Worries arise over ability to recoup aid

2011-11-03 07:53:00

The EU and its member states should revise their regulations to ensure investments and bond purchases that China and other countries make are safe and can be returned.

Greek PM to attend crisis talks in Cannes

2011-11-03 07:33:28

Greece's prime minister faces a grilling from the leaders of Germany and France after fighting to win the backing of his cabinet to hold a referendum on a bailout package.

'No concrete plan of EFSF investment yet'

2011-11-03 07:15:22

China so far has no concrete plan of investing in the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the euro zone's stopgap bailout fund.

Assange loses extradition appeal

2011-11-02 21:08:59

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday lost bid to block extradition to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Greek PM faces showdown talks

2011-11-02 20:33:21

Greece's PM faces a grilling from the leaders of Germany and France after fighting to win the backing of his cabinet to hold a referendum on a 130 billion-euro ($178 billion) bailout package.

Italy hopes tighter financial rules from G20 summit

2011-11-02 09:43:40

The upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) summit must focus on reaching a global agreement aimed at tightening financial rules and boosting actions to support sustainable development, sources from Italian government told Xinhua on Tuesday.

Plane carrying 230 makes emergency landing in Warsaw

2011-11-02 09:40:51

No one was hurt when a Boeing 767 flying from Newark, New Jersey, with some 230 people on board, made an emergency landing at Warsaw's airport on Tuesday after trouble with landing gear.

Recession risks to vex G20 leaders

2011-11-02 07:53:32

Fears of another recession are likely to overshadow the upcoming G20 meeting among leading economic powers in Cannes, France, on Thursday and Friday. China vows currency reform at own pace 'China's growth benefits world'

Hu's trip fosters cultural exchange

2011-11-02 07:48:25

President Hu Jintao has visited the Austrian National Library in Vienna and a farm in Salzburg, hometown of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hu's trip, the first by a Chinese president in 12 years, conveys the message of cultural exchange.

The G20 wishlist for China in Cannes

2011-11-02 06:47:21

The stunning call by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou of a national referendum on aid packages for the debt-laden country made the idea of a China rescue to the European crisis all the more appealling.

Greek referendum deepens euro zone crisis

2011-11-01 22:07:51

The leaders of France and Germany scrambled to limit damage after Prime Minister George Papandreou decided to let Greeks vote on a bailout package.

Top political advisor calls for closer Sino-German ties

2011-11-01 12:01:31

China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin called for closer Sino-German partnership in advent of 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties next year while meeting German President Christian Wulff on Monday.