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Brazil to impose quality control on Asian imports
Brazil plans to impose strict quality control on imports from China and other Asian nations to prevent the influx of cheap goods.
Wang Qishan
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Zimbabwe, China sign $585-million trade agreements
Zimbabwe and China on Monday signed a raft of agreements worth $585-million aimed at reviving the southern African country.
China signals shift on currency
Unscheduled talks seen as a bid to address US concerns.
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Obama team too busy at home to spur G7?
The G7 meet in Rome this week to kick off a run of high-profile meetings among leaders wrestling to get recession-hit economies back on their feet.
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China urges US to see ‘true nature’ of Dalai Lama
China urged the United States to understand the true nature of the Dalai Lama clique — which it blames for stirring up last month’s violence in Tibet — and support China’s ”just position”, state media said on Thursday. China blames Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, whom it labels a separatist, for stirring up the Lhasa violence.
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China names premier, top judge and prosecutor
China’s Parliament re-elected Wen Jiabao as premier on Sunday, but a next-generation leader was passed over for promotion to a top military job. The rubber-stamp National People’s Congress gave Wen, ranked third in the Communist Party hierarchy, a second five-year mandate with 2 926 votes for, 21 against and 12 abstentions.
