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Obama to meet with China's Xi in California June 7-8
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the White House announced on Monday....Tags: Barack Obama, Trinidad and Tobago, Washington, DC, Xi Jinping, Ronald Reagan
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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishing boat
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday more than two weeks after it was detained in waters between the countries, as China demanded an explanation for the incident that has been a new irritant in ties between the...Tags: North Korea, China, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Asia: What are the top 101 restaurants?
It was a big job, but somebody had to do it, said editors at the Daily Meal. So they set out to recognize Asia’s top 101 restaurants. The list, which took six months to compile, includes restaurants in 25 cities. China topped the charts with 28...
Tags: Taiwan, Japan, Restaurants, Tokyo (Japan), Hong Kong
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China offers India a 'handshake across the Himalayas'
ReutersNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip. The number two in the Chinese...Tags: India, PetroChina Company Limited, Mountains, Petroleum Industry, Government
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Indian, Chinese leaders meet in New Delhi, pledge better relations
NEW DELHI – The Indian and Chinese premiers papered over their differences at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday, pledging to tackle a border dispute that has soured relations for decades and to work together for global stability. The meeting was...
Tags: India, Trade Agreements, U.S. Navy, Pakistan, New Delhi (India)
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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners
An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...Tags: Entertainment, Dwayne Johnson, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Beijing Games, Loyola Marymount University
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Tensions rise between China, North Korea over boat held hostage
BEIJING -- A Chinese fishing boat was seized by armed North Koreans who are demanding a ransom of nearly $100,000 for the release of the ship and 16 Chinese crew members. The Chinese Communist Party's Global Times newspaper suggested in Monday's...
Tags: Communist Party of China, North Korea, China, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Restraint is the new red in China
BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...
Tags: Luxury Vehicles, Government, Media Industry, Restaurants, Elections
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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption...Tags: Wen Jiabao, Adultery, Arts and Culture, Xi Jinping, Literature
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Despite curbs, China's vast hot money triangle flourishes
Reuters* Underground banking network remits billions of yuan daily * Money laundering risks exacerbated by unofficial networks * Macau junkets act as pseudo banks for China capital outflows * Chinese authorities soft on enforcement, say intermediaries By...Tags: Pomfret, Macau, Economy, Business and Finance, Science and Technology, Organized Crime
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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
Reuters(Repeats story first published on Sunday. No changes to text) By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan QIANTUN, China, May 19 (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing...Tags: Demographics, Economic Organization, Arts and Culture, Environmental Issues, World Bank Group
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China urges North Korea to release Chinese fishing boat, 16 crew; owner says ransom demanded
Associated PressBEIJING (AP) — China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies....Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Seafood and Fishing Industry, Aquaculture, News Agency, North Korea
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