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submitted by grandie4 23 months ago, from google.com
China sought Sunday to deflate rising pressure from the U.S. and other powers over Chinese economic policies and growing assertiveness in world affairs, with its prime minister promising cooperation to bolster the global recovery. Premier Wen Jiabao took on critics in the West who say Chinese... More
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submitted by agabriel 39 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
US economic, military and political dominance is likely to decline over the next two decades, according to a new US intelligence report on global trends. The National Intelligence Council (NIC) predicts China, India and Russia will increasingly challenge US influence. More
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submitted by blueheat 43 months ago, from cnn.com
The six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program reached a "principled consensus" on how to verify the information in Pyongyang's nuclear declaration submitted last month, Chinese officials said in a Xinhua report. The top U.S. negotiator said Saturday's session would focus on preparing... More
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submitted by grandie4 43 months ago, from iht.com
The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of "coercive management techniques" for possible use on prisoners, including "sleep deprivation," "prolonged constraint," and "exposure." What the trainers did not... More
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submitted by trippie48 44 months ago, from money.cnn.com
Oil prices sank nearly $4 Thursday after the Chinese government said it would raise prices on gasoline and diesel, effectively lifting subsides that have been criticized for driving oil prices higher, in a move that could curb demand from the country's rapidly growing economy. More
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submitted by chiasma 44 months ago, from biz.yahoo.com
Washington wants Beijing to loosen controls on currency trading and allow the yuan's rate to set by market forces. U.S. manufacturers contend that the restrictions keep the yuan's value artificially low, giving Chinese exporters an unfair advantage and boosting China's trade surplus. More
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submitted by blueheat 44 months ago, from iht.com
Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a set of thinly veiled warnings to China on Saturday, cautioning that it could risk its share of further gains in Asia's economic prosperity if it bullied its neighbors over natural resources in contested areas like the South China Sea. More
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from nytimes.com, 45 months ago
President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia and President Hu Jintao of China met on Friday to conclude a deal on nuclear cooperation and together condemn American proposals for a missile shield in Europe. Both countries called the plan a setback to international trust that was likely to upset the... More
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submitted by ghostdog 46 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
An airbase inside a mountain is the latest sign that North Korea, whose links to Syria’s nuclear programme came to light last week, is cranking up its military machine More
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submitted by blueheat 46 months ago, from politico.com
In an election year debate crowded with weighty foreign policy issues and marked by a sharp focus on the diplomatic approaches that Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton would bring to the White House, an unusual flashpoint is beginning to emerge: the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. More
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submitted by grandie4 46 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
The only North American leg of the Olympic torch relay has been marked by confusion after the route was diverted to avoid crowds of protesters. Thousands of pro-Tibet and pro-Beijing demonstrators had gathered in San Francisco, prompting fears of violence. Officials sent the torch on a new... More
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submitted by blueheat 46 months ago, from cnn.com
Sen. Hillary Clinton called on President Bush Monday to boycott the opening of this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In a statement released by her campaign Monday, the New York senator pointed to recent protests in Tibet; and to the Chinese government's failure to pressure the government.. More
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submitted by agabriel 47 months ago, from nytimes.com
China’s violent crackdown on protesters in Tibet is having powerful political reverberations in Washington, where the White House is weighing how far to go in condemning the Chinese government, even as it defends President Bush’s decision to attend the Summer Olympics in Beijing. More
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submitted by riverdrops 47 months ago, from nytimes.com
Thousands of Buddhist monks and other Tibetans clashed with the riot police in a second Chinese city on Saturday, while the authorities said they had regained control of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, a day after a rampaging mob ransacked shops and set fire to cars and storefronts in a deadly riot. More
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submitted by ghostdog 45 months ago, from reuters.com
People across China have opened their wallets to give earthquake aid -- and fraudsters have swung into action to capitalise on the burst of generosity. More
