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Dialogue Urged to Solve China-EU Problems
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| Former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi said in Beijing Wednesday that he hopes the European Union can solve its differences with China through dialogue instead of containment. |
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Vice Premier Pushes for FTA
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| Vice Premier Wu Yi said in Nagoya, Japan Wednesday that progress toward a free trade agreement (FTA) should be accelerated, since economic ties were of central importance to the two countries' relations.
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Chinese, Palestinian Leaders Hold Talks
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| President Hu Jintao met with visiting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing on May 18, saying it is the existing policy of the Chinese government to develop a long-term, friendly and cooperative relationship with Palestine. |
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China to Expand Forex Trading
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| China will begin trading eight new foreign currency pairs on Wednesday, announced the People's Bank of China Tuesday. Seven currencies will be traded against the US dollar beginning Wednesday: the euro, Australian dollar, British pound, Japanese yen, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Hong Kong dollar. |
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US Urged to Support Global Textile Integration
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| Premier Wen Jiabao met a US Chamber of Commerce delegation in Beijing Monday, calling on them to safeguard global textile integration instead of imposing restrictions on Chinese textile imports. |
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China Becoming Growth Engine for World: Hu
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| With surging economic globalization, China and Asia are quickly becoming a new growth engine for the world while the global boom is also generating more important opportunities for China and Asia, said Chinese President Hu Jintao at the opening ceremony of the 2005 Fortune Global Forum held in Beijing Monday. |
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Chinese Claim Grand Slam
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| The national badminton team took the Sudirman Cup for the fifth time, defeating arch-rivals Indonesia 3-0 in the final yesterday in Beijing. Having already won the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup, it is the first time that a country has held three world badminton team titles at the same time. |
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Hui Calls for Employment Improvement for the Disabled
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| Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said in Beijing Sunday China will redouble its efforts to create better employment conditions of the disabled in order to improve their life and social status. |
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Moscow Urged to Probe Police, Chinese Workers' Clash
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| China has requested that Russian authorities "seriously investigate" the conflict between Russian police and Chinese workers occurring Wednesday night and take measures to prevent such things from happening in the future, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday in a press release. |
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Massacre Compensation Suit Rejected
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| A Tokyo court on Friday rejected compensation claims from three Chinese plaintiffs over a Japanese massacre in 1932 in Pingdingshan, Liaoning, China. On the same day, Japan's parliament approved a bill to designate a holiday named after Emperor Hirohito, part of whose reign experienced the country's aggression in Asia before and during the World War II. |
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