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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: Business, Government, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, National Government, Trips and Vacations
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China president takes charge of sweeping economic reform plans-sources
ReutersBy Kevin Yao BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalise the economy, sources close to the government said, shunning policy stimulus for fear it could worsen local...Tags: Finance, Sailing, Banking, Local Government, Xi Jinping
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China president takes charge of sweeping economic reform plans: sources
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalize the economy, sources close to the government said, shunning policy stimulus for fear it could worsen local government debt and inflate...Tags: Finance, Sailing, Banking, Local Government, Xi Jinping
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Presidente chino se pone al frente de profunda reforma económica: fuentes
ReutersPor Kevin Yao PEKIN, mayo 17 (Reuters) - El presidente de China se ha encargado en persona de trazar ambiciosos planes de reforma para revitalizar la economía, dijeron fuentes cercanas al Gobierno, evitando los estímulos económicos por temor a que...Tags: Wen Jiabao, China
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While China is busy winning, its athletes might be losing
LONDON — Listed at 6-foot-3-inches and 198 pounds, wing spiker Yimei Wang intimidates as the great wall of China's women's volleyball team. In a 25-foot mural of Wang in the concourse of Earls Court, the Chinese Olympian resembles basketball star...
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America lags on plain speech
The Internet is changing how leaders talk. Leaders from Rome to Beijing and beyond are helping usher in a new era of plain speaking. But American leaders are lagging behind, stuck in old patterns of windy and obfuscatory speech. Around the globe, what's...Tags: Chestertown, Air Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace, Reddit Inc., Twitter, Inc.
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China's Xi Jinping formally assumes title of president
BEIJING -- Capping a highly choreographed transition of power, Xi Jinping formally assumed the Chinese presidency Thursday after a secret vote at the National People's Congress. The 59-year-old son of a former vice premier is the most successful of...Tags: Elections, Xi Jinping, Politics, Beijing (China), College of Cardinals
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China names Xi Jinping president
China's new leader Xi Jinping capped his rise to the top Thursday by adding the largely ceremonial title of president, though he will need more time and cautious maneuvering to consolidate his power and build support from a public that is increasingly...Tags: Government, National Government, Elections, Xi Jinping, Politics
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China pledges support for farmers to narrow wealth gap
BEIJING -- China says it will better protect farmers' land rights and boost rural incomes and public services to help narrow the divide with urban areas. The government will increase agricultural subsidies and ensure "reasonable returns" from planting...Tags: Sociology, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Government, National Government
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Hu's the boss
"They say, 'Tony, you're so crazy.' Yes, I am."
You heard it from Tony Hu himself, chieftain of Chinatown. Something's off in his bitter melon. A sane businessman wouldn't open seven restaurants within a half-square-mile area, yet here we are, an...Tags: New Year's Day, Richard M. Daley, Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), University of Illinois at Chicago, Dining and Drinking
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China's Xi Jinping appears in public after lengthy absence
World NowChinese Vice President Xi Jinping appeared in public on Saturday after a nearly two-week absence that sparked intense speculation about his health and possible infighting in the top ranks of the Communist Party.... -
Hong Kong police arrest 7 in harbor collision that killed 38 people
World NowHong Kong police arrested two captains and five crew members Tuesday in connection with the collision of a pleasure boat and a ferry that left 38 people dead and more than 100 injured in the territory’s worst maritime accident in four decades....
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