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Chinese President Hu Jintao expresses his wish to Zheng Hongtao, a hearing-impaired child ... capital of China, May 31, 2012. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao visited a children's center in Beijing on Thursday ...  

Probable next president Xi Jinping has held several of the same Party posts as incumbent Hu Jintao. Then there’s the insurance policy. Hu and outgoing premier Wen Jiabao will help stock the Politburo’s top standing committee with loyal forces before ...  

One of the men died. China has branded the self-immolators "terrorists" and criminals and has blamed exiled Tibetans and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for inciting them. At least 35 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since March ...  

State-run Xinhua News Agency announced Tuesday that China will not introduce a large stimulus similar to the one it implemented during the 2008 financial crisis, tempering expectations following a call last week by Premier Wen Jiabao to prioritize economic growth. From Bloomberg: “The Chinese government’s intention is very clear: it will not roll out another massive stimulus plan to seek high economic growth,” Xinhua said in the seventh...  

Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, told the Hong Kong Commercial Daily that the 990-ft refurbished Soviet carrier “is being built, but it has not been completed”. He declined to elaborate although there has been ...  

BEIJING, May 23 (UPI) -- The 70th anniversary of a pivotal speech on art and literature by Mao Zedong was celebrated by a symposium in Beijing Wednesday, sources said. President Hu Jintao, Communist Party of China general secretary, called Mao's ...  

Zhou Yongkang, China’s top internal security official, met with “model” police officers from around the nation in Beijing today together with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping, the official Xinhua News ...  

BEIJING — Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has met with former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and expressed concern about rising tensions over the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. "We have seen a number of issues that could hamper bilateral ...  

BEIJING (Reuters) - Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan ($55.3 billion) with the southwestern municipality Chongqing, Chinese media reported on Sunday, in a sign of Beijing's determination to bolster confidence in the city formerly run by ousted leader Bo Xilai.  

With the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, the special attention could not have been more timely. This weekend, Hu will return to America for the 19th annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Hawaii. This will be the ...  

China's decision to let the defectors leave was apparently made as a goodwill gesture before a meeting between South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Korea JoongAng Daily said. Lee met Hu on Monday in Beijing following an ...  

Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Beijing on Monday morning with Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Lee and Noda are in Beijing to attend the Fifth Trilateral Summit Meeting among China, the ROK and ...  

The venture has the potential to rival the California shops that turn out hits like "Kung Fu Panda" and the "Incredibles ... President Hu Jintao's son, Hu Haifeng, once managed a state-controlled firm that held a monopoly on security scanners ...  

President Hu Jintao's son, Hu Haifeng, once managed a state-controlled firm that held a monopoly on security scanners used in China's airports, shipping ports and subway stations. And in 2006, Feng Shaodong, the son-in-law of Wu Bangguo ...  

Tibetans on meeting the Dalai Lama frequently give him scarves and bow their heads. Rinzin Choedon, coordinator with the Students for a Free Tibet activist group, said Sunday she has no doubt China is capable of such an attack, but said security ...