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Communist allies China, Cuba hold landmark summit

Hu Jintao (C) accompanied by Raul Castro (L) receives military honours HAVANA (AFP) - China's President Hu Jintao made a landmark visit to Cuba, bearing millions of dollars in aid and promises of closer future trade ties. The...

Chinese Automakers May Buy GM and Chrysler

Chinese carmakers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire GM and Chrysler, China’s 21st Century Business Herald reports today. [A National Enquirer the paper is not. It is one of China's leading business newspapers, with a...

Chinese president visits Cuban leader Fidel Castro

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday visited Fidel Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, in Havana. The two leaders warmly shook hands, exchanged greetings and had a long...

Taiwan plans meeting with Chinese president at APEC

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government is arranging a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao at a regional summit later this month, an official said on Tuesday, another step in the island's road to improving ties with rival...

Fanatics ignore lessons of history : Irish News - Brian Feeney

In the 1930s in China, Mao Tse-tung issued orders to his fighters to treat the peasants well to get them onside, gain their support: no rough stuff, no stealing food. In Mid Ulster, Republican Sinn Fein (RSF) polled one per...

Wild Swans: Wildly Good

I have China on my mind. Why? Well, for one, I’m traveling there tomorrow and just finished stuffing a suitcase full of everything I might need. Which, on a housekeeping note, I must tell you that while I am gone, there will be...

Four Last Things: Hell

Hell is clearly the biggest loser in the Four Last Things Popularity Poll. People in hell will not be there because they were minding their own business, being decent folk, when suddenly an arbitrary God just stuck them there...

Hu Jintao visits county to promote ideological campaign

Chinese President Hu Jintao recently made a site tour in Ansai County, Shaanxi Province, to publicize a campaign for the Scientific Concept of Development. It's an ideology with the same principles of the previous Party...

Survey Reveals Ninety-Six Percent Think Social Injustice in China is Due to Power

A survey conducted in China reveals that 96 percent of those polled feel that social injustice in China is caused by power. The survey shed light on the participants’ conclusions behind socio-economic inequities, with...

Suspected Maoist rebels kill 4 in eastern India

Suspected communist rebels raided a village in eastern India, rounding up the families of wealthy farmers before shooting and killing four people, police said Monday. About 50 suspected insurgents raided Kohwarwa village in...

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