Chinese

The Washington Post | John Pomfret | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Dalai Lama, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Tibet, Congress, Obama, China, Bush, Dalai Lama Visit, Dalai Lama Meeting, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, D.C., World News

In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President...

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The People's Republic of China at Sixty: The Fear of Self-Examination

Henryk Szadziewski | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Deng Xiaoping, China Uighurs, People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, China Uyghurs, China 60th Anniversary, Uyghurs, China, Uighurs, World News

Just as Deng made a bold move to take China into an era of economic reform, Hu will have to make a bold move, by talking with dissenters to take China into an era of meaningful political reform.

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On Climate Change: It's Not Time to Throw In the Towel

Betsy Taylor | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Hu Jintao, United Nations, Oil, Green, Climate Change, Coal, New York, Pittsburgh, Global Warming, Barack Obama, India, Tck-Tck-Tck, 350.Org, Maldives, Avaaz, Powershift, China, 1sky, Green News

We must protect ourselves against the dark vision of rising seas and temperatures, but not by numbly going through the motions with our actions and alerts. The times call for more risk-taking.

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Bangkok Climate Talks: Leaders Warn Time Running Out For Climate Deal

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hu Jintao, Copenhagen, Obama, Climate Talks, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, China, Global Warming, Bangkok, Climate Change, U.N., Emissions, Un, Greenhouse Gas Pollution, Climate Bill, Politics News

BANGKOK — The United Nations on Monday warned world leaders they have only 70 days to reach a new deal to limit global warming, while environmen...

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China Signals New Efforts to Address their Global Warming Pollution

Jake Schmidt | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Week Nyc, Hu Jintao, Global Warming, China, Green News

For too long, China and the U.S. have hidden behind the other's inaction. Yet both countries are changing; both countries are beginning to act. Now there is opening for partnership.

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Obama Takes On the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Climate Change, and China in One Day

Duncan Quirk | Posted 09.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bill Clinton, United Nations Climate Change, Hu Jintao, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Climate Change, Israel, Comedy, China, Barack Obama, Comedy News

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China Experts, Media Call Obama "Reckless" And "Protectionist"

GlobalPost | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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BEIJING, China �" U.S. President Barack Obama's tough new stand on China is not playing well in Beijing. A week before meeting President Hu Jintao ...

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Xu Zhiyong and What His Detention Means for Rule of Law in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, People's Republic of China, Rule of Law, Tax Evasion, Chinese Democracy, Public-Interest-Lawyers, Communist Party, Beijing, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Sichuan Earthquake, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Government, Anti-Discrimination Law, Xu-Zhiyong, China National People's Congress, Rule of Law China, World News

The Chinese Communist Party is unified by one principle: to remain in power. Any organized effort, even if within the confines of the law, will be viewed as a threat to the CCP's authority.

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US, China Climate Change Accord Signed

Al Jazeera English | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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The United States and China have signed an agreement to promote greater co-operation on climate change....

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Taiwan, China Exchange 1st Direct Messages

AP | DEBBY WU | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Taiwan Election, Hu Jintao, Taiwan China, Chinese Community Party, Ma Ying-Jeou, Taiwan, Nationalist Party Taiwan, China Taiwan, China, Taipei-Taiwan, Beijing-China, World News

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Taiwanese and Chinese presidents swapped messages Monday, the first such exchange since the two sides split amid civil war ...

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Top 10 Worst World Leaders (Slideshow, Poll)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Slidepoll, Omar Al-Bashir, Hugo Chavez, Muammar Al-Qaddafi, Silvio Berlusconi, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Kim Jong Il, Robert Mugabe, Isayas Afewerki, Advocacy, Ten Worst World Leaders Slideshow, Site:www.huffingtonpost.com 2009 Top Worst World Leader, Top Ten Worest World Leders, World's Worst Leaders Dictators, 2009 Top Worst World Lead, Leaders of the World, 10 Worst Leaders, Worst Leaders, Top Leaders, Top 10 Polls, Top Leaders of the World Photos, 10 Bad Leaders, Top 10 Worst World Leaders, World Leaders, World Leader, Top 10 Worst Leaders, Worst Leader, Huffington Post Worst Leaders, World Leaders List, Worst World Leaders, Leaders of the World List, Top Leaders in the World, World Worst Leaders, Bad World Leaders, World News

The world is full of bad leaders, from dictators to gaffe-prone buffoons, but some are surely worse than others. Below is a selection of 10 leaders w...

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BRIC Nations Meet, Call For Monetary Diversity

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Economy, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, India, Russia, China, Brazil, Bric, Bric Nations, Dollar, United States Dollar, BRIC Summit, Dmitry Medvedev, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Hu Jintao, Manmohan Singh, World News

YEKATERINBURG, Russia — The leaders of four major emerging economies _ Russia, China, Brazil and India _ apparently failed Tuesday to reach cons...

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Geithner: China Should Decrease Exports

wsj.com | MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Federal Budget Deficit, Hu Jintao, Chinese Economy, Premier Wen Jiabao, Timothy Geithner, Chinese Exports, China, Treasury Secretary, Business News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner heads to Beijing this weekend to urge Chinese leaders to fundamentally alter the export-oriente...

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Why North Korea's Antics Are Good For Obama

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Russia, Russia, North Korea Nuclear Weapons, North Korea Missile Launch, Obama China, Russia North Korea, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, United Nations Security Council, North Korea Satellite, Obama North Korea, UN Security Council, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, North Korea Missile Test, Hu Obama, Medvedev Obama, North Korea Missile, North Korea and UN Sanctions, North Korea Nuclear Program, China North Korea, Proliferation Security Initiative, Barack Obama Foreign Policy, China, Advocacy, North Korea, World News

Following its initial hullabaloo, the current standoff may be a foreign policy windfall for the Obama administration by uniting typically disparate regional players

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China-Brazil Economic Alliance May Be Exaggerated

Global Post | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: China Brazil Economy, China Brazil, Hu Jintao, Economy, Brazil, Foreign Affairs, G2, United States Economy, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, G-2, China Economy, China, Advocacy, World News

By Seth Kugel | GlobalPost SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Judging from the headlines, it has been a big month in Brazilian-Chinese relations. First China ju...

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China, Taiwan Ruling Party Meet For Economic Cooperation Talks

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Taiwan, China Taiwan, Hu Jintao, Wu Poh-Hsiung, World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Kuomintang, World News

In another sign of thawing relations, Chinese President Hu Jintao Tuesday met with Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party to...

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