WASHINGTON, May 24 (Xinhua) — The selection of the next head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should reflect the changing realities of the global economy and not on the basis of nationality, meaning the…
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — China has agreed to immediately provide 50 JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, a major outcome of a visit by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to Beijing this week, Pakistani officials said Thursday….
CHANGCHUN, China — Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was said to have visited an industrial city in northeastern China on Saturday and appeared headed to Beijing by train on the second day of…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the fourth trilateral leaders’ meeting between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in Tokyo from May 21 to May 22. Afterward, Wen will visit Japan’s earthquake-hit areas to…
Three years after a devastating earthquake, the worst-hit areas in Sichuan and neighboring provinces, phoenix-like, have risen from the rubble. Ninety-five percent of reconstruction projects have been completed, with the remainder set to be finished…
China’s commerce minister called the United States government not to discriminate direct investments from China, contending U.S’ profiling and screening of Chinese investment proposals “neither fair nor transparent”. “We hope the United States can treat…
WASHINGTON, May 9 (Xinhua) The third round of China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) started in Washington D.C. on Monday. The following is the full text of remarks by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at…
WASHINGTON – China and the United States have far more shared interests than differences, and nothing can hold back the momentum of cooperation, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said on Monday. He made the remark at the…
BEIJING,May 5 (Xinhuanet) — Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have proclaimed a landmark, reconciliation pact, aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift. A signing ceremony to formally endorse the deal has been held in…