China – China unhappy with Uighur activist’s Japan trip – Yahoo News

China unhappy with Uighur activist’s Japan trip – Yahoo News
BEIJING China’s Foreign Ministry criticized Japan on Monday for allowing a visit this week by an exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for deadly ethnic riots in western China. The Chinese government “expresses strong dissatisfaction” with

Obama: US-China relations to shape 21st century – Detroit News
Washington — President Barack Obama, opening two days of high-level talks with China, said the discussions could lay the groundwork for a new era of “sustained cooperation, not confrontation” in a relationship likely to shape the 21st century. Obama

Obama: U.S.-China Ties Shape 21st Century – CBS 13/CW31 Sacramento
President Obama says the U.S.-China relationship will mold the 21st century. The president spoke Monday morning to the opening session of two days of critical talks with top Beijing leaders on issues ranging from the troubled world economy to climate

China steel plant takeover scrapped after manager killed – Times Online
Chinese authorities have scrapped the takeover of a steel plant after workers killed a manager during riots over threatened job cuts, according to state media. Around 30,000 workers at the state-owned Tonghua Iron and Steel group in China’s

Swine Flu Diary: Caught in a Beijing Dragnet – New York Times
WASHINGTON The phone rang at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, jarring me out of an uneasy sleep. My husband and I had been dreading this call. It was our 14-year-old daughter, Olivia, on a language study trip in Beijing. She is usually calm and

IKEA to build biggest store outside Sweden in Beijing – Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) — Sweden’s IKEA Group, the world’s biggest retailer of home furnishings, has chosen Beijing to establish its Asian flagship store, which will be its biggest outlet outside Sweden. With an investment of 3 billion yuan (400

China to auction more Beijing Olympics items, from torches to barbells – Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
BEIJING (AP) More than 20 memorabilia items from the Beijing Olympics , from an autographed torch to a barbell kissed by a Chinese weightlifting winner, will be up for auction next month to commemorate the first anniversary of the games. Other

Ricky Berens Splits Swimsuit, Bares Butt At World Championships (NSFW – Huffingtonpost.com
US Swimmer and Beijing relay gold medalist Ricky Berens tore the back of his swimsuit in a qualifying heat of the 4×100m relay freestyle on Sunday during the World Swimming Championships in Rome. Shortly before stepping up to the starting block, the

China to auction more Olympic items on anniversary – Daily Times
BEIJING: More than 20 Beijing Olympics memorabilia items, from an autographed torch to a barbell that was kissed by a Chinese weightlifting winner, will go under the hammer next month to commemorate the first anniversary of the games, a state

Spurs and Hammers set for Beijing kick-off – Hong Kong Standard
London rivals Tottenham and West Ham headline the Asia Trophy in Beijing this week with Hull and Chinese Super League Beijing Guoan the other teams contesting the biennial event. West Ham play Spurs tomorrow with Hull facing Beijing in the curtain

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