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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: Mountains, Manmohan Singh, Trade Balance, Petroleum Industry, Trips and Vacations
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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: Arts and Culture, Japan, Social Sciences, Democracy, Pension and Welfare
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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...
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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: China, White House, Washington, DC, 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: Adultery, Computer Networking and Internet, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Corruption
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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: Pomfret, Laws, Banking, Organized Crime, Science and Technology
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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: Laws, Banking, Organized Crime, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: BP Plc, Energy Resources, Pacific Ocean, China, Russia
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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: Banking, Sailing, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Government Debt
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Exclusive: EU threatens trade duties against China's Huawei, ZTE - sources
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to send a formal warning to China that it is ready to levy trade duties against telecoms equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp over what it says are illegal subsidies, people close to...Tags: International Organizations, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., World Trade Organization, Sweden, China
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High-ranking Chinese official caught in anti-corruption net
SHANGHAI — China is investigating a senior economic policymaker for alleged "serious disciplinary violations" — the highest-ranking central government official to be targeted in the new Chinese president's anti-corruption crackdown. The...Tags: Elections, Government, Corruption, China, Politics
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, May 10
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- NEW YORK/BOSTON - In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks by hacking into credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from ATMs in 27 countries, U....Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Labor Legislation, Punishment, Bank Robbery, Gina McCarthy
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