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  • Chinese, US presidents forge rapport in debut summit

    CHINA, 2013/06/11 The presidents spent eight hours together over two days, in intimate groups with staff, over a dinner of lobster and steak, and strolling through the lush gardens of a California desert oasis, in a casual departure for Sino-U.S. ties. Barack Obama and Xi Jinping ended their prime U.S.-China summit Saturday, forging a rapport and policy understandings, if not breakthroughs, on North Korea, climate and cyber issues.

  • Uruguay’s Mujica: Integration with Asia is our “Strategy for the Future”

    CHINA, 2013/05/31 At a conference held in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People with the speaker of the National People’s Congress, Zhang Dejiang, Mujica said that Uruguay is on “a very rich continent, albeit the majority unjust on earth -because of the way its riches are distributed.” “China, who since last year has been Uruguay’s leading trade partner, has an increasing participation in its economic next,” he said. “Uruguay is the last agricultural reserve of mankind” at a time at the same time as the request for food is growing in Asia. “It follows,” he said, “that a policy of integration is a strategy for the next and something necessary as long as Asia and its needs continue to grow.

  • Top Chinese legislator meets Belgian Parliament speaker

    CHINA, 2013/05/26 Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang on Tuesday met with Belgian Parliament Speaker Andre Flahaut in Beijing. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, reviewed the increase of China-Belgium relations, citing deepened political trust, expanded pragmatic cooperation and friendly exchanges between the NPC and the Belgian Parliament.

  • Chinese Premier Begins First Official Foreign Visit

    CHINA, 2013/05/20 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing on Sunday to India, marking his prime official foreign visit as premier of the world's second major economy. He will visit Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany as well. Li received invitation from the heads of states of these four nations.

  • The Arctic eight-member Council has accepted China and India as ‘observer states’

    CHINA, 2013/05/17 The legally-binding cooperation transaction is aimed at improving procedures in response to oil spills. Canada Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, who started a two-year mandate as chair of the council, said Ottawa is as well launching marine pollution prevention work as part of efforts to mitigating impacts in the Arctic region. New emerging powers including China and India have been accepted as “observer” states in the eight-nation Arctic Council and a new deal was signed to improve oil spill response to safeguard the fragile eco-system of the region, as Canada begun its chairmanship.

  • Why the RCEP matters for Asia and the world

    WESTERN ASIA, 2013/05/16 Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are grabbing headlines around the world. Meanwhile, Asia’s own mega-regional trade transaction — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) — is quietly being negotiated. But it deserves additional press: the RCEP could create the world’s major trading bloc and have significant implications for the world economy. So what would the RCEP cover and who will it benefit? What are the barriers to success?

  • Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (R) meets with Chinese Defense Minister

    BRUNEI , 2013/05/09 Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah met with visiting Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan at the Istana Nurul Iman palace here Wednesday to discuss bilateral ties and issues of common concern. During the conference, Chang said China and Brunei have been friendly neighbors since ancient times. Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations 22 years ago, China-Brunei ties have maintained sound development momentum. He added that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Majesty the Sultan had agreed to boost bilateral ties to the level of strategic partnership, injecting new vigor into the relationship.

  • Xi, Hollande meeting to focus on energy cooperation

    CHINA, 2013/04/29 Analysts said the visit will help the nations renew dialogue under new leaderships and enhance China-EU ties. A significant portion of the 60 planes will be manufactured at an Airbus factory in Tianjin, an industry source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

  • Abdul Hamid elected 20th President of Bangladesh

    BANGLADESH, 2013/04/26 Abdul Hamid was on Monday elected unopposed the president of Bangladesh which has been reeling under a violent political stand-off between the ruling and the major opposition parties. "Abdul Hamid, speaker of the National Assembly, is elected president of Bangladesh as per section 7 of the Presidential Election Law 1991," said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed in a formal announcement Monday.

  • Report Looks at China’s Role in Central Asia

    CENTRAL ASIA, 2013/03/23 China may have been able to carve out quickly a large economic role for itself in Central Asia, but it will take a lot additional than money for Beijing to solve some of its geopolitical dilemmas in the region, according to a statement released today by the Brussels-based think tank International Crisis Group.
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