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NEWS ABOUT: Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao stories: 44 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

 Obama Tone in China 
 Reflects New Power Realities 


US needs China's help as never before

Nov 18, 09 5:20 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama's starkly different tone in his visit to China—more congratulatory than confrontational—is less a shift in policy from his predecessors than a change in the two country's roles, write Andrew Higgins and Anne Kornblut in the Washington Post . When President Clinton visited in 1998, the US was... More »

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China • Barack Obama • diplomacy • US-China trade deficit • Hu Jintao • President Obama

analysis

 Obama's China Visit 
 Achieves Little 

In fact, it just illustrates the 'yawning' economic differences

Nov 17, 09 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao paid lip service today to the idea of stronger US-China relations, but Obama's visit has done nothing but highlight the "yawning differences" between the two nations on economic issues, writes Dexter Roberts. "Lofty statements of common interests aside, the all-important Sino-US... More »

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China • US-China trade deficit • trade deficit • yuan • Hu Jintao • President Obama

 Obama, Hu Begin 
 Bridging Divide 

Superpowers work to find common ground on nukes, climate, economy

Nov 17, 09 6:08 AM CST
(AP) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from intense talks today determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security, and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers. "The relationship between our two nations goes far beyond... More »

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China • Barack Obama • North Korea • human rights • US-China trade deficit • Hu Jintao • President Obama • Copenhagen climate change conference • Iranian nuclear program

 Obama Tells Lama to Stay Away 

Move seen as an effort to avoid annoying the Chinese

Oct 5, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a move seemingly designed to appease China, US officials have asked the Dalai Lama not to meet with President Obama when he visits Washington this week. Typically, the Lama “drops in” on the White House whenever he’s in the capital, but Obama doesn’t want to meet... More »

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China • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Hu Jintao • Tibet • Dalai Lama • foreign policy

SLIDESHOW

 Massive Parade Marks 
 China's 60th Birthday 



Huge festivities combine modern power with Communist kitsch

Oct 1, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive procession of tanks, troops, and nuclear missile launchers paraded through Beijing today, 60 years after Mao Zedong stood in Tiananmen Square and proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. The rigorously choreographed procession combined old-school Communist imagery—including tens of thousands of children flipping colored cards... More »

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China • Beijing • Communist Party • Hu Jintao • Mao Zedong • Chinese Communist party • parade • People's Republic of China

For Buffett,
Best Suits Are Made in China

Obscure clothier outfits Omaha sage, Bill Gates—and Hu Jintao

Sep 24, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - One is America's most famous capitalist, the other leads China's Communist Party. But Warren Buffett and Hu Jintao have something in common—they both get their suits from Trands, an obscure northern Chinese menswear company not open to the public. Buffett, who recently recorded a promotional video for Trands' owners,... More »

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China • fashion • Bill Gates • Warren Buffett • Hu Jintao • clothing • tailor-made suits • apparel

China Sells Gas to Iran Despite US Pressure

Provides 1/3 of its fuel imports

Sep 23, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese state oil companies began selling gasoline to Iran this month and now provide 30,000 to 40,000 barrels a day, or as much as a third of the country's imports. The development comes despite US-led attempts to block gas shipments to Iran, which has seen oil giants BP ... More »

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China • Iran • Barack Obama • oil • sanctions • Hu Jintao • Chinese imports • gasoline

 4 UN Debuts to Watch 

Leaders of China, Libya, Japan, US make first General Assembly speeches

Sep 21, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - This week the world's heads of government gather in New York for the annual UN General Assembly, and attention will be focused on four leaders—two new to office, two long in power—making their debuts at the green marble lectern. NPR outlines who to watch:
  • Hu Jintao: He'll
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Barack Obama • United Nations • New York • Moammar Gadhafi • Hu Jintao • UN General Assembly • Yukio Hatoyama

(Newser) - Chinese President Hu Jintao abandoned plans to attend the G8 summit and returned to China from Italy to deal with growing unrest in Xinjiang after some 160 people were killed in riots there, the Financial Times reports. Troops have flooded into the provincial capital, Urumqi, in a bid to restore... More »

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China • G8 summit • race riot • Hu Jintao • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Urumqi

 Geithner Headed to China 


May 27, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet with Chinese officials, including the president, next week in Beijing, the New York Times reports. Before being confirmed for the position, Geither had charged China with “manipulating” its currency. The visit is intended to solidify the trading relationship between the countries, and Geithner... More »

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China • Hu Jintao • Treasury Department • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • Timothy Geithner

Artist Presses China on Child Quake Victims

A year after disaster,
Ai Weiwei leads efforts to account for the dead

May 12, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - China today marked one year since the Sichuan earthquake that left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing. But the government has still not published results of an investigation, and parents whose children died in shoddily constructed schools have faced police intimidation. The parents have found an unlikely advocate, Time... More »

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China • parents • Hu Jintao • earthquake • Sichuan province • China earthquake • Ai Weiwei

(Newser) - President Obama and Hu Jintao of China met today at the G20 summit in London and agreed to close cooperation on issues ranging from the economic crisis to global security, Time reports. Obama will travel to China later this year. Meanwhile, high-level representatives will meet in Washington during the... More »

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China • Hillary Clinton • London • human rights • global economy • Hu Jintao • dialogue • G20 • Obama administration • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

Fidel Reported to Be
Close to Death 

Castro is gravely ill, sources say

Jan 14, 09 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro may be nearing the end of his life, reports the Miami Herald. It's been almost two months since Castro has been photographed in public. No images were released of his November meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and he was a no-show at the Jan. 1 celebrations of... More »

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health • State Department • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Hu Jintao • Brookings Institution • Dmitry Medvedev • U.S. Task Force on Cuba • Reflections • Martín Torrijos • Alpha 66 • Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies

GLOSSIES

China's Great, Baffling Failure: Public Relations

Beijing completely misses 'crass value of cultivating the press'

Oct 16, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no secret that China is moving into position as a global superpower, writes James Fallows in the Atlantic, and this only further highlights its leaders’ baffling inability to understand how the country is viewed from the outside—and how to change those opinions for the better. Officials just... More »

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China • free speech • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Hu Jintao • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China • Chinese Communist party

 N. Korea
 Suspends
 Nuclear
 Shutdown

Country threatens to restore weapons plant to working order

Aug 26, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has halted the disablement of its nuclear facilities and says it may restore a reactor that can make material for atomic weapons, Reuters reports. Analysts say the move, which follows a visit to arch-enemy South Korea by pseudo-ally and Chinese President Hu Jintao, appears to be an effort... More »

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North Korea • Yongbyon • Hu Jintao • nuclear facilities • nuclear disarmament • nuclear missiles • Lee Myung-bak

OPINION

Modern Bullies Aren't
World's Real Threat

Putin, Jintao no Stalin, Mao; today's rulers can't ignore democracy

Aug 23, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world's strong-arm autocrats are surging to the fore, ignoring human rights, denying election results, and barging into neighboring nations. But Hu Jintao, Robert Mugabe and Vladimir Putin are not Mao, Hitler, or Stalin, Francis Fukuyama writes in the Washington Post. That “sort of ideological tyrant no longer... More »

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Robert Mugabe • Vladimir Putin • Hu Jintao • Hugo Chávez • authoritarianism • Francis Fukuyama • autocrat • liberal democracy

 Sarko Won't
 Boycott Beijing 

French president confirms he's going to the games after all

Jul 9, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy is backing off his threats to boycott the Beijing Olympics to protest China’s treatment of Tibet, the BBC reports. Sarkozy met with China’s president at the G8 summit, and now confirms that he will attend the opening ceremony. The French president said he made the decision... More »

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China • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Hu Jintao • Olympic boycotts

Bush: Olympic Boycott Would Be 'Affront' to Chinese People

Prez says he'll tackle human rights in Beijing

Jul 6, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush today defended his decision not to boycott the Beijing Olympics next month, saying skipping “would be an affront to the Chinese people" that would make it difficult "to speak more frankly with the Chinese leadership.” Speaking ahead of tomorrow's G8 meeting in Japan, Bush said... More »

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Japan • Beijing • Group of Eight • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Hu Jintao • boycott • George W. Bush • Olympic boycotts

China's Quest for Glory Pushing Athletes Past Limits

Injured athletes pressured to keep training

Jun 20, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is going all-out in a sometimes destructive push to top the medal table at the Beijing Olympics, the New York Times reports. Athletes are risking their health by training while injured, and potential medal-winners are being pressed out of retirement. Olympic hopefuls are well aware that victory will bring... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Hu Jintao • sports injuries • Chinese athletes

 China-Taiwan Talks a Landmark 

Summit, aimed to boost business, is highest-level contact since 1949

May 28, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - China's president met today with the leader of Taiwan's governing party, the BBC reports, in the highest-level talks between the two entities since the split in 1949. Wu Poh-hsiung is visiting China to discuss cooperation on transport and tourism, and pressed Hu Jintao for a greater global presence for the... More »

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China • Taiwan • Beijing • aid • Hu Jintao • transport • China earthquake • Wu Poh-hsiung

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