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China's global profile increases with key IMF postWashington (AFP) Feb 25, 2010 China has won its highest-ever staff position in the IMF in a reflection of its growing economic might and the clamor by emerging nations for a bigger say in global finance. International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn notified the fund's executive board on Wednesday of his intention to appoint the deputy Chinese central bank governor, Zhu Min, as his special advisor. It is the highest-level staff position attained by a Chinese citizen and follows appeals by China and oth ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2010Top US, Chinese and South Korean diplomats met Wednesday to renew efforts to nudge North Korea back to stalled nuclear disarmament talks, but there were no signs of any progress. China, host of the six-party talks and the communist North's only major ally, has said the future of the on-off talks depended on the willingness of Washington and Pyongyang to work together. The talks began in ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2010Chinese President Hu Jintao has said the country must urgently confront climate change and make it a central part of the government's development strategy, state media said Wednesday. Britain and other countries have accused China of vetoing attempts to give legal force to an agreement at UN climate change talks in Copenhagen in December and blocking an agreement on reductions in global emis ... more  
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 24, 2010China has surpassed the United States, long the top importer of Saudi oil, in short-term average daily imports from the petroleum-rich Gulf kingdom, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. "It's correct, as far as I know," said Chu, when asked if China has recently moved ahead of the US in terms of average barrels-per-day oil imports from Saudi Arabia. He did not p ... more |
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China toughens Internet rulesBeijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2010 China has issued new restrictions on Internet use, requiring those wanting to set up a website to meet regulators and provide identity documents, in a move slammed Wednesday by one rights group. The new rules come as the United States has stepped up pressure on Beijing to break down its vast system of web controls - the so-called "Great Firewall of China" - for the more than 380 million people now online in the country. Washington issued those calls after US Internet giant Google said last mon ... read more |
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