<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hu Jintao: News &amp; Videos about Hu Jintao - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Hu_Jintao</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Hu Jintao from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:44:05 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Hu Jintao: News &amp; Videos about Hu Jintao - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Hu_Jintao</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Hu Jintao from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Trade to highlight Obama's China visit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. President Barack Obama is expected on Monday to meet with the Shanghai mayor and hold a town hall-style meeting with "future Chinese leaders" before heading to Beijing to meet his host, Chinese President Hu Jintao.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China celebrates 60 years of PRC's founding</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/china.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/china.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President 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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A conversation with China's young Communists</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/china.anniversary.young.communists/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/china.anniversary.young.communists/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When 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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese president pledges steps to combat climate change</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/un.china.climate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/un.china.climate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chinese 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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaders to focus on climate change at summit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/22/un.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/22/un.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>World leaders converge Tuesday in New York to focus on climate change, with the clock ticking down toward a summit this year in Denmark, where a global climate change pact is to be signed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>King: Busy week for the president</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/20/john.king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/20/john.king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>To: Interested parties  From: John King, CNN chief national correspondent  Re: The Monday Memo</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China clamps down ahead of National Day</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.national.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.national.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Leaving nothing to chance, China is undertaking a massive security clampdown for a celebration next month to mark the founding of the Communist state.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rio Tinto case raises fears of crackdown</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/china.riotinto.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/china.riotinto.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The arrest last month of four Shanghai-based Rio Tinto executives has raised fears of a crackdown by Beijing on foreign companies that would have been un­thinkable a few years ago.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hu calls for reform in China's Uyghur region</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/china.president.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/china.president.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's President Hu Jintao called Tuesday for a "prosperous and harmonious" Xinjiang province during his first visit to the country's western Uyghur region since last month's deadly riots, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's Hu leaves G-8 to deal with ethnic unrest</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/china.uyghurs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chinese 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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China marks earthquake anniversary</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/quake.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/quake.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Obama finds a world that blames U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/02/rollins.trip/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/02/rollins.trip/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After firing the CEO of General Motors and putting Chrysler on a path that could lead to bankruptcy, the still-popular President Obama moved from the domestic battlefield to the international one. But the subject is the same, with no relief in sight: the woeful world economy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China pushes N. Korea on nuke talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/china.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/china.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chinese President Hu Jintao reiterated a call for North Korea to resume nuclear talks during his meeting with North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Former top Chinese official arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has arrested the former head of the country's credit insurer on charges of corruption after a months-long investigation, state media reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rare glimpse shows thinner Kim Jong-Il</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/nkorea.china.kim/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/nkorea.china.kim/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Chinese official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang on Friday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's Worst Nightmare: Unemployment</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855400,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855400,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>China's leaders are losing sleep over the millions of jobs that could be lost in coming months </description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Venezuelan president arrives in China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/china.chavez.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/china.chavez.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Beijing Tuesday to meet with top Chinese officials and to discuss the possibility of buying weapons, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>13 detained after deadly landslide in China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/china.rockslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/china.rockslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities have detained 13 people after a mud and rock slide that may have killed several hundred people in northern China, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What China Wants from the Russians</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Analysis: When Russia's new President visited Beijing, the talk focused mostly on the US missile shield. But more important was the topic left unspoken: oil</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beijing Passes Initial Earthquake Test
 
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809184,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809184,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>In the aftermath of the earthquake, simply being present in the disaster zone helped connect the government to the people</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The China Quake's Homeless Victims</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807520,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807520,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As the death toll passes 32,000, Chinese authorities must deal with the estimated 4.8 million who now need a place to live</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush Offers Chinese President Earthquake Aid</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1739681,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1739681,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>President Bush has spoken by phone with Chinese President Hu Jintao
on the powerful earthquake that hit central China</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toll Mounts in China Earthquake</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A 7.8 magnitude quake strikes central China, killing thousands and trapping hundreds of students under their school</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hundreds protest as Chinese president arrives in Japan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/japan.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/japan.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of pro-Tibet demonstrators protested in Tokyo on Tuesday as Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived for the first state visit by a Chinese president in nearly a decade.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's Panda Diplomacy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736273,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736273,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ling Ling, the superstar denizen of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, has died. Will China, which has stopped exporting pandas, make an exception and offer a replacement?</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush phones China's president about Tibet protesters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/26/bush.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/26/bush.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush called Chinese President Hu Jintao Wednesday to express his concern about China's crackdown on protesters in Tibet, the White House said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Economy tops China agenda</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/china.npc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/china.npc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The economy topped Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's "Government Work Report" on Wednesday, as he cited the need to hold inflation at 4.8 percent and create 10 million jobs in urban areas.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's Forecast Remains Grim
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1709609,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1709609,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With the weather showing little sign of improving, thousands of Chinese remain stranded and many are without power
</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Political Win for China's Hu
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674230,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674230,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Chinese President Hu Jintao moved shrewdly to strengthen his position at the Party Congress. But that won't necessarily make implementing his policies any easier
</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hu's cautious reforms take shape</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/china.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/china.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The undisputed leader of the Communist Party, Hu Jintao took the center stage at the party congress, proposing to make China prosperous and strong. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The wrap: Stories you may have missed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/17/ww.weekreview/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/17/ww.weekreview/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A round-up of the stories that made the news in the past week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese miners' relatives turn violent</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.miners.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.miners.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A quick outburst of violence by relatives of 172 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine brought a tearful promise of Chinese government action Monday, even as state media said the miners' chances for survival were dwindling.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Group: China jails cyber-dissident</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/china.dissident.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/china.dissident.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Chinese cyber-dissident has been sentenced to four years in jail after he was convicted of "inciting the government's overthrow," a press freedom group said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Battling the Floods in China</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648724,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648724,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Some 5 million have been evacuated, but improved emergency-response planning may have saved thousands</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Piling on the inequities</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100135850/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100135850/index.htm</guid><description>Gross economic inequality  is one of the biggest problems threatening China's stability, and an issue President Hu Jintao has taken up as a cornerstone of his administration. In major speeches and policy addresses he has called for the creation of a "harmonious society," signaling the central government's desire to reduce the gap between the wealthy Chinese elite and the working class, who have seen far fewer benefits from the country's torrid economic growth.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The world at risk</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394460/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394460/index.htm</guid><description>1. Mexico The Fox administration will resolve much of the political crisis in Oaxaca before incoming President Felipe Calderón takes power, but the social malaise from which the conflict arose will... </description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE INDEX</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/06/12/8379263/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/06/12/8379263/index.htm</guid><description>THE INDEX </description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China summit offer 'puzzles' Japan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/china.japan.ties.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/china.japan.ties.ap/index.html</guid><description>Japan's Foreign Minister on Tuesday described as "beyond comprehension" China's offer to hold summit talks if Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi halts visits to a controversial war shrine, a news report said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China drops case against Times man</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/china.journalist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/china.journalist/index.html</guid><description>China has agreed to drop charges against a Chinese journalist who worked as a researcher for the New York Times, according to his lawyer.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Media confirm Kim's China visit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/nkorea.china/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/nkorea.china/index.html</guid><description>North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has paid an "unofficial" visit to China, the country's KCNA news agency reported Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush, China's Hu to defer meeting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.bush/index.html</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush and President Hu Jintao of China have agreed to postpone their meeting next week because of Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 03:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The stay-at-home generation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/17/eyeonchina.work/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/17/eyeonchina.work/index.html</guid><description>Angela Yang is part of a small new revolution in China -- the stay-at-home mother.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 03:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Full text of Hu Jintao's address</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/eyeonchina.hujintao.fulltext/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/eyeonchina.hujintao.fulltext/index.html</guid><description>Following is the full text of the keynote speech delivered by China's President Hu Jintao to the Fortune Global Forum in Beijing on Monday May 16. Mr Hu was welcomed by the Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, Richard Parsons. CNN is part of the Time Warner group.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 02:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Foes put past behind them in China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/taiwan.china/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/taiwan.china/index.html</guid><description>Taiwan's opposition leader and Chinese President Hu Jintao have vowed to work together at the first meeting between the rivals in half a century.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hu warns on Japan dispute</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/china.japan.meeting/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/china.japan.meeting/index.html</guid><description>Chinese President Hu Jintao has warned that his country's dispute with Japan over Tokyo's World War II aggression could affect the stability and development of Asia, and urged the Japanese to back up their apologies with action.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 06:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China at a glance</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/21/eyeonchina.factbox/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/21/eyeonchina.factbox/index.html</guid><description>Following are essential facts and figures on the People's Republic of China.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China tells Hong Kong to shape up</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/macau.hk/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/macau.hk/index.html</guid><description>Chinese President Hu Jintao has praised the "one country, two systems" formula in the former Portuguese enclave of Macau, but says nearby Hong Kong has to do better to make it work.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese mine toll climbs to 63</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/china.mine/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/china.mine/index.html</guid><description>The death toll from China's Chenjiashan Coal Mine explosion continues to mount, with state media reporting the figure now stands at 63.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police: Blasts at Buenos Aires banks kill 1</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/17/explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/17/explosions/index.html</guid><description>Explosions ripped through three Buenos Aires banks on Wednesday, killing a security guard, police in Argentina said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jiang ends leadership transition</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/jiang.retires/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/jiang.retires/index.html</guid><description>Communist veteran Jiang Zemin has bowed out as China's top military leader, 15 years after he took up the post, completing the first smooth transition of leadership since 1949.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where Hu stands on U.S., Taiwan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/jiang.hu.willy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/jiang.hu.willy/index.html</guid><description>After patriarch Jiang Zemin's long overdue retirement, the Chinese leadership under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao may pursue a more aggressive policy towards the United States and Taiwan.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The values debate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/values/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/values/index.html</guid><description>While many Democrats and some Republicans (including John McCain) have complained loudly about the President Bush's re-introduction of the gay marriage issue, three important things should be noted.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China hushed on Kim's secret visit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/china.kim/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/china.kim/index.html</guid><description>China is keeping the lid on reports of a secretive visit to Beijing by North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>N. Korea's Kim in secret talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/korea.china/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/korea.china/index.html</guid><description>North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il has reportedly held his first meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing amid heavy secrecy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's leaders taken to task</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/willy.column/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/willy.column/index.html</guid><description>Balance, not rapid growth, is the central theme of this year's session of China's National People's Congress.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 02:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>It's all scientific, but is it?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/23/willy.column/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/23/willy.column/index.html</guid><description>The 15-month-old administration of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao is staking its reputation on the success of a brand-new "concept of scientific development."</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2004 02:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Twin fires spark China safety call</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/china.accidents/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/china.accidents/index.html</guid><description>Beijing has ordered a nation-wide emergency safety check after two fires in Jilin and Zhejiang Provinces killed nearly 100 people earlier this week.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 02:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Beijing serves up food solution</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/willy.column/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/willy.column/index.html</guid><description>Much of China's weighty agrarian problem is summed up by a figure recently revealed by Premier Wen Jiabao: the country's grain production is short by 68.7 billion jin (34.4 billion kilo) a year.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 01:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lives take priority, says China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/china.birds/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/china.birds/index.html</guid><description>China's top leadership has given orders that protecting people's lives must be the top priority in fighting the bird flu outbreak affecting large parts of the world's most populous nation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 02:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Arms, Taiwan top France-China meet</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/25/china.paris/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/25/china.paris/index.html</guid><description>Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to arrive in Paris to lobby for sales of weapons to China and French opposition to "referendum politics" in Taiwan.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Year protests worry Beijing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/18/china.protests/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/18/china.protests/index.html</guid><description>Beijing authorities are pulling out the stops to prevent politically embarrassing mishaps in the run-up to Chinese New Year, usually a time to invoke celestial blessings for peace and prosperity.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2004 02:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fresh approach from Hu-Wen team</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/06/willy.column/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/06/willy.column/index.html</guid><description>New ideas are urgently needed as President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao begin the second year of their administration.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 05:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Who's Hu? Hu Jintao and a new generation are taking over China. Are they up to the job?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/11/331805/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/11/331805/index.htm</guid><description>A revolution, as Mao Zedong aptly put it, is not a dinner party. Neither is global capitalism. So as the world's most populous nation lurches into the most painful phase of its transition to a mark...</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>