http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Chinese_PoliticsFind stories, videos, and photos about Chinese Politics from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:50:24 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Chinese_Politics14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Chinese Politics from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese officials blamed poor management and inadequate precautions for an explosion at a mine that killed 104 people, state-run media said Monday.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President Barack Obama huddled with the Chinese premier Wednesday on the final day of his visit to China.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/18/china.space/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/18/china.space/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/china.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/china.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, will team up to fight climate change and create clean energy, their leaders said Tuesday.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:14:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htmPresident Obama is in China this week meeting with that nation's leaders. Since China is the largest foreign owner of U.S. debt, I wonder if they are going to give Obama a free toaster.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/china.us.relations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/china.us.relations/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe relationship between China and the United States is "the most important" bilateral relationship in the world, a former Chinese foreign ministry official said Monday.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/17/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/17/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmericans are split over whether China represents a military threat to the United States -- but there is no doubt in the public's mind that the country poses an economic threat, according to a new national poll.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/opinion.us.china/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/opinion.us.china/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to China will take place at an extraordinary historic moment. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, two of the three largest economies in the world are now in northeast Asia. Furthermore, all signs seem to indicate that China may surpass Japan, either this year or no later than 2010, as the second-largest economy in the world.Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/12/obama.china.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/12/obama.china.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen President Obama visits China next week, global climate change will top the agenda. The stakes could hardly be higher -- for the two Pacific powers and for the world.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/china.africa.ft/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/china.africa.ft/index.html#cnnSTCTextWen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10bn in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and defended China's engagement against accusations it is "plundering" the continent's oil and minerals.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:55:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/08/news/international/g20_dollar.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/08/news/international/g20_dollar.reut/index.htmThe U.S. dollar may come under renewed pressure from emerging market currencies and the euro after a meeting of the world's top finance officials failed to take concrete action on rebalancing global money flows.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/amanpour.china/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/amanpour.china/index.html#cnnSTCText1: China today, say many analysts, is in a comparable position to U.S. at the beginning of the 20th century... an emerging power that the dominant global power of the time is trying to downplay. Then it was Great Britain vs. the United States. Now it is the United States vs. China.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/china.corruption.caiping/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/china.corruption.caiping/index.html#cnnSTCTextA court sentenced a Chinese crime boss known as the "godmother of the underworld" to 18 years in prison Tuesday, state-run media reported.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/nkorea.china.invitation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/nkorea.china.invitation/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has invited reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to visit at his convenience, state media in both countries reported.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/21/nigeria.oil.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/21/nigeria.oil.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextNigeria has set its sights on making multibillion-dollar oil deals with China amid peace moves with militants.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/india.china/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/india.china/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia protested China's reported insistence on continuing projects in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, barely a day after both New Delhi and Beijing were in a tense row over a border region along Tibet.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/china.drug.smuggler/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/china.drug.smuggler/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe brother of a convicted British drug smuggler facing imminent execution in China has pleaded for authorities to show compassion amid concerns over the man's mental health at the time of his arrest.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/china.japan.skorea.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/china.japan.skorea.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina hosted Japan and South Korea on Saturday for the second trilateral leaders' meeting, state-run media said.Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/china.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/china.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Hu Jintao inspected China's defense forces in Beijing on Thursday, as the country held celebrations to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/china.anniversary.young.communists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/china.anniversary.young.communists/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen we requested an interview with members of the Communist Youth League, I expected an army of suits with well-rehearsed answers. Instead, we met three students casually dressed in jeans, just 18 to 23 years old.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/un.china.climate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/un.china.climate/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese President Hu Jintao told a U.N. summit on climate change Tuesday that China will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase reliance on clean energy sources in coming years.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.national.day/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.national.day/index.html#cnnSTCTextLeaving nothing to chance, China is undertaking a massive security clampdown for a celebration next month to mark the founding of the Communist state.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCTextEvery day, tens of thousands of fertilized hen eggs are delivered to Sinovac laboratories in Beijing. Each egg is infected with the H1N1 virus, then incubated for three days. White-coated employees examine every egg individually before the virus is extracted and used to make a vaccine.Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/16/markets/thebuzz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/16/markets/thebuzz/index.htmIt looks as if China still can't get enough of one of America's finest exports: our debt.Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/15/pf/china_cooling_off.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/15/pf/china_cooling_off.fortune/index.htmInvestors have piled $3.24 billion into China equity funds since the start of the year, taking advantage of the MSCI China's 54% year-to-date returns. The S&P 500, meanwhile is up about 18%.Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:42:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/markets/markets_newyork/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/markets/markets_newyork/index.htmStocks ended higher Monday as investors ultimately shook off the day's jitters about China's trade rift with the U.S. just ahead of the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has developed a vaccine for swine flu and is set to become the first country in the world to begin mass inoculations, but there are concerns over possible side effects, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCTextThousands of Chinese demonstrators crowded the streets of Urumqi in western China on Thursday to protest what they say is a lack of police protection, witnesses said.Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/china.lead.poisoning.hunan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/china.lead.poisoning.hunan/index.html#cnnSTCTextHengjiang Village is nestled in the lush mountains of China's Hunan province, just a few kilometers from the bustling city of Wugang. It is a simple place, where mopeds carrying families of four zoom up and down dirt roads, and villagers drink water from local wells.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/china.organ.donation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/china.organ.donation/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has launched an organ donation system that it hopes will eliminate illegal organ trading and encourage people to become donors, according to reports in China's state-run media.Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/china.internet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/china.internet/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 14-year-old boy allegedly beaten at a boot camp in China for young Internet addicts was in critical condition Thursday, less than three weeks after a youth at a different camp died, Chinese state media reported.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.lead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.lead/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina is shutting down a pair of smelting plants suspected of sickening several thousand children with lead poisoning, according to state-run media.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:19:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htmStocks plunged around the world Monday amid growing doubts about how strong a global economic recovery will be. But apparently there's a big contrarian investor out there that's still pretty bullish: China.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/13/china.internet.filter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/13/china.internet.filter/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndividual computer users in China may choose whether to install a controversial content filtering system, but the system will be installed on computers in any public place, China's minister of Industry and Information Technology said Thursday.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:59:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/news/international/china_oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/news/international/china_oil/index.htmChina is on an oil buying binge.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbnormal lead levels have been detected in at least 615 children living near a smelting plant in northwest China, state media reported Thursday.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/china.zhuo.mourned/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/china.zhuo.mourned/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese leaders Monday mourned the death of Zhuo Lin, wife of former national leader Deng Xiaoping.Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/29/markets/thebuzz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/29/markets/thebuzz/index.htmIs the Chinese economy in the same state as the American economy was in the summer of 2007? In other words, all pumped up and ready to pop?Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/china.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/china.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo days of high-level talks between the United States and China concluded with broad agreement on separate strategies to help their economies and the world emerge from the global recession.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/china.african.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/china.african.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 100 Africans protested outside a police station in southern China on Wednesday afternoon following the reported death of an African merchant during an alleged police raid, China's state-run media reported.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/11/turkey.china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/11/turkey.china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's prime minister continued his outspoken criticism of China's crackdown on ethnic Uyghurs on Saturday.Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 184 people died in last weekend's violent protests in China's far-west Xinjiang region, state-run media reported.Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese President Hu Jintao cut short his trip to Italy for a key economic summit to deal with ethnic violence raking northwestern China, state-run media reported Wednesday.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/china.uyghur.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/china.uyghur.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese police had detained at least 1,434 people by Tuesday morning following weekend demonstrations by ethnic Uyghur residents in Xinjiang province, Xinhua reported, citing government officials, as protests spread to more cities.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/30/china.green.dam/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/30/china.green.dam/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has announced it would indefinitely postpone a mandate requiring all personal computers sold in the country to be accompanied by a controversial content-filtering application, state media reported.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/01/china.filtering.software/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/01/china.filtering.software/index.html#cnnSTCTextHad the government not delayed its controversial order that all computers be equipped with Green Dam by July 1, the result would have been the same -- Chinese computer retailers were far from ready.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.aids.prostitutes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.aids.prostitutes/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 19-year-old prostitute working in an apartment that doubles as a brothel said she has up to eight clients a day.Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/20/china.quarantine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/20/china.quarantine/index.html#cnnSTCTextTravelers to China who display flu-like symptoms may be randomly quarantined over concerns of the swine flu virus, the U.S. State Department warned.Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:32:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/18/news/international/china_economy/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/18/news/international/china_economy/index.htmChina can expect 7.2% growth in 2009, according to the World Bank, which says the country's fiscal policies in the face of a global financial slowdown have kept the Chinese economy "growing respectably."Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/07/china.nagin.flu.virus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/07/china.nagin.flu.virus/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been quarantined in China after possible exposure to the H1N1 virus, his office said Sunday.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/tiananmen.hong.kong/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/tiananmen.hong.kong/index.html#cnnSTCTextTens of thousands of people converged Thursday on a park to mark the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/tiananmen.florcruz/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/tiananmen.florcruz/index.html#cnnSTCTextSoon after the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, China became a world pariah. Bill Clinton, while campaigning for the U.S. presidency, condemned the country's leadership as the "butchers of Beijing," and the European Union imposed a ban on military sales to China that remains in place today.Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/tiananmen.xiong.yan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/tiananmen.xiong.yan/index.html#cnnSTCTextXiong Yan was at the forefront of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/03/tiananmen.square.clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/03/tiananmen.square.clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwenty years after China's bloody crackdown on demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the United States is urging the government to come to terms with its violent actions.Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/opinion.wuerkaixi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/opinion.wuerkaixi/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn June 4 this year, it will have been 20 years since I have seen Beijing, the city in which I spent much of my youth and attended university. It will have been 20 years since I saw my parents. My parents are older. I hear their health is not what it was, but it is something they take pains not to trouble me with. I hear Beijing is much changed. I hear China is much changed.Sun, 31 May 2009 05:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/29/us.china.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/29/us.china.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextStudents and teachers from a Maryland private school who were quarantined in China because of swine flu concerns have been released, the mother of one of the students told CNN's "American Morning."Fri, 29 May 2009 13:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/28/us.china.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/28/us.china.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of students and teachers from a Maryland private school have been quarantined in China because of swine flu concerns, a school spokeswoman said Thursday.Fri, 29 May 2009 01:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/china.quake.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/china.quake.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn one big jolt, the worst earthquake to hit China in 32 years changed the lives of millions of people in the nation's heartland.Thu, 14 May 2009 03:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/quake.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/quake.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake that left nearly 90,000 dead or missing one year ago in mountainous Sichuan province.Thu, 14 May 2009 03:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/12/news/economy/Geithner_China/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/12/news/economy/Geithner_China/index.htmTreasury Secretary Tim Geithner will travel to China later this month, marking the Obama administration's first overture to the powerhouse nation whose economy is tightly intertwined with efforts to reverse the global downturn.Tue, 12 May 2009 21:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/china.quake.recovery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/china.quake.recovery/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn one big jolt, the worst earthquake to hit China in 32 years changed the lives of millions of people in the nation's heartland.Tue, 12 May 2009 11:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/china.quake.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/china.quake.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextA magnitude-7.9 earthquake that struck southwestern China last year left 5,335 students dead or missing and disabled an additional 546 children, state media reported.Mon, 11 May 2009 02:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/china.quake.rebuild/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/china.quake.rebuild/index.html#cnnSTCTextRebuilding China's earthquake-devastated areas is expected to cost $147 billion, according to a government report released last August.Wed, 06 May 2009 02:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/china.earthquake.schools/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/china.earthquake.schools/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese government authorities have intimidated and unlawfully detained parents and relatives of children who died in last year's Sichuan earthquake and harassed their supporters, an Amnesty International report said this week.Mon, 04 May 2009 17:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/26/china.pentagon.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/26/china.pentagon.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina on Thursday accused the United States of distorting facts in a Defense Department report on Beijing's military power.Fri, 01 May 2009 20:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/01/g20.china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/01/g20.china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf money is power, China is now in a powerful position to play a critical role at the Group of 20 summit in London.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/ghostnet.cyber.espionage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/30/ghostnet.cyber.espionage/index.html#cnnSTCTextAnalysts in China are dismissing claims that nearly 1,300 computers in more than 100 countries have been attacked, and have become part of a cyber-espionage network apparently based in China.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/china.military.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/china.military.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina's military is developing longer-range ballistic and anti-ship missiles that are "shifting the balance of power in the region" and could help Beijing secure resources or settle territorial disputes, a report released by the Pentagon said Wednesday.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/china.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina, holder of nearly $1 trillion in U.S. debt, will keep buying Treasuries, but will keep a close eye on their value just the same, a Chinese government official said.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/china.monks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/china.monks/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities detained 95 people -- all but two of them monks -- after a crowd of more than 100 people attacked a police station in western China, state media said Sunday.Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/china.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/china.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe World Bank cut China's economic growth forecast in 2009 to 6.5 percent Wednesday, down a full percentage point from November's projection.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/nkorea.china.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/nkorea.china.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorth Korea Premier Kim Yong-Il arrived in China on Tuesday for a five-day visit that coincides with the 60th anniversary celebration of diplomatic ties between the two countries, state media said.Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/13/markets/bondcenter/credit_market/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/13/markets/bondcenter/credit_market/index.htmTreasurys ended a volatile trading day mixed Friday as stocks managed to pull out gains for a fourth day in a row.Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/china.wen/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/china.wen/index.html#cnnSTCTextBeijing has high expectations for U.S. President Barack Obama's economic recovery strategy, but worries remain about the safety of China's assets in the United States, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday.Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/us.navy.china/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/us.navy.china/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. surveillance ship violated Chinese and international laws during patrols more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the Chinese coast over the weekend, China's state-run media reported Tuesday.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTextTuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule and the chasm between Beijing and critics of its Tibet policies remains deep and wide.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/china.tibet.dalailama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/china.tibet.dalailama/index.html#cnnSTCTextToday is the fiftieth anniversary of the Tibetan people's peaceful uprising against Communist China's repression in Tibet.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/08/tibet.protest.uk/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/08/tibet.protest.uk/index.html#cnnSTCTextProtesters draped themselves in the colorful flag of Tibet and shouted slogans at the Chinese embassy in London on Saturday at the start of a demonstration to mark the 50th anniversary since the Tibetan uprising against China.Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:41:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/news/international/powell_china.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/news/international/powell_china.fortune/index.htmIn the early evening light, on a block that once bustled but is now deathly quiet, Li Zhong-he walks to the front gate of the factory where he used to work. There he looks for his name on a sheaf of papers. They are notices from a local administrative court, granting small unemployment payments to workers like Li and the hundreds of others who were left without jobs when their company, Hejun Toy Manufacturing, ceased operation.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:29:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/news/international/china_economy/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/news/international/china_economy/index.htmThe National People's Congress -- the marquee event of China's political calendar -- opened Thursday with Premier Wen Jiabao pledging economic growth amid a growing national deficit and the global financial crisis.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:20:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/markets/thebuzz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/markets/thebuzz/index.htmInvestors have largely panned the stimulus package that President Obama signed into law last month. But stimulus in China? Now that's a different story.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/china.meeting.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/china.meeting.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen China's legislature opens its annual session this week, the focus will be on jobs, the economy and social stability.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/china.state/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/china.state/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina accused the United States of interfering in its internal affairs and those of other nations on Thursday after the State Department issued a report sharply critical of Beijing's human rights record, state-run media reported.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/china.state/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/china.state/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department issued a report Wednesday sharply critical of China's human rights record, despite the Obama administration's decision to take a different approach to the Asian country.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/china.poisonings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/china.poisonings/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 70 people in one Chinese province have suffered food poisoning in recent days after eating pig organs contaminated by a banned food additive, state-run media reported Monday.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/21/clinton.china.asia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/21/clinton.china.asia/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broached the issue of human rights with Chinese leaders on Saturday, but emphasized that the global financial slump and other international crises were more pressing and immediate priorities.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:31:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/13/news/economy/breaking_views.breakingviews/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/13/news/economy/breaking_views.breakingviews/index.htmChinese doubts about the value of U.S. Treasury bonds highlight a crucial question: Who will buy the estimated $2.7-4.2 trillion of debt expected to be issued over the next two years?Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/china.fire.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/china.fire.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTextPublic debate over fireworks is taking over China's online chatter, ignited by Monday's tragic blaze in central Beijing which left one of China's most treasured modern buildings in cinders, killing one fireman and injuring several bystanders.Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/11/china.bird.flu.cull/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/11/china.bird.flu.cull/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has killed 13,000 birds in the country's far northwest to control what it called an epidemic of bird flu, state media reported Tuesday.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Chinese government brought out the big guns over the weekend to help fight its worst drought in 50 years.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.drought.half.century/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.drought.half.century/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina is suffering another natural disaster -- this time, the worst drought in half a century. The land is parched and the irrigation dams have dried up. Crops and livestock are dying.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has arrested the former head of the country's credit insurer on charges of corruption after a months-long investigation, state media reported.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/02/china.uk.shoe.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/02/china.uk.shoe.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA human rights protester was in police custody Monday after throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/01/china.britain.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/01/china.britain.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextPro-Tibet activists jumped security barriers and scuffled with police outside the Chinese embassy in London Sunday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/26/chinese.new.year/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/26/chinese.new.year/index.html#cnnSTCTextTens of millions of Chinese across the world celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year, one of the most important traditional holidays.Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/25/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/25/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 29-year-old man in southwest China is in critical condition after testing positive for bird flu, making him the country's sixth confirmed case of the virus this month, state media said Sunday.Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/24/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/24/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextA woman from China's far northwest has died from bird flu, health authorities said Saturday, making her the country's fourth fatality from the deadly avian influenza so far this year.Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:16:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/22/news/economy/steel_output/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/22/news/economy/steel_output/index.htmWorldwide crude steel output dropped 1.2% in 2008, as global demand for manufactured goods fell in the second half of the year, according to an industry report released Thursday.Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/20/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/20/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina has recorded its third bird flu death this year after a 16-year-old boy died in central China on Tuesday morning.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/18/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/18/china.bird.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 27-year-old woman from eastern China has died of bird flu, Chinese authorities said, making her the second person to die this year from the deadly virus.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:08:00 EST