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Hu: Opposing protectionism helps global economic recovery

[2009-11-13 16:50]

To reverse the global economic downturn, the world must oppose protectionism of various forms, President Hu Jintao told Asia-Pacific business leaders Friday. Full Coverage

Hu delivers speech at APEC CEO Summit

[2009-11-13 15:29]

Chinese President Hu Jintao delivered a speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Singapore on Friday.

Senior CPC official to visit Sudan, South Africa

[2009-11-13 15:03]

Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau will pay a good-will visit to Sudan and South Africa in the second half of this month.

Austria-born panda 'Fu Long' heads for China

[2009-11-13 14:15]

Giant panda "Fu Long", which was born two years ago at the Schoenbrunn Zoo, is to be sent back to China after its second birthday.

Storm causes 38 deaths in north China

[2009-11-13 11:41]

China’s north provinces have been hit with severe storm weather recently. Hebei, Shanxi and Henan saw the heaviest snow in 60 years, with some regions pummeled by snow storms for the first time in one hundred years.

China's quest of larger regional role on display at APEC

[2009-11-13 10:19]

It started off 20 years ago as one of the world's champions for trade liberalization, its members coming to non-binding agreements on a voluntary basis...

Expo leaders say H1N1 won't hurt attendance

[2009-11-13 09:57]

The spread of H1N1 flu will have little impact upon next year's World Expo in Shanghai, organizers of the event said Thursday.

HIV/AIDS sufferers must tell partners

[2009-11-13 09:43]

A new regional regulation requiring people who test positive for HIV to inform sex partners of their condition within a month is widely considered well-intentioned but unrealistic.

Premier Wen visits blizzard-hit province

[2009-11-13 09:26]

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao went to the snow-ravaged Shijiazhuang City, capital of north China's Hebei Province, by train on Thursday afternoon to oversee relief work.

China to be largest construction market by 2018

[2009-11-13 09:03]

China will overtake the United States as the world's largest construction market by 2018, according to a forecast by Global Construction Perspectives and Oxford Economics on Thursday.

Wicked winter whiteout

[2009-11-13 08:34]

Reports of injuries, collapsed roofs and soaring food prices have flooded the country in the aftermath of massive snowfalls that have pummeled North China since Tuesday.

Obama, Hu top Forbes listing of most powerful

[2009-11-13 08:19]

China's president is the second most powerful man in the world after United States President Barack Obama, according to Forbes magazine.

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