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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with Arab League ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa after delivering a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) speaks with Arab League Secretary-General ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) speaks with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa after delivering a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao waves before delivering a speech ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao waves before delivering a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech at the Arab League ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) smiles as he listens to Arab ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) smiles as he listens to Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa after delivering a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS)

Wang Beixing (L) of China reacts after winning in the women's ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Wang Beixing (L) of China reacts after winning in the women's 500 metres race at the World Cup speed skating competitions in Berlin November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY SPORT SPEED SKATING)

A worker climbs up an excavator at a construction site in Lujiazui ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker climbs up an excavator at a construction site in Lujiazui District in Shanghai, November 7, 2009. China is not counting on a quick rebound in the world economy to fuel growth but will concentrate instead on boosting home-grown demand, Yao Jingyuan, chief economist at the National Bureau of Statistics, said on Saturday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks with Egypt's President Hosni ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Tarek Mostafa (EGYPT POLITICS)

A boy leads his cattle to a partially dried-up pond on the outskirts ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy leads his cattle to a partially dried-up pond on the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi province, November 7, 2009. Many Chinese wheat-growing provinces in the north seeded clouds over the weekend to help end a persistent drought and encourage the growth of winter wheat. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Customers look at a Chevrolet car at a General Motors auto dealership ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Customers look at a Chevrolet car at a General Motors auto dealership in Hefei, Anhui province November 7, 2009. China, which overtook the United States as the world's No. 1 auto market in January, sold 923,154 cars last month, 79.6 percent more than a year earlier, state media reported on Saturday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA TRANSPORT BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Pang Qing (L) and Tong Jian of China perform during the Pairs ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Pang Qing (L) and Tong Jian of China perform during the Pairs Free Program competition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy in Nagano, central Japan November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN SPORT FIGURE SKATING)

Chart showing trade and investment data between Japan and the ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chart showing trade and investment data between Japan and the five Southeast Asian Mekong river nations. Japan has pledged 5.5 billion dollars in aid over three years for Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations, seeking to deepen ties with the region amid growing influence from China. Photo:/AFP

A wind turbine complex is seen on the Zhemo Mountain in the ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - A wind turbine complex is seen on the Zhemo Mountain in the outskirts of Dali, in China's southwestern province of Yunnan. Over the last two years, China has made extensive use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), created under the Kyoto Protocol, to set up green projects such as wind farms, small hydro projects or methanisation units. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

Wind turbine complex is pictured on the Zhemo Mountain on the ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - Wind turbine complex is pictured on the Zhemo Mountain on the outskirts of Dali, China's southwestern province of Yunnan. Over the last two years, China has made extensive use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), created under the Kyoto Protocol, to set up green projects such as wind farms, small hydro projects or methanisation units. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

China has said that this month's visit by President Barack Obama, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - China has said that this month's visit by President Barack Obama, seen here, would be a milestone in relations for the global powerhouses and that climate change cooperation would be a key agenda item. Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

Gang members line up during sentencing for murder, assault, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Gang members line up during sentencing for murder, assault, extortion and other charges linked to organised crime, during a trial in Chongqing, China in October. A court in southwest China on Friday sentenced a pair of 23-year-old twins to 17 years in prison in the latest rulings in a series of sensational organised crime trials that have gripped the nation. Photo:/AFP

File photo shows a security guard in front of the CNOOC global ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a security guard in front of the CNOOC global headquarters in Beijing. China has dangled a near open cheque book to Africa's major oil producers in a bid to guarantee supplies for decades to come. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

File photo of a Chinese energy giant CNOOC plant in Daya Bay, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of a Chinese energy giant CNOOC plant in Daya Bay, in southern China. China has dangled a near open cheque book to Africa's major oil producers in a bid to guarantee supplies for decades to come. It has offered 30 billion dollars to Nigeria and is negotiating for stakes in oil fields in Ghana and Angola and companies that exploit the fields throughout Africa. Photo:Laurent Fievet/AFP

A Chinese border guard patrols on a bridge over the Tumen river ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Chinese border guard patrols on a bridge over the Tumen river in China in March 2009. The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, a man walks past ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:38:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, a man walks past an advertisement board featuring fake iPods at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province. Thousands of foreigner buyers flock to the southern city of Guangzhou at this time of year for China's biggest trade show. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/William Foreman)

In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, human rights activist Liu Dejun ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:28:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, human rights activist Liu Dejun looks through a room in a 'black jail' in Beijing. A guard at the unofficial jail in the Chinese capital has pleaded guilty to raping a young detainee, an activist said Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in a case that has put the spotlight on the 'black jails' where a growing number of people seeking justice from the government end up. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Greg Baker, File)

Graphic showing China's top 10 richest people according to Forbes ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic showing China's top 10 richest people according to Forbes magazine's annual China rich list released Thursday. Photo:/AFP

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk (L) and China's Vice Premier ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Trade Representative Ron Kirk (L) and China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan (L) shake hands before a delegation leaders meeting in Hangzhou in October 2009. The United States, joined by the EU and Mexico, asked the World Trade Organization Wednesday to rule on a dispute over Chinese restrictions on raw materials exports, officials said. Photo:Eugene Hoshiko/AFP

Journalists film Nissan's new concept vehicle Nuvu at the Shanghai ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:46:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Journalists film Nissan's new concept vehicle Nuvu at the Shanghai International Auto Show last April. Nissan Motor Co. climbed into the black last quarter and forecast a smaller yearly loss as surging sales in China helped offset sluggish demand in the West. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

The logo of Statoil, Norwegian oil giant, which is to sell some ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - The logo of Statoil, Norwegian oil giant, which is to sell some of its oil assets in the United States to China's state-owned CNOOC, marking the first step by a Chinese energy major into the US market. Photo:Heiko Junge/AFP

Chinese labourers at a construction site in Hefei, eastern China. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chinese labourers at a construction site in Hefei, eastern China. The World Bank has upgraded its 2009 economic growth forecast for the country to 8.4 percent on the back of huge public spending but warned stronger domestic demand was needed to ensure a sustainable recovery. Photo:/AFP

A Rolls Royce is parked in front a hotel in Beijing. China's ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Rolls Royce is parked in front a hotel in Beijing. China's recovery has been driven by a four-trillion-yuan (586-billion-dollar) stimulus package unveiled by the government a year ago alongside a record 8.67 trillion yuan in bank lending in the first nine months of 2009. Photo:Wang Zhao/AFP

Chart showing the World Bank's GDP forecast for China which ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chart showing the World Bank's GDP forecast for China which has been upgraded to 8.4 percent for 2009. Photo:/AFP

The Disneyland themepark in Anaheim, California. China's central ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Disneyland themepark in Anaheim, California. China's central government has given the green light to the Walt Disney Co to build its long-awaited first theme park on the mainland in Shanghai, after a decade of negotiations, both sides have announced. Photo:Robyn Beck/AFP

Map showing Shanghai, where China's central government has given ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map showing Shanghai, where China's central government has given the green light to a new Disney theme park, and Hong Kong, location of China's first Disney venue. Photo:/AFP

China National Petroleum Corp, the country's top oil producer, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - China National Petroleum Corp, the country's top oil producer, has kicked off construction of a pipeline across Myanmar that should give the Asian giant quicker access to oil supplies in the secretive military-ruled state. Photo:Ted Aljibe/AFP

In this Oct. 27, 2009, photo Mark Ndesandjo, one of President ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:14:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Oct. 27, 2009, photo Mark Ndesandjo, one of President Barack Obama's half-siblings, receives an interview from The Associated Press in Guangzhou, southern China. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Vincent Yu)

File photo of two giant pandas from China, Tuan Tuan and Yuan ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of two giant pandas from China, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, are displayed in their enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo in Muzha. A Chinese panda expert has vowed to lend Taiwan a helping hand after two members of the low-libido species spent nearly a year at Taipei Zoo showing no inclination to breed, local media said Wednesday. Photo:Guo Ru-Hsiao/AFP

Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, a half-brother of U.S. President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, a half-brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, introduces his first novel 'Nairobi to Shenzhen' during a pre-launch news conference held by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China, in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA MEDIA)

Pedestrians walk beside a J-10 fighter jet displayed in front ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pedestrians walk beside a J-10 fighter jet displayed in front of the Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) headquarters in Beijing on November 2. A top China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an 'historical inevitability', state media said, marking an apparent shift in Beijing's opposition to weaponising outer space. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

A labourer works on scaffolding at a construction site in Nanjing, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A labourer works on scaffolding at a construction site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, November 3, 2009. The China Iron and Steel Association, the country's steel industry group, said on Tuesday that domestic crude steel supply would increase by 112 to 117 million tonnes this year, or 25 percent, as oversupply in the world's top producer worsens. Picture taken November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

A water tower decorated with Mickey Mouse 'ears' at Walt Disney's ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - A water tower decorated with Mickey Mouse 'ears' at Walt Disney's Paris operation. China has given its thumbs up to building a multi-billion dollar theme park in Shanghai, the Walt Disney Co has said. Photo:/AFP

A labourer walks in front a poster at the construction site ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A labourer walks in front a poster at the construction site of Africa pavilion at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai, November 3, 2009. The fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh from November 8 to 9. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and leaders from other African countries will attend the opening ceremony, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken November 3, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA BUSINESS SOCIETY POLITICS EMPLOYMENT) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

A labourer works at the construction site of Africa pavilion ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A labourer works at the construction site of Africa pavilion at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai, November 3, 2009. The fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh from November 8 to 9. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and leaders from other African countries will attend the opening ceremony, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken November 3, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA BUSINESS SOCIETY POLITICS EMPLOYMENT) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

A visitor looks at a Chrysler Hemi at a car show in Wuhan, central ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - A visitor looks at a Chrysler Hemi at a car show in Wuhan, central China. Many in Michigan - home to car-maker Chrysler - are hoping that new chief Sergio Marchionne will be able to transform the third largest US carmaker into a truly viable company. Photo:Teh Eng Koon/AFP

China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan attends the signing ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan attends the signing of a memorandum in Hong Kong June 29, 2009. Obama, who will visit Shanghai and Beijing for the first time on Nov. 15-18, spent much of his childhood in Hawaii, five time zones away from Washington, D.C.; and beginning in 1967, when he was six years old, he lived in Jakarta for four years. Although U.S. President Barack Obama has never set foot there, China cast a long shadow in the Pacific region where he grew up. Picture taken June 29, 2009. To match Special Report CHINA/USA REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/Files (CHINA BUSINESS POLITICS)

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis headquarters in Basel. ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis headquarters in Basel. Novartis said Tuesday that it would invest 1.0 billion dollars (680 million euros) in research and development in China to latch on to growing demand for health care. Photo:Sebastien Bozon/AFP

Zheng Lizhong, China's second-ranking envoy to Taiwan, pictured ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Zheng Lizhong, China's second-ranking envoy to Taiwan, pictured here in 2008, held a closed-door meeting with Kao Koong-liang, deputy chief of Taiwan's quasi-official Straits Exchange Foundation, a foundation official said. Photo:/AFP

People walk past advertising for a HSBC bank in Hong Kong. Banking ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - People walk past advertising for a HSBC bank in Hong Kong. Banking giant HSBC has said it is eyeing acquisition opportunities in emerging markets and plans to open new branches in China. Photo:Mike Clarke/AFP

Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani attends a contract-signing ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani attends a contract-signing ceremony with British oil major BP Plc and China's CNPC in Baghdad November 3, 2009. British oil major BP Plc and China's CNPC on Tuesday signed Iraq's first major new oil deal since the 2003 U.S. invasion, snapping up a development contract for the Rumaila oilfield, one of the world's biggest. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)

People play a local game, Chinese corner ball, for money in ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People play a local game, Chinese corner ball, for money in the afternoon at a back street in Shanghai November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA SOCIETY)

Models present creations from a wedding dress collection by ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Models present creations from a wedding dress collection by designer Tsai Meiyue at China Fashion Week in Beijing November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Grace Liang (CHINA FASHION)

Models present creations by designer Qi Gang at China Fashion ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Models present creations by designer Qi Gang at China Fashion Week Show in Beijing November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Grace Liang (CHINA FASHION)

A model presents a creation by designer Qi Gang at China Fashion ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A model presents a creation by designer Qi Gang at China Fashion Week Show in Beijing November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Grace Liang (CHINA FASHION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A model gets prepared backstage ahead of a wedding dress show ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A model gets prepared backstage ahead of a wedding dress show at China Fashion Week in Beijing November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Grace Liang (CHINA FASHION)