Xi Jinping
BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 3: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2nd L) shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi Jinping next to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) during a meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on May 3, 2012 in Beijing. Hillary Clinton is in China for bilateral talks and has called on China to protect human rights. Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has reportedly said he wishes to leave China on the U.S. Secretary of State's plane when she heads back to the U.S. later this week.
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Mr Xi Jinping, the future president of the People's Republic of China is a great fan of football
Making ineffectual the agreement that China and the U.S formed on Chen Guangcheng was terribly awkward for the U.S, Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, and Xi Jinping
You sit down at the table with somebody like Xi Jinping, and you say, We’ve got North Korea. We’ve got Iran. We’ve got Pakistan, We’ve got Burma. We’ve got the South China Sea. We have trade and investment, and they all kind of interrelate one with another when you sit down and negotiate a dealMore quotes »
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China woos Hollywood studios with film fund
touting a new fund that aims to co-finance movies.The push comes just weeks after China's leader-in-waiting, Vice President Xi Jinping , unveiled rules that would give foreign films better access to its booming box office and a larger percentage of ticket Read more »
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China to get Disney films through YOU on Demand
of foreign films imported, but the market is heating up. Last week, during a state visit to the U.S. by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping , the two countries reached an agreement to open the Chinese market wider to American films.Also last week, DreamWorks Read more »
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Taiwan President Ma says hopeful about China's next leader
By Brian Rhoads and Jonathan Standing TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Friday he was hopeful China's next rulers would maintain improving relations and that anointed leader Xi Jinping's understanding of cross-Strait issues would h 4:28 AM from Reuters Africa Read more »
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Muscatine's Old Friends have a whirlwind first day in China
Editor’s Note: Musactine’s Old Friends have agreed to keep readers informed of their trip to China through periodic dispatches.The Old Friends, a name bestowed by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, are in China at the personal invitation of the vice pres 5/31/12 from Muscatine Journal Read more »
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The Gazette Opinion Staff wrote a new blog post: Fulfill Iowa-China relationship
In February, Vice President Xi Jinping of China visited Iowa and made a short stop in Muscatine, where he had visited 27 years ago when he was a county leader in China. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad made a lot of effort to bring Xi to Iowa again. Branstad’s l from The Gazette Read more »
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Uruguay's FM seeks to increase trade
Uruguay is expecting to have more trade with China as the latter takes on a bigger economic role in South America, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro told China Daily in an exclusive interview. Uruguay attaches importance to its relations with China from China Daily Read more »
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Real rule of law 'critical' for China: blind activist
The biggest challenge for China's next leaders is confronting a lawless police state nurtured by the Communist Party's own drive to put top-down control ahead of human rights, blind activist Chen Guangcheng has written. Chen laid down his challenge to Ch from China Post Read more »