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From Marketwatch (link): Two of the most vocal Senate critics of China’s currency policy will travel to Beijing and Shanghai next week before deciding whether to proceed with legislation that would slap punitive tariffs on Chinese goods. “We really don’t believe [Chinese officials] understand our frustration in the Congress over this issue … This is […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link): For a few moments during his annual press conference in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, Wen Jiabao, Chinese premier and third-ranking member of the ruling Communist party, almost sounded like a pro-democracy liberal. “A people’s government should accept the democratic supervision of the people . . . Only if […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via CNN.com (link): China is training increasing numbers of Latin American military personnel, taking advantage of a three-year old U.S. law that has led to a sharp decline in U.S.-run training programs for the region, an Army general said Tuesday. Gen. Bantz Craddock, who oversees U.S. military operations in Latin America, said […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via Chron.com (link); China is refusing to take back an estimated 39,000 citizens who have been denied immigration to the United States and have clogged detention centers at federal expense, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Chertoff said that China last year readmitted 800 […]
Read MoreFrom the National Post (link): In the third instalment of our four-part Buy & Sell Roundtable with columnist Sonita Horvitch, most panellists agree that China is a market that bears watching as it rushes to grow its economy to keep up with demand for jobs. Norman Boersma of Templeton Investment Management wonders about the potential […]
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