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From Reuters:
The yuan dipped against the dollar on Monday, guided by the Chinese central bank ahead of a visit to China by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, but its appreciation in the first quarter is set to be the biggest since the creation of China's foreign exchange market in 1994.
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Planning to write his next column on China and the Tibet protests, New York Times pundit Nicholas Kristof has issued an open call for commentary on his blog. The invitation is as follows:
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Japanese efforts to remove chemical weapons left behind in China after World War II, required under international treaty, are now on hold after the company responsible for the removal was closed due to a corruption scandal. As TIME reports, the company's closure has ominous implications for relations between China and ...
In a myth-busting opinion piece for the San Francisco Chronicle, University of Southern California international relations scholar Geoffrey Garrett slams Hillary Clinton's recent echoing of middle-American protectionist sentiment towards China and offers three "trade secrets" as the basis for a "straight talk revolution in Washington where China is concerned."
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From Caijing Magazine :
This past winter was particularly cozy for residents at No. 12 West Huixin Street in Beijing. “In the past, it was so cold in winter that we would need to wear heavy sweaters and even coats at home,” said an elderly man surnamed Wang, who has lived ...
With appetite growing on the Chinese Internet for more information about the history of China's dealings with Tibet, one elderly blogger has stepped up to feed it. The blogger, 72-year-old Jiang Dasan (江达三), is a retired pilot who was stationed in western China with the People's Liberation Army Air Force ...
These updates of recent events in Tibet and Tibetan areas of China have been posted on Woeser's blog. They have been provided by sources inside China and have not been independently verified.
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Update 2 (March 30, 11:52pm, Pacific Time): After arriving encased in glass at the Beijing airport (see below), the Olympic flame was transported to Tian'anmen Square for an official torch lighting ceremony, attended by a conspicuously modest crowd of hand-picked spectators. Liu Xiang, holder of the world record in ...
From Xinhua:
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) have appointed native Shang Ruihua to take over French Elisabeth Loisel as head coach of the Chinese women's soccer team.
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