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President Obama to meet China's Xi Jinping in California
President Obama is to meet with President Xi Jinping in California next month, their first meeting since the Chinese leader took office in March. The meeting is scheduled for June 7-8 at Sunnylands, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg estate in Rancho...
Tags: China, North Korea, Beijing (China), White House, Barack Obama
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Syria, Israel exchange fire across cease-fire line
BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled...
Tags: Israel Defense Forces, Jerusalem (Israel), Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel
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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Government
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Obama to meet with China's Xi in California June 7-8
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the White House announced on Monday....Tags: Washington, DC, China, Ronald Reagan, Beijing (China), White House
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China offers India a 'handshake across the Himalayas'
ReutersNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip. The number two in the Chinese...Tags: Trips and Vacations, New Delhi (India), PetroChina Company Limited, Travel, Government
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Pankaj Mishra: China's developmental state says no to liberalism
Modern history is the story of how liberal democracy, originating in Britain and America, spread around the world. This may sound like an absurd fantasy. In actuality, this Whiggish narrative of progress underpins most newspaper editorials, political...Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Productivity, Culture, Democracy, Social Sciences
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Restraint is the new red in China
BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Media Industry, Dining and Drinking, Business, Sales
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White House says Obama to meet with China's Xi in California June 7-8
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 7-8 in California, the White House said on Monday. "President Obama and President Xi will hold in depth discussions on a wide range of bilateral,...Tags: Washington, DC, China, White House, Barack Obama
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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption...Tags: Literature, Corporate Crime, Political Corruption, Computer Networking and Internet, Brookings Institution
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Despite curbs, China's vast hot money triangle flourishes
Reuters* Underground banking network remits billions of yuan daily * Money laundering risks exacerbated by unofficial networks * Macau junkets act as pseudo banks for China capital outflows * Chinese authorities soft on enforcement, say intermediaries By...Tags: Central Bank, Casino and Gambling Industry, Macau, Business, Banking
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Insight: Despite curbs, China's vast hot money triangle flourishes
ReutersZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese visitors, many of them...Tags: Central Bank, Casino and Gambling Industry, Macau, Business, Banking
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Clash between Russian oil chiefs could undercut Putin ally
Reuters* Tokarev rounds on Rosneft deal to treble China exports * Could worsen Russia's export overcapacity * China plan relies on "undiscovered reserves" - Transneft * Hits back over audit on cost overruns By Olesya Astakhova and Douglas Busvine MOSCOW,...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Pacific Ocean, Russia, China
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