China is keen to strike a free trade pact with Australia soon and opposes any return to protectionism in response to the global economic crisis, China's vice-president said Monday.
Stocks worldwide and oil prices rose on Monday after China pledged to make the yuan more flexible, but analysts said the policy's effect on the Chinese and global economy was still uncertain.Currency move to boost stocks
Mainland, HK equities rally
China has played a role of great importance during the founding and development of G20, Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Monday.
Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang met here Monday with governor of the Austrian state of Salzburg Gabi Burgstaller.
Organizers expected about 10,000 Chinese nationals would take to the streets of Paris on Sunday, appealing for the French government to improve public security in the country where the Chinese community has been frequent victims of robbery.
A senior United States senator on Wednesday said US arms sales to Taiwan were hurting ties with China and challenged US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the necessity of the deal.
The delisting of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest US home funding companies, on US securities exchanges may force China, the largest holder of their mortgage bonds, to adjust its holdings, but large-scale selling is unlikely, said analysts.
The United States must learn more about China instead of criticizing the country for its exchange rate and trade policies if it wants to increase exports to the world's largest market, US economists have said.
Do not politicize yuan issue, China tells US
China's Southern Daily Group's recent attempt to acquire Newsweek magazine - the country's first bid for a Western publication - has failed, but the bidder is expecting to make other similar purchases.
Beijing - Vice-president Xi Jinping on Wednesday agreed to offer more aid to Laos for infrastructure construction and resource development, seeking to boost China's fast-growing ties with neighboring nations.
Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan talked by telephone on Sunday, marking the official activation of the China-Japan prime ministerial hotline, the Foreign Ministry said.
The government dispatched two chartered flights on Monday to save Chinese nationals from the ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan.
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