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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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It's Not About North Korea

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Peoples' Republic of China, Laura Ling, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, Obama North Korea, Barack Obama, Kim Jong-Il, North Korea Missile Test, Kim Jong-Il Nuclear Test, North Korea Missile, North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea Nuclear Test, Nancy Pelosi, China North Korea, Laura Ling North Korea, Euna Lee, Hillary Clinton, China Kim Jong Il, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, Wen Jiabao, China, Advocacy, North Korea, Richard Haass, World News

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

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Public Pressure Made A Difference At The G20 - Here's Why

Paul Hilder | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Green New Deal, Pressure, Avaaz, Unions, Green Hard Hats, Green Recovery, g20, Gordon Brown, Sarkozy, Hu Jintao, Merkel, Obama, London Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

It's far from time to go home and chill in satisfaction. But unprecedented processes have been put in motion to fix global finance.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Lebanon, Hu Jintao, Hague Summit, Arab Summit, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon Brown, G20 Summit, Manmohan Singh, Iraq Security, Angela Merkel, Turkey Summit, Israel, Palestinian Unity Talks, Azerbaijan, Nato Summit, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs:New Israeli Leadership Sounds the Drumbeat to War Facts: Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the Li...

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G-20: I See England, I See France...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Dmitri Medvedev, Michelle Obama, London Summit, G-20 Summit, Hu Jintao, Angela Merkel, Protectionism, Economic Stimuls, Group of 20, Barack Obama, Global Economic Crisis, Nicolas Sarkozy, g20, Obama and Queen Elizabeth, France, World News

First the skinny guy shakes everybody's hand -- then he tells us he's got a cold!

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Obama Breaks Up 'Heated' Spat Between Sarkozy, Hu Jintao

ABC | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: G20 Summit, G-20 Summit, France, Hu Jintao, Barack Obama Sarkozy, United States, Obama Hu, g20, China, G-20, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama Hu Sarkozy, Obama Sarkozy Jintao Spat, Obama Breaks Up 'Heated' Spat Between Sarkozy, Hu Jintao, Obama Between French and China, People's Republic of China, World News

According to a source inside the room, President Obama just played peacemaker in a spat between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Hu Jintao, Presid...

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Obama, Hu Agree To 'US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Obama China, Hu Jintao, Barack Obama China, Obama Hu, China, Barack Obama, Video, G-20 Summit, g20, G-20, Beijing-China, World News

President Obama's first day in London for the G-20 Summit made for what appears to have been a productive foreign relations binge, of sorts, whereby t...

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Staying Away from South Africa's World Cup

David Wallechinsky | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Dalai Lama, World Cup, Tibet, Hu Jintao, Sports, World Cup China, 2010 World Cup, Dalai Lama South Africa, China Tibet, China, World News

I attended the last four World Cups. After South Africa barred the Dalai Lama from entering its country last week, I have decided to stay home from the next one.

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Clinton Reassures China US Is A Good Investment

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.25.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, Clinton Chinese President, Secretary of State Clinton, China and America Economies, Clinton China Trip, Hillary Clinton, China, Global Economic Crisis, World News

BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Washington and Beijing must work together if the world is to rebound from the fina...

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China Deepens Ties With Africa (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Martin Savidge | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

Read More: Sino-African Trade, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu Jintao, China-Africa Relationship, Africa, Africa-China Relations, Asia, Worldfocus, China, Audio, World News

Chinese President Hu Jintao ended his tour of four African nations this week, having promised to deepen ties with the continent. A lot of chatter ...

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Chinese President Vows Increase In Aid To Africa

Xinhua | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Mali, African Aid, Foreign Aid, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu Jintao, Africa, Amadou Toumany Toure, China-Africa, Asia, China, World News

Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday vowed to increase aid to African countries, cancel part of their debts, and expand trade with and investment in t...

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China Signals Thaw On Taiwan

Washington Times | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, China Taiwan, China Taiwan Relations, China, Us-China Relations, China Taiwan Relationship, China Taiwan Peace Agreement, World News

China specialists say the incoming administration will inherit the best prospects in years for a thaw in relations between China and Taiwan, easing a ...

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China Buys Naming Rights to U.S.

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Andy Borowitz, Ford, Hu Jintao, Obama Inauguration, Recession, Citigroup, George W. Bush, Politics News

The deal was hailed today by Mr. Bush as a "win-win" for both countries. "We get 1.4 trillion dollars, and all we have to do is change our name to 'Panda Garden,'" he told reporters at the White House.

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Canaries in the Coal Mine

Carlos Watson | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Hu Jintao, Obama Da Silva, Obama Team, Suze Orman, Lil Wayne, Obama Transition, Barack Obama Team of Rivals, Obama Cabinet, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Barack Obama, Admiral Mullen, Politics News

They may live in cities other than Washington, speak languages other than English, make money via means other than approval-mongering -- but these six may just become key players in the new Obama administration.

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Chinese President Warns Nation Losing Its Economic Edge

AP | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Hu Jintao, Economy, China Economy Weakens, China, China Economy, China Economic Edge, Business News

BEIJING — Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global financial crisis, as h...

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World Leaders Congratulate Obama

CNN | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hu Jintao, Slideshow, President Obama, Foreign Affairs, Wen Jiabao, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama Victory, World Leaders Congratulate Obama, Politics News

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

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China's Milk Scandal: Unharmonious Rumblings

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Chinese Brands, China Business, Hu Jintao, MNC Brands, International Brands, Milk Scandal, Multinational Brands, China, Harmonious Society, Wen Jiabao, Kidney Stones, Business News

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

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U.S.-China Similarities: An Olympic Perspective

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Olympics 2008, NBC Olympics, President Bush, China, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Hu Jintao, Politics News

China and America, according to much U.S. Olympic commentary, offer a study in contrasts. Though to international audiences, recent events reveal how much, not little, China and the U.S. have in common.

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Five China Myths to Watch and Listen for During the Olympics

Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Great Wall, Internet, Hu Jintao, Beijing Olympics, Myths, Little Emporers, China, Tiananmen Square, Ccp, Olympics, Chinese Media, China Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Bloggers, Censoship, Politics News, Politics News

We debunk five enduring myths about China, most of which linger because they are partly true while still being misleading, and some of which are kept alive by Chinese and foreign commentators alike.

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The Transformation of the Beijing Olympics from National Pride into Beijing Anxiety

Hongmei Li | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hu Jintao Olympics, Wartime Command System, Beijing Olympics, Hu Jintao, Olympics, China Olympics, Chinese Government, Central Planning, China Cabdrivers, China Economy, China, Politics News

Hu Jintao, at many occasions stressed the importance of hosting a successful Olympics in Beijing. The Chinese government sees the Games as a war that must be won.

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POY Vey! Time's Snoozy 2007 Noms

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Al Gore, Rick Stengel, Hu Jintao, Chris De Wolfe, Mother Earth, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Person of the Year, Pervez Musharraf, Vladimir Putin, Harry Potter, Time Magazine, J.K.Rowling, Al Gore Green Movement, Time Magazine Person of the Year 2007, Hogwarts, Media News

Tomorrow's the big day: On the "Today" show tomorrow morning, Time's Rick Stengel will announce who the vaunted "Person of the Year" is for 2007. To w...

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