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Movimientos y maniobras en China

Source : Rebelion | 20 May 2012

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Txente Rekondo
GAIN/Rebelión

Este año del 2012 está siendo bastante movido en el gigante chino, sobre todo en materia de política doméstica, pero que también han influido en el panorama internacional. Con la vista puesta en la celebración del 18 Congreso del Partido Comunista de China (PCC) el próximo otoño, los primeros meses han estado protagonizados por una sucesión de conflictos que en ocasiones han tenido sus ramificaciones en torno a las siempre complejas relaciones entre Beijing y Washington.

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Chinese government tells military to ignore internet in wake of coup talk

Source : The Guardian | 06 April 2012

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Regime's jitters evident in thinly veiled reference by army newspaper to rumours that prompted crackdown on chat sites

Reuters

Hu Jintao

The Chinese army has been ordered to ignore internet rumours and stick to Communist party ideology as the leadership under Hu Jintao (above) prepares to anoint its successors. Photograph: Prin Samrang/EPA
China's top military newspaper has told troops to ignore rumours on the internet and steel themselves for "ideological struggle" – an apparent reference to talk of a coup as the ruling Communist party faces a leadership transition.

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Los 90 años del Partido Comunista Chino

Source : Rebelion | 30 June 2011

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Xulio Ríos
Rebelión

El Partido Comunista de China (PCCh) ha convertido la celebración de su 90 aniversario (1921-2011) en un ejercicio de propaganda que inunda toda China. Películas, series de televisión, musicales, canciones “rojas”, conjuntos ornamentales por doquier… contribuyen a crear un clima de “entusiasmo” que no deja de mostrar cierta artificialidad provocando hasta indiferencia a poco que lo observemos en detalle. Sorprende la envergadura de esta campaña, muy superior en intensidad a la del 60 aniversario (2009) de la fundación de la República Popular China, más aún teniendo en cuenta el significado del número 60 en la cultura china y el propio sujeto de la celebración.

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Exchange Rates and Reserve Currencies

Source : Der Spiegel | 27 January 2011

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China Plans Path to Economic Hegemony

By Wieland Wagner

AFP

China would like to make the yuan one of the world's anchor currencies, forcing other countries to maintain reserves of Chinese money and providing significant advantages for Beijing. Yet the country cannot continue to keep the value of its currency artificially low if it hopes to become the world's dominant economic power.
They have made it to the heart of American capitalism. As of last week, the pioneers in China's race to the top have been displayed on a giant electronic billboard in New York's Times Square.

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China on equal footing with US as Hu Jintao visits Washington

Source : The Guardian | 19 January 2011

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China's inferiority in 'hard power' has turned to Beijing's advantage, and signs of its growing 'soft power' abound

Julian Borger, Ewen MacAskill and Phillip Inman

Hu Jintao at Andrews air force base — Hu Jintao, accompanied by the US vice-president, Joe Biden, receives a red-carpet reception at Andrews air force base in Maryland. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The last time Hu Jintao arrived in Washington, back in 2006, he was given a White House working lunch, and by all accounts never forgave George W Bush for the perceived insult.
In contrast, it is highly unlikely China's leader could find fault with the welcome laid out by the Obama administration: a private White House dinner tonight to be followed later in the week by a full state banquet, a 21-gun salute and all the pomp and circumstance of a review of the troops.
The message is absolutely clear – these are the world's two leading powers meeting together as equals. It is that sense of equal status that distinguishes this Washington summit from earlier such encounters.

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Capitalizing on the Euro Crisis

Source : Der Spiegel | 15 December 2010

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China Expands Its Influence in Europe

By Wieland Wagner

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (R) during a visit to the Acropolis with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in October.

China is seizing on Europe's debt problems to expand its influence on the continent with large-scale investments and purchases of government bonds issued by highly-indebted states. The strategy could push Europe into the same financial dependency on China that is posing a dilemma for the US.
Portugal's cavalry staged a magnificent parade to welcome Chinese President and Party General Secretary Hu Jintao, 67. Suddenly, one of the horses reared up and threw its rider to the ground. The state guest from China waited motionless until the end of the ceremony before he went to the fallen cavalryman, embraced him, and asked if he was all right.
There was symbolic value to Hu's caring gesture in early November in Lisbon: China's foremost party organ, the People's Daily, wrote enthusiastically that this was the "Best moment for the world to see a true China in flesh and blood."
Given the acute debt crisis in the euro zone, there is a wealth of opportunities for China to show sympathy in Europe these days. With pledges of financial aid and statements of support for the euro, Beijing is endeavoring to stabilize its largest trading partner -- primarily in pursuit of Chinese interests.
Even before his arrival in Lisbon, many in Portugal were yearning for Hu to come to the rescue. In view of the alarming Portuguese government debt, the Chinese leader promised that he would support the country with "concrete measures." He said China intended to double bilateral trade by 2015.

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China 'set to tighten monetary policy'

Source : The BBC | 03 December 2010

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China may be ready to raise interest rates to tackle inflation

Yuan notes - file pic

China is to tighten its monetary policy next year, the Communist Party's top body has said, in a sign that interest rate rises may be on the way. The country has recently tightened lending rules by telling banks to keep more cash in reserve,
Now the Communist Party's Politburo has said China will shift its monetary policy from "relatively loose" to "prudent", the Xinhua news agency said. Annualised consumer price inflation hit a 25-month high in October, at 4.4%.

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Cameron urges democracy in China

Source : Al Jazeera | 10 November 2010

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Cameron's comments come amid controversy over a the jailed Nobel peace prize winner Xiaobo [Reuters]

David Cameron, the British prime minister, has urged China to introduce greater political and press freedoms, saying it would ensure social stability and economic growth. "The rise in economic freedom in China in recent years has been hugely beneficial to China and to the world," he said in a speech at Peking University on Wednesday. "I hope that in time this will lead to a greater political opening ... because I am convinced that the best guarantor of prosperity and stability is for economic and political progress to go in step together."
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British PM in China to boost trade

Source : Al Jazeera | 09 November 2010

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David Cameron is travelling to China with a contingent of business executives to deepen trade ties with Beijing.

The British prime minister's visit to China comes ahead of a G20 summit in South Korea later this week [Reuters]

David Cameron, the British prime minister, has arrived in China with senior cabinet members for a three-day visit that aims to boost trade ties.Cameron, accompanied by four cabinet ministers and about 50 business leaders from some of Britain's biggest companies, says he wants to take his country's relationship with the world's second-largest economy "to a new level" by doubling bilateral trade with China to more than $100bn a year by 2015.On his first official visit to China since taking office in May, Cameron said he wanted British exports to account for $30bn of that sum - more than two double the $12.4bn in 2009. Cameron is due to meet Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister, later on Tuesday, and Hu Jintao, China's president, on Wednesday.The British prime minister also hopes to address his country's staggering trade deficit while in Beijing.
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China launches national census

Source : Al Jazeera | 01 November 2010

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This once-a-decade process is being undertaken for the sixth time in the world's most populous country.

The last census in 2000 put China's official population at 1.295 billion people [EPA]

China has kicked off its once-a-decade census that will see six million census takers go door-to-door to document the massive demographic changes taking place in the world's most populous country.
The census takers began their whirlwind head count on Monday and will conclude on November 10, with the the main data to be released at the end of April.

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Tibetan student protests spread

Source : The Guardian | 22 October 2010

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Thousands of students protest over language curbs in Chinese schools
Tania Branigan in Beijing

Tibetan student language protests — Tibetan students protest in Rebkong, in north-west China's Qinghai province, angry at being forced to study in the Chinese language. Photograph: Free Tibet/AFP/Getty Images

Protests by Tibetan school students in western China over plans to restrict the use of their language have spread, according to state media and a campaign group.
Thousands of teenagers took to the streets of Tibetan areas of Qinghai province on Wednesday, the Free Tibet group said. The peaceful marches followed a demonstration by at least 1,000 teenagers in Rebkong, also known as Tongren, the previous day.
In Chabcha county, also known as Gonghe, around 2,000 students from four schools demonstrated, shouting: "We want freedom for Tibetan language", Free Tibet said. It also said middle school pupils protested in Tsigorthang county, also known as Xinghai.
In Tawo, also known as Dawu, students protested from sunrise. Authorities later stopped people going onto the streets, the group added.

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Chinese human rights campaigners celebrate as Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel peace prize

Source : The Guardian | 09 October 2010

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Jailed dissident's award gives campaigners 'happiest day in years' but Chinese government calls decision 'blasphemy'
Tania Branigan in Beijing

Pro-democracy protesters raise pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo — Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong raise pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside China's liaison office. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

China's human rights campaigners were celebrating the "happiest day in years" today as the jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel peace prize. But the Chinese government reacted in fury, describing the decision as a "blasphemy".
The Nobel committee said it was recognising the 54-year-old author's "long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China", adding that it had long believed there was a close connection between human rights and peace.
Beijing warned the decision could harm ties with Norway – where the awards are based – and summoned Oslo's ambassador to make a formal protest.

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China overtakes Japan as world's second-largest economy

Source : The Guardian | 16 August 2010

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China overtakes Japan as world's second-largest economy
Japan's economy grew just 0.4% a year in second quarter
Figures spark concern over cooling demand in Asia
Japan facing ageing population and a strong yen

Tokyo
Japanese consumer spending, which accounts for about 60% of GDP, was flat in the second quarter Photograph: Junji Kurokawa/AP

Japan lost its place as the world's second-largest economy to China in the second quarter as receding global growth sapped momentum and stunted a shaky recovery.
Gross domestic product grew at an annualised rate of just 0.4%, the Japanese government said today, far below the annualised 4.4% expansion in the first quarter. The news added to evidence that the global recovery is facing strong headwinds.
The figures underscore China's emergence as an economic power that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. It is already the biggest exporter, auto buyer and steel producer, and its global influence is growing.
China has been a major force behind the world's emergence from recession, delivering much-needed juice to the US, Japan and Europe. Tokyo's latest numbers, however, suggest that Chinese demand alone may not be enough for Japan or other economic giants.

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