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CHINA DAILY - Friday December 5,2008
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Restoring global confidence and preventing the current financial crisis from spreading, especially to developing countries, are key tasks facing the world now, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan told top officials from China and US yesterday.
Vice-Premier Wang Qishan and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson greet each other at a signing ceremony during the Sino-US Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing yesterday. Yang Shizhong
Strategic Economic Dialogue
China should prepare for the worst and take "timely and effective measures" to overcome the global financial crisis and maintain growth and stability, the central bank governor said yesterday.
China Scene
Cousins' wife sharing ends with dam construction
Insight
Li Shuo will never forget what she did this summer.
Comment
In the "Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People", the Dalai side claims that "the Tibetan government in exile represents the interests of the Tibetan people and speaks on their behalf". It lists several "basic needs" (including religion) of "genuine autonomy". All this is quite misleading.
Opinion
Many people will try to set US President-elect Barack Obama's priorities, but one person is sure to have a major effect. The outgoing US President George W. Bush has bequeathed an unenviable legacy: an economic crisis, two wars, a struggle against terrorism, and problems across the Middle East and elsewhere.
Business
General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC executives are considering accepting a pre-arranged bankruptcy as the last-resort price of getting a multibillion-dollar government bailout, said a person familiar with their internal discussions.
China US Special
The China-US relationship is probably one of the most important and complex bilateral relationships in the world in this century. Over the last 30 years, Sino-US ties have undergone an impressive transformation from animosity and conflict to candid dialog and constructive cooperation.