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Tom Christensen:
The crucial events of the next two years in China
In October, finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations held a meeting emphasizing the strong dollar. In the meeting, a G4 (Japan, China, EU, and the US) meeting was proposed by the US, according to the Japanese media. Last year, the White House began to propose the idea of G4, but EU has [...]
Posted: December 7th, 2009 under Chinese Politics.
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On 10 October 2009, Turkey and Armenia normalized relations and sought reconciliation after nearly a century of bitterness over their bloody history. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton worked so hard behind the scene for this day. Both Turkey and Armenia have been in dispute since the World War I massacres of Armenians under [...]
Posted: December 5th, 2009 under Chinese Politics, Japan.
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As New York Times (24 September 2009) describes the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York, both China and the United States produce 40 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. In the climate summit, the world needs the leadership from China and the US. Hu Jintao, China’s President, offers that China would reduce [...]
Posted: November 27th, 2009 under Chinese Politics, Obama, US-China Relations.
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On 29 June 2009, a train going from Changsha, Hunan Province (K9017) collided with the Shenzhen-bound train (K9063) at 2:34 in the predawn. The incident killed at least 3 people and injured an additional 60 passengers. The Japanese media (Kyodo News) reported that the train (K9017) had a special train which Jiang Zemin, former president [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2009 under Chinese Politics.
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In June 2009, it is 20 anniversary of “June Fourth” movement. In May, the posthumous memoir of former head of the Chinese Communist Party Zhao Ziyang, Prisoner of the State, was published in the U.S. This book is based on Zhao’s 30 audiotapes which were recorded at his home from 1999 to 2000. One of [...]
Posted: August 20th, 2009 under Chinese Politics.
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Since the Lehman Brothers bankrupted on September 15, 2008, it seems that Chinese leaders have expressed different opinions about the recovery of the Chinese economy. According to the right-wing newspaper Sankei News in Japan, Wen Jiabao began to clash with Hu Jintao regarding economic stimulus plan. For instance, Primer Wen Jiabao went to Guangdong Province twice [...]
Posted: February 4th, 2009 under Chinese Politics.
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