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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to address his country's huge trade imbalance with the United States through a "significant revaluation" of China's currency.
BEIJING -- Liu Xiaobo, one of China's best-known dissidents and a principal author of a pro-democracy manifesto that has attracted more than 10,000 signatures from Chinese supporters, was indicted Thursday on charges of trying to subvert the state, his lawyer said.
China has found $1.5 billion in public money held illegally by officials across the country in a crackdown since June, the latest measure of the widespread corruption that has long infuriated its citizens. The country's anti-corruption chief, He Guoqiang,... China - People's Republic of China - Political corruption - Asia - Government spending
GUANGZHOU, China — For the first time, Chinese will buy more cars this year than Americans. And China's voracious demand is not just for cars. In more and more categories, China is surpassing the United States as the world's biggest consumer market.
Mayor Tom Leppert and council member Ron Natinsky confirmed that the Statler Hilton's owners have approached City Hall about drawing up a restoration plan that would preserve the building's well-known facade. Leppert said engineers and architects are looking at scenarios for the building, and City Hall expects to see plans in early 2010.
TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan's Ministry of Finance hopes to sign a double taxation agreement with China during the next round of cross-straits negotiations next month, in a bid to improve the island's investment environment, it said Friday.
COPENHAGEN — Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by 2050 under a draft agreement...
Match-fixing in Chinese soccer is "normal" but the poor standard of play in domestic leagues makes it difficult to detect, according to a club manager arrested in a nationwide police probe.
American Envoy Says "Strategic Patience" Needed in Stalled Nuclear Talks With Reclusive Communist Nation
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Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Saturday for a three-day official visit to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, state media reported. Hu is scheduled to attend the inauguration of a Central Asian gas pipeline, and hold formal talks with Ka...
WASHINGTON - Just in time for Christmas, the fragile economic recovery is showing signs of strengthe ...
Signs of a strengthening global recovery emerged Friday, with consumers boosting retail sales, companies restoring stockpiles and China's exports mounting a comeback.
SHANGHAI -- Wang Weijia and her husband grew up surrounded by propaganda posters lecturing them that "Mother Earth is too tired to sustain more children" and "One more baby means one more tomb."
The federal government says it's close to unveiling a plan to help homeowners stuck with tainted drywall from China. But a proposal on the table would tap money that's typically set aside for low-income communities.
BEIJING - He could be a teenager in any American high school. He loves to "play Xbox." He hates to d ...
The United States will sell helicopters to Taiwan for military transport and rescue missions, possibly before Christmas, according to a report.
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- China’s industrial production jumped, exports fell the least in 13 months and imports surged in November as rebounding trade with Asian nations underscored the region’s role in leading the world recovery.
Faced with the prospect of raising a child they couldn't support, a pair of young, unmarried lovers in China decided to sell their little baby boy for just enough money to buy a cellphone. It sounds...
The special U.S. envoy to North Korea said Saturday that no plans have been made for more direct talks with the reclusive communist nation, and that all parties in the effort to end the standoff over its nuclear program should exercise "strategic patience" for now.
Hospitality Design (HD) magazine and Culintro , a culinary trade organization in New York City that brings together restaurant professionals, have teamed up to bring a monthly online Q&A with some of the nation's top restaurant designers.
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