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From the Financial Express: Industry leaders will hold discussions in Beijing on “India: the other emerging power-house,” as part of the Fortune Global Forum to be held next week. However, the theme of this year’s conference, “China and the new Asian century” says it all. Even as some Indians gloat over the success achieved in […]
Read MoreFrom Newsday: Reconciling the U.S. sense of threat with the East Asians’ paramount concern for stability won’t be easy. As things stand now, China’s rejection of U.S. pleas puts an effective end to U.S. plans to bring North Korea’s weapons program up for sanction at the UN Security Council, where China is certain to wield […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese police have beaten and detained associates of exiled ethnic Uighur dissident Rebiya Kadeer, raided her business and tried to arrest one of her sons in an apparent reprisal campaign, a rights group said. Kadeer, a Muslim, was one of China’s highest profile political prisoners until she was freed in March ahead of […]
Read MoreFrom the Telegraph: Taiwanese officials have said the gift of two giant pandas offered by China as part of a diplomatic charm offensive will be refused. Taiwan fears acceptance would be seen as acknowledging Beijing’s claim that Taiwan is part of China. The officials said that sending the pandas would breach the 1963 Convention on […]
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Sun Times: McDonald’s plans to open 100 new restaurants in China this year, including its first drive-through there, executives said at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday. The drive-through will be located in Shenzhen.
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