EMM Entities: News about Wen Jiabao

SANDERS: After you, my dear Alphonse...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

ANALYSIS/OPINION: The miniature mid-July ballet danced by American, Chinese and U.N. statisticians only obscures a much larger geopolitical drama: China's unquenchable thirst for and America's unbreakable dependence on imported oil. When an official from the U.N. International Energy Agency last week named China the world's No.

China 'reviews execution policy'

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China could reduce the number of crimes which carry the death penalty, reports in a liberal newspaper suggest.

Tire firm may open China plant

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

FARNBOROUGH, UK - Dunlop Aircraft Tyres (DAT), the world's only specialist aircraft tire manufacturer, said on Tuesday (local time) the company may open its first overseas factory in China in the next few years.

China rushes to keep oil from sea

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China is rushing to keep an oil spill from reaching international waters, while an environmental group tried to assess if the country's largest reported spill was worse than has been disclosed. Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea off a busy north-eastern port after a pipeline exploded late last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire.

China 'biggest energy consumer'

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China has overtaken the US as the world's largest user of energy, experts have said. But its government immediately questioned the International Energy Agency's report The Paris-based energy forum said China's 2009 consumption of energy sources ranging from oil and coal to wind and solar power was equal to 2.

East Asian recovery allows stimulus withdrawal

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

MANILA - East Asia's economic upturn is firmly on track and extraordinary fiscal and monetary stimulus should be gradually withdrawn, including by allowing currencies to strengthen, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday. China's return to more normal policy settings should include allowing the....

The New Republic: Dominating The China Market

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

American and European companies have vied for centuries to dominate what used to be called "the China market." James Mann of The New Republic argues Western business leaders still don't seem to grasp that, increasingly, China wants to keep that market for itself.

Oil explosion sparks massive fire

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Officials said no one was killed and set their sights on the cleanup, with a dark, brown slick floating on the sea. State-run media said the pipeline blew up on Friday evening, and the blaze raged among tanks at the port in the northern city of Dalian. More than 2000 firefighters worked overnight to control flames that shot 30 metres into the air.

Chinese oil pipeline explodes

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The cause of the initial blast was not clear. The Xinhua News Agency said it happened after a tanker uploaded oil at the port. China National Radio said officials were considering the evacuation of about 600 homes nearby. The pipelines are owned by China National Petroleum Corp., which is Asia's biggest oil and gas producer by volume.

China's online population tops 420 million

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China's online population has reached 420 million by the end of June, according to a report issued by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on Thursday.

Argentina legalises same-sex marriage

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

After a marathon Congressional debate spiked with fierce exchanges, Argentina has become the first country in socially conservative Latin America to legalise gay marriage. Thousands of supporters who had rallied outside Congress during the 15-hour session erupted in cheers when the law, sponsored by....

Death toll rises from tropical storm in Philippines

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The death toll from a tropical storm that tore through the Philippines this week has doubled.

Chinese export surge fuels trade surplus

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China's exports grew faster than expected last month, offering reassurance on the strength of the recovery in the world economy and adding to the country's huge trade surplus.

Google Gets Its License To Operate In China Renewed

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Back in January 2010, Google declared that it was no longer willing to continue censoring search results on Google.cn , and that it would possible shut down the Chinese search page, and potentially even its offices in China. In March, Google backed that talk up by redirecting Google.cn to Google.com.

China eyes services sector of economy

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China, which will soon surpass the United States as the world's top manufacturing economy, has begun to focus more efforts on promoting a service-based economy. By making slight policy changes, the communist regime in Beijing is paving the way for localities such as Shanghai to develop into diverse service-based economies .

China rules out ‘nuclear option’ on T-bills

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

By Geoff Dyer in Beijing and Peter Garnham in London Published: July 7 2010 10:44 | Last updated: July 7 2010 17:55 China has delivered a qualified vote of confidence in the dollar and US financial markets, ruling out the “nuclear option” of dumping its huge holdings of US government debt accumulated over the last decade.

Shab-e-Mairaj on Friday

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

KARACHI, July 7 (APP): Four Pakistani cricketers Yasir Hameed, Azhar Ali, Tanvir Ahmed and Zulqarnain Haider left on Wednesday to feature in the upcoming Test series against Australia and England. Yasir Hameed is staging a comeback in Pakistan team after three years in place of Faisal Iqbal.

President Asif Ali Zardari is arriving in Beijing this evening on a week long official visit to China.

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

During his visit the President would have interaction with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to promote bilateral cooperation for regional and International peace and stability. The President will also visit shanghai expo where China has established Pakistani pavilion close to its own.

Chinese security forces prepare for anniversary of Urumqi riots

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Chinese security forces have fanned out across the far Western city of Urumqi to ensure peace on the first anniversary of ethnic riots that killed almost 200 people.

China to become urban country by 2015

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

More than half of all Chinese will be living in cities by 2015 for the first time in history as industralisation drives the greatest migration from countryside to towns ever seen.

US lawmakers hit at China steel move

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington Published: July 3 2010 00:50 | Last updated: July 3 2010 00:50 US lawmakers are challenging a joint venture between China’s third-largest steel producer and a US steel company because it would “allow a Chinese company to exploit the American steel market” and threaten national security.

China to make decision on Google

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Google's application to renew its operating license in China is being reviewed by the government and the results will be posted soon, Chinese state media reported.

Cross-Straits trade deal to cut tariffs, open markets

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Beijing and Taipei signed a historic trade deal on Tuesday to boost economic ties and further ease political tensions that have haunted cross-Straits ties for most of the past six decades.

Divided island

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

But many people here are ambivalent about whether the deal will be good or bad for Taiwan in the long run. What is for certain is that it will give each side's exports and investments greater access to the other's market, making the Chinese and Taiwanese economies more integrated than ever.

Protest in Taiwan at China pact

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Thousands protest in the Taiwanese capital about a trade deal with China, which they fear will lead to a Chinese takeover.

China's yuan hits new high

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Central bank sets stronger currency rate ahead of G20 economic summit in Canada.

China yuan comments buoy markets

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Stock markets and Asian currencies rise following weekend comments by China's central bank about its yuan policy.

Yuan jumps after China loses peg

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China's yuan soared against the dollar yesterday faster than at any time since its revaluation in 2005 after the central bank loosened the currency peg over the weekend.

China yuan stance buoys markets

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Asian stock markets and currencies rise following weekend comments by China's central bank about its yuan policy.

Editorial Comment: Chinese wisdom

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China has taken what Barack Obama called the “constructive step” of abandoning the renminbi’s peg against the US dollar. The timing and manner of its announcement are astute, and the US president is right to welcome the change. Coming just a week before a G20 meeting in Toronto at which the Chinese....

China's central bank to allow more exchange rate flexibility

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The People's Bank of China cites the recoveries in both the global and Chinese economies as the reason for its decision. The move suggests the country is ready to raise the yuan against the dollar. China's central bank said Saturday that it would permit more flexibility with the nation's currency —....

Honda Strikers in China Offered Smaller Raise Than Sought

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Workers at the Honda Lock factory were offered an increase of about $44 a month, less than half what they were seeking.

Chinese security forces 'attack NZ MP with umbrella'

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Chinese security officials attacked a New Zealand MP with an umbrella after he staged a pro-Tibet protest during a visit from China's vice-president, he claimed on Friday.

Lex: AgBank IPO

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Whether or not it launches the world’s biggest initial public offering, Agricultural Bank of China is long on superlatives. The humbly named lender was founded by Mao Zedong in the 1950s, boasts more customers than the US has people and its assets exceed the entire economic output of India. Now the only thing it needs is buyers.

China to execute school attacker

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

A Chinese court has sentenced to death a man who injured 16 children in an attack on a school in southern China last April, Xinhua news agency said. An intermediate court in the city of Zhanjiang in Guangdong province on Friday sentenced Chen Kangbing to death for the attack at the Hongfu Primary School.

China protests North Korea shooting

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Beijing lodges diplomatic complaint over killing and wounding of citizens at border.

PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - June 7

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

HANOI, June 7 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. FINANCIAL NEWS: THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM -- Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank said its gross profit in the first five months of this year soared 46.

US mulls new North Korea measures

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The US says it is considering "additional options" to hold North Korea accountable for the sinking of a South Korean warship.

S Korea seeks UN help with North

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

South Korea has referred North Korea to the UN Security Council over the sinking of its warship as relations between the two nations deteriorate.

G-20 ministers meet to safeguard recovery

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Finance ministers from the world's biggest economies will meet in South Korea this week to try to shore up a global recovery threatened by the eurozone debt crisis.

Russia studies Korea sinking report

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Russian experts have arrived in Seoul to review findings of an investigation that blamed North Korea for the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship, while thousands of troops practised fending off an attack from the North near the rivals' tense border. The South is trying to build support for UN action against the North.

Wen Jiabao goes for a jog to take his mind off negotiations

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

After days of delicate negotiations over the situation in North Korea, Wen Jiabao took his mind off things on Monday by going for a jog in Tokyo.

Threat to global recovery

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

TOKYO: China warned yesterday that Europe's struggle to contain ballooning debt posed a risk to global economic growth, raising the spectre of a double-dip recession. Premier Wen Jiabao, addressing business leaders during an official visit to Japan, issued his warnings a day after France admitted it....

China's premier meets with South Korean leader as tension grows

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

China's premier said Friday that his government will not defend anyone responsible for the March sinking of a South Korean warship, an official told a South Korean news agency.

China remains good buy-in case, says BlackRock (Reuters)

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Reuters - Cheap stocks and robust consumption by its middle class are reason to buy into China now, even though markets have turned cautious on the world's No.3 economy, a fund manager at BlackRock told Reuters.

China fund ‘very concerned’ on shaky eurozone

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing and David Oakley in London Published: May 27 2010 15:56 | Last updated: May 27 2010 20:18 China’s main sovereign wealth fund is “very concerned” about short-term market fluctuations resulting from instability in the eurozone , according to the fund’s president.

S Korea naval drill as tensions with N Korea mount

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

As tension grows between Seoul and Pyongyang after the sinking of a South Korean warship, Lindsey Hilsum writes that even China is worried about the North's erratic behaviour.