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French companies win $22.8B in deals with China (AP)

November 4th, 2010

Airbus CEO Tom Enders, right, and China Air Leasing Compagny CASC CEO Li Hai, left, exchange documents as Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right look on in the back during the signature of agreements at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Nov. 4, 2010. The three-day state visit by Hu Jintao marks a dramatic turnaround from the tense ties of two years ago, when Sarkozy threatened to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics out of anger about China's treatment of Tibet. (AP Photo/ Thibault Camus, Pool)AP - France won euro16 billion ($22.8 billion) in deals Thursday to sell uranium and Airbus planes to China during the pomp-filled visit of the Asian country’s president.


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Police cars torched in China land protest: report (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Rampaging villagers in southwestern China overturned and torched dozens of vehicles in a mass protest over what they say is an illegal land grab for a construction project,…

China decries any U.S. involvement in Japan dispute (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Reuters - China on Tuesday denounced U.S. efforts to help in improving relations between Beijing and Tokyo which have been poisoned by a spat over a group of disputed islands,…

At Odds with the U.S., Pakistan Deepens Ties with China (Time.com)

November 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Pakistan’s security establishment, under pressure from Washington over its failure to back the war in Afghanistan, seeks alternative benefactor

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Clinton joins summit after China, Japan flare-up (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (C) arrives at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi October 28, 2010. Wen is in Hanoi for the East Asia Summit from October 28 to 30. REUTERS/KhamReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins an Asia-Pacific summit Saturday after a flare-up in Chinese anger at Japan over disputed islands that cast doubt over prospects for…

China, Japan ties strained over islands at summit (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (C) arrives at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi October 28, 2010. Wen is in Hanoi for the East Asia Summit from October 28 to 30. REUTERS/KhamReuters - China criticized Japan on Friday for raising the issue of disputed islands at an Asian summit, apparently setting back efforts by Asia’s two biggest economies to get relations…

Japan and China leaders to hold bilteral talks (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao were due to meet Friday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said, a step expected to ease tension between Asia’s…

Japan and China leaders to hold bilateral talks: report (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet on Friday, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK said, a step expected to ease tensions between Asia’s biggest…

Japan and China ministers meet and agree to improve ties (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Japan and China have agreed to improve ties, Japan’s foreign minister said on Friday after talks with his Chinese counterpart likely to set the stage for fence-mending between…

China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Dozens of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists remain under house arrest as a wary government seeks to stifle support for jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo,…