China News Links 11 - 31 May 2005

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11 - 31 May 2005

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31/5/05

EUROPE’S troubles have just begun as India, China ‘stealing’ jobs
Expressindia.com – New Delhi,India
… An increasingly active Asia, powered by behemoth economies of India,
China, Singapore, Indonesia, even without counting Japan, will overtake
a divided Europe …
www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47676

CHINA revokes export tariffs on textiles
Hindu – Chennai,India
BEIJING: China announced on Monday that it would no longer impose export
tariffs on 81 categories of textile products as of June 1, 2005. …
www.hindu.com/2005/05/31/stories/2005053106471700.htm

CHINA accuses detained reporter of spying
Reuters.uk – UK
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore’s
The Straits Times newspaper of spying for foreign agencies on Tuesday,
but his …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2005-05-31T051005Z_01_HO111316_RTRUKOC_0_CHINA-REPORTER.xml

NEARLY half of Japanese say Koizumi mishandling relations with …
Forbes – USA
TOKYO (AFX) – Nearly half of Japanese voters believe Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi is mishandling relations with China and want him to end visits
to a war …
www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/05/30/afx2064309.html

CHINA Won’t Halt Gas Drilling Disputed by Japan, Kyodo Reports
Bloomberg – USA
May 31 (Bloomberg) — The Chinese government refused to stop drilling for
gas in an area in the East China Sea disputed by Japan, Kyodo News reported,
citing …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aJWC0gq2hkrA&refer=japan

30/5/05

CHINA Cancels Textile Tariffs Ahead of US, EU Talks (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
May 30 (Bloomberg) — China canceled tariffs on textile exports, suggesting
the government will take a hard line in talks aimed at avoiding US and
European …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aFv7r1boVwoo&refer=home

BIRD flu, FMD epidemics in China
National Business Review – New Zealand
After weeks of rumours about widespread outbreaks of bird flu and foot-and-mouth
disease, China officials have admitted that the outbreaks were far worse
than …
www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=12111&cid=5&cname=Asia%20&%20Pacific

KOIZUMI aide tries to ease China tensions over shrine
Financial Times – London,England,UK
A senior Japanese politician yesterday sought to quell tensions with China
by proposing the separation of war criminals from other war dead enshrined
in …
news.ft.com/cms/s/ba268834-d0a7-11d9-abb8-00000e2511c8.html

CHINA, Japan to meet on disputed gas fields
Forbes – USA
BEIJING (AFX) – Chinese and Japanese negotiators were scheduled to meet
in Beijing today for talks on disputed gas fields in the East China Sea,
the Japanese …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/05/29/afx2063448.html

PAUL Waide’s This Week in China
MarketWatch – USA
BEIJING (MarketWatch) — Here’s some investment food for thought, looking
ahead to this week in China: Go long, go casual and go west, but just
don’t go …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B2B35F71E-7E18-4364-B62D-58643D2450AF%7D&siteid=google

28/5/05

CHINA `Strongly Opposes’ EU’s Call for WTO Textiles Export Caps
Bloomberg – USA
May 29 (Bloomberg) — China `strongly opposes’ a European Union plan to
impose caps on Chinese exports of T-shirts and flax yarn, the Ministry
of Commerce said …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aA4g66r8P7f8&refer=asia

CHINA gets a boom in paternity tests
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
Zhang, a pudgy man with a crewcut, was one of the latest customers of a
growing business in China, where more men are paying to prove their children’s
…
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/05/29/2003257053

ICBC credited with “Best Retail Bank in China”
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country’s biggest
bank by asset, confirmed Saturday it had received the title “Best Retail
Bank in China …
english.people.com.cn/200505/29/eng20050529_187336.html

CHINA mulls futures trading on State treasury bonds
China Daily – China
An official with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said
they were considering to put forward derivatives trading such as share
indexes and …
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/29/content_446644.htm

17 ancient tombs found in N. China
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… the Warring States Period (403 BC.- 221 BC.) were found in a recent
rescue excavation at an express highway construction site in north China’s
Inner Mongolia …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/29/content_3016138.htm

28/5/05

LDP criticizes China as New Komeito asks Koizumi to rethink visits
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
TOKYO – (KRT) – The relationship between Japan and China that became strained
over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to Yasukuni Shrine continues
to …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11757711.htm

BRIEFLY: EU takes China dispute to WTO
International Herald Tribune – France
With the case going to the WTO, China faces immediate restrictions on exports
to Europe in two sensitive trade categories – flax yarn and T-shirts.
…
www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/27/business/ibrief.php

MORE than 1,000 dead birds in China’s Qinghai province
CBC News – Canada
BEIJING – More than 1,000 migratory birds have now been found dead from
the H5N1 strain of avian flu in China. The director of China’s …
www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/05/27/birdflu050527.html

US softens stance on China’s yuan
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
Washington — Even as it publicly pressures China to let its currency rise
in value, the Bush administration has quietly softened a crucial demand.
…
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/arch
ive/2005/05/27/BUGVMCVITP1.DTL&type=business

CHINA remains firm on currency
Indian Express – New Delhi,India
BEIJING, MAY 27: China’s central bank Chief and a trio of top government
economists lined up on Friday to urge a cautious approach to economic
reforms, defying …
www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=71189

27/5/05

CHINA-JAPAN row does neither good
Bangkok Post – Klong Toey,Bangkok,Thailand
Despite the latest flare-up, there is some light at the end of the tunnel
to the protracted row between China and Japan. The light …
www.bangkokpost.com/News/27May2005_news36.php

‘SATISFACTORY’ outcome on China textiles possible – Spain’s …
Forbes – USA
MADRID (XFN-SIA) – Spain believes the European Union and China can reach
a ‘satisfactory solution’ on Chinese textile exports, Industry Minister
Jose Montilla …
www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2005/05/26/afx2060267.html

SNOW says China should change currency policies
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
US Treasury Secretary John Snow said Thursday that China should change
currency practices that American manufacturers blame for soaring US trade
deficits. …
english.people.com.cn/200505/27/eng20050527_187046.html

CHINA backs Karimov despite NATO and US calls for probe
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
BEIJING: Uzbek President Islam Karimov held a second day of talks with
China’s top leaders Thursday as Beijing snubbed calls for more pressure
on the …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_27-5-2005_pg4_17

MORE dead birds found in China’s Qinghai province
CBC News – Canada
… Investigators now say they have found more than 500 dead birds in the
affected nature reserve. China previously reported fewer than 200 had
been found. …
www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/26/birdflu050526.html

26/5/05

CHINA’S domestic politics trumped protocol in Wu’s snub of Koizumi
Asahi Shimbun – Tokyo,Japan
BEIJING-China’s political leadership canceled a meeting between Vice Premier
Wu Yi and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apparently to head off possibly
serious …
www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200505260137.html

EUROPE Sets a Deadline for Its Talks With China
New York Times – New York,NY,USA
… trade commissioner set a deadline Wednesday for talks over textile
imports with Chinese officials before beginning a formal trade dispute
against China over a …
www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/business/worldbusiness/26textile.html

CHINA welcomes embattled Uzbek president
USA Today – USA
BEIJING (AP) — China rolled out the red carpet for Uzbekistan’s president
Wednesday, underscoring the importance it places on curbing the rise of
Islamic …
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05-25-china_x.htm

SOLUTION to oil supply shortage may lie in China’s coal reserves
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BEIJING, May 26 — Turning China’s abundant coal reserves into oil to help
close a widening supply gap might once have seemed little more than a
dream, but …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/26/content_3004088.htm

25/5/05

CHINA, Japan shrine spat festers
CNN International – USA
BEIJING, China — The fallout from China’s decision to pull out of a top
level meeting in Japan earlier this week continues to pollute the atmosphere
between …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/china.japan.relations/

CHINA: Bird flu in nature reserve isolated case, no other …
Canada.com – Canada
… government has tested more than two million farm birds in Qinghai province
and found no sign of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, the China Daily
reported. …
www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=864ccaed-1fd6-4171-890d-e2628ce15647

CHINA warns of tariff retraction
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
China yesterday threatened to renege on a promise to impose tariffs on
74 categories of textile products if the same items were subject to limits
from US and …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/05/25/2003256575

HSBC’S Green says no plans for China investment banking JV or US …
Forbes – USA
HONG KONG (AFX) – HSBC has no plans to set up an investment banking joint
venture in China or to buy a US investment bank, The Standard reported,
citing HSBC …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/05/24/afx2053109.html

ASIAN Stocks Fall; JFE Holdings, Posco, China Petroleum Decline
Bloomberg – USA
… Indexes in all other markets open for trading fell, except in Australia,
Indonesia and China. … and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. lower. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=arNkFr1R3hNw&refer=asia

24/5/05

SETBACK for China, Japan relations
CNN – USA
BEIJING, China — Relations between China and Japan appear to have suffered
another setback following the surprise cancellation of a top-level meeting
between …
www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/china.japan.relations/

CHINA moves to contain bird flu virus
CBC News – Canada
BEIJING – China has sent more than three million doses of bird flu vaccine
to a remote western province to contain an outbreak of the avian virus
in migratory …
www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/23/birdflu050523.html

EU to launch consultation with China on textiles
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BEIJING, May 24 — The EU textiles committee has agreed to launch talks
with China on the import of two Chinese textile products. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/24/content_2994870.htm

CHINA and Australia begin free-trade talks
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
The first round of historic free-trade agreement (FTA) talks between China
and Australia began yesterday, with Beijing’s second-highest ranking official
saying …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/05/24/2003256449

23/5/05

TAIWAN’S Chen Has Chances for Contact With China, Lien Says
Bloomberg – USA
May 23 (Bloomberg) — Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has the opportunity
to have ``direct contact’’ with China’s leaders, said Lien Chan, head
of the island’s …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a8n97TRTP70g&refer=top_world_news

CHINA rushes in vaccine after deadly bird flu found
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) – China has rushed more than three million doses
of bird flu vaccine to a remote western province after migratory birds
were found …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK269667.htm

EU Expresses Opposition to China Textile Quotas
NewsFactor Network – Woodland Hills,CA,USA
… Mandelson was speaking Saturday at the World Economic Forum meeting
on the Jordanian shores of the Dead Sea a day after China announced measures
to limit its …
www.newsfactor.com/news/EU-Opposed-to-China-Textile-Quotas/story.xhtml?story_id=11200A4YP57K

WU urges Japan, China to mend rift
CNN International – USA
Late Sunday, in a short greeting given at a reception with officials from
the Japan-China Economic Association and others favoring closer trade
ties with …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/china.japan.relations.ap/

22/5/05

EU Opposes Return of Quotas on China Textiles, Mandelson Says
Bloomberg – USA
… that were abolished at the start of the year isn’t the solution to
the European Union’s efforts to quell surging textile exports from China,
European Trade …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a_jqRR1yc1c4&refer=asia

SNOW names US envoy to pursue China forex reform
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary John Snow on Thursday named a new special
envoy to head up a bid to persuade China to effectively let its yuan currency
rise …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-5-2005_pg5_32

AMERICAN Account: Irwin Stelzer: America heads for showdown on …
The Sunday Times – UK
… It is not only that the Treasury used its latest report to Congress
on exchange-rate policies to warn China to unpeg its currency from the
dollar, or else. …
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1622091,00.html

CHINA on bird flu alert after geese deaths
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) – China is on high alert against bird flu after
discovering a new outbreak in a western province, domestic media reported
on Sunday. …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK266814.htm

BOA in talks to buy China bank stake: Economist
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
has signed a memorandum of understanding to take a strategic stake in China
Construction Bank (CCB), one of China’s big four state lenders, the Economist
…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-5-2005_pg5_26

21/5/05

CHINA takes active approach in safeguarding world textile trade …
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhuanet) — China’s move to raise its export tariff
on textile products showed that the country is taking an active approach
to safeguarding …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/21/content_2982363.htm

SLATE’S Moneybox: US, China Clash on Currency
NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: Slate columnist Daniel Gross explains how China keeps its
currency value artificially low. Earlier this week, the US …
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/srfeature.php?wfid
=://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4660288

JAPAN PM stresses China ties, defends shrine visits
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
TOKYO: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Friday that Japan should
build cooperative relations with China but he defended his visits to a
shrine for war …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_21-5-2005_pg4_7

UPDATE 3-Greenspan-no US trade benefit fron China revlaution
Reuters – USA
NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) – American shoppers will pay higher prices but
the US trade deficit with the rest of the world won’t fall if China revalues
its yuan …
www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=8561723

CHINA still mired in debt, government report shows
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
Despite China’s undisputed growing economic stature, the country remains
mired in billions of dollars in debt that is pressuring its currency and
financial …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/05/21/2003256061

20/5/05

SLATE’S Moneybox: US, China Clash on Currency
NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: Slate columnist Daniel Gross explains how China keeps its
currency value artificially low. Earlier this week, the US …
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/srfeature.ph
p?wfid=://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4660288

SNOW Names Envoy for China Currency
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Treasury Secretary John W. Snow named a new special envoy to head up a
bid to persuade China to effectively let its yuan currency rise in value
against the …
www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rup20.1m
ay20,1,5017365.story?coll=la-headlines-business

SENATE group warns China faces test over N. Korea
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A North Korean nuclear test can still be averted
but China must agree to join the United States and other Asian nations
in a quarantine …
www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/
20/senate_group_warns_china_faces_test_over_n_korea

CHINA to increase export charges after clothes quotas row
Ireland Online – Dublin,Ireland
China will drastically raise export tariffs on 74 categories of textile
products, the government said today, in an apparent effort to avert further
…
breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=143573572&p=y43574z78

CHINA to raise export tariffs on 74 textile goods
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhuanet) — China announced Friday it would raise the
export tariffs on 74 categories of textile products, with a 400-percent
hike for most …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/20/content_2979878.htm

CHINA gives ground in textile row
BBC News – UK
China says it will raise export tariffs on 74 textile product categories
from June, in an apparent effort to calm US and EU fears over cheap Chinese
goods. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4564859.stm

19/5/05

TOUGHER on China
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
On Tuesday it warned China that it may brand it a currency manipulator.
In the first case, the administration is bowing to congressional pressure
to get tough. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2005/05/18/AR2005051801912.html

CHINA Stands Firm in Trade Disputes
The Moscow Times – Moscow,Russia
SHANGHAI, China — China rejected US pressure for quick action toward revaluing
its currency on Wednesday and criticized US and European curbs on surging
…
www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/05/19/255.html

CHINA Rejects Calls for Currency Changes
New York Times – New York,NY,USA
BEIJING, May 18 – Chinese officials on Wednesday angrily rebuffed both
Washington’s blunt demand that China loosen its fixed exchange rate policy
and Europe’s …
www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/business/worldbusiness/19yuan.html

CHINA promotes a bourgeois line
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
… integrated world, fears of a clash of civilizations abound, but at
the Fortune Global Forum such concerns have proven unfounded as China’s
communist leaders …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/05/19/2003255772

HONG Kong Currency Ceiling Suggests China Closer to Yuan Shift
Bloomberg – USA
May 19 (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong’s decision to limit gains in its currency
suggests China is moving closer to letting the yuan strengthen, said strategists
at …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000
087&sid=aeQBJRby_CPM&refer=top_world_news

19/5/05

AMERICA warns China
Financial Express – Bombay,India
WASHINGTON, MAY 17: The United States told China on Tuesday it will be
named a manipulative trading partner unless it moves fast to make its
currency more …
www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=91228

CHINA: Share wealth with the world
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… The Fortune Global Forum, known as “the clearest and most direct window
for grasping the international economy”, has chosen China for the third
time. …
english.people.com.cn/200505/18/eng20050518_185643.html

US, EU restrictions on China’s textile exports unfair: commerce …
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… Bo Xilai said here on Wednesday at the 2005 Fortune Global Forum thatit
was unfair that the United States and the European Union had blamed China
for the fast …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/18/content_2970594.htm

CHINA rejects criticism of yuan
Swissinfo – Bern,Switzerland
BEIJING (Reuters) – China dismissed US criticism of its yuan currency peg
as unreasonable on Wednesday and declared European and US steps to curb
Chinese …
www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5793994&cKey=1116386445000

CHINA reforms yuan, forex system
Reuters – USA
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China launched a new foreign exchange dealing system
on Wednesday that allows domestic trading in currencies other than the
yuan, a …
www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=8524416

17/5/05

CHEN’S election win cools China fever in Taiwan
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
AN election win by Taiwan’s ruling party has taken pressure off independence-minded
President Chen Shui-bian to come up quickly with a new China policy to
…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-5-2005_pg4_7

‘US may take China to WTO on $200 bn piracy’
Financial Express – Bombay,India
WASHINGTON, MAY 17: The United States could bring a World Trade Organization
case against China for piracy of copyrighted material, such as music,
software and …
www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=91135

WHY does FORTUNE Global Forum choose China for three times?
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
This is the third time that the forum is being held in China after it was
held in Shanghai in 1999 and Hong Kong in 2001. The forum …
english.people.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185439.html

CHINA to work towards reform of currency, interest rates – vice …
Forbes – USA
BEIJING (AFX) – China will continue working towards exchange rate and interest
rate reform as part of a restructuring of its financial sector, Vice Premier
…
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/05/16/afx2032083.html

ADMINISTRATION pressured over China currency
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
WASHINGTON — After two years of politely prodding China to relax its fixed
exchange rate to the dollar, the Bush administration faces a choice of
incurring …
seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/224572_chinatrade17.html

16/5/05

VATICAN ready to sacrifice Taiwan for China
Telegraph.co.uk – London,England,UK
The Vatican is moving quickly to improve relations with Communist China,
which has not recognised the Holy See since Chairman Mao drove out the
papal nuncio …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/
05/16/wvati16.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/16/ixworld.html

CHINA hits out at new US textile quota
Financial Times – London,England,UK
China responded angrily at the weekend to the re-imposition by the US of
import quotas on some textile items in an escalation of their trade dispute.
…
news.ft.com/cms/s/0e42dbf8-c576-11d9-87fd-00000e2511c8.html

CHINA win Sudirman Cup
China Daily – China
China exorcised their demons from two years ago with a 3-0 win over Indonesia
to lift the prestigious Sudirman Cup for the fifth time in nine editions
of the …
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/16/content_442318.htm

CHINA, Japan fail to agree on compensation, talks to continue
Economic Times – India
TOKYO: Japan and China failed to agree on compensation for damages caused
by anti-Japan riots across China, sparked off by Japan’s request to be
made a …
economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1111058.cms

CHINA card fails Taiwan’s opposition
Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
… The result is equally a blow for China’s leadership, which had hoped
to isolate the independence-leaning Mr Chen by stirring Chinese patriotic
sentiment among …
www.theage.com.au/news/World/China-card-fails-
Taiwans-opposition/2005/05/15/1116095852191.html

15/5/05

ANTI-CHINA Chen wins key vote
Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India
… bian’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won an election today
and secured a fresh mandate for his independence-leaning policy towards
rival China. …
www.telegraphindia.com/1050515/asp/foreign/story_4741807.asp

CHINA hits back in US trouser war
Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India
Beijing, May 14 (Reuters): China said today it opposed a US decision to
restrict booming imports of Chinese trousers, shirts and underwear, saying
the move …
www.telegraphindia.com/1050515/asp/foreign/story_4741806.asp

JAPAN, China remain apart on protests, but agree to meet again
Japan Today – Tokyo,Japan
BEIJING — Japan and China remain apart over the vandalism involved during
April’s anti-Japan protests in China, but agreed to meet again after two
days of …
japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=337180

14/5/05

TAIWAN heads to the polls, China policy in focus
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
… elect a government body that will decide on constitutional amendments
in a race viewed as a vote of confidence on President Chen Shui-bian’s
policy toward China …
www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/
05/14/taiwan_heads_to_the_polls_china_policy_in_focus

US shrugs off China’s criticism on N. Korea policy
China Daily – China
The White House shrugged off China’s veiled criticism of US policy toward
North Korea, noting that the most important issue was to bring Pyongyang
back to the …
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/14/content_442095.htm

EXPORTS drive China to April trade surplus
Malaysia Star – Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
BEIJING: Buoyant exports gave China another chunky trade surplus in April,
providing fresh ammunition for currency speculators and trading partners
such as the …
biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/
2005/5/14/business/10953795&sec=business

US revives China clothing import quota
Arizona Republic – Phoenix,AZ,USA
… The Bush administration announced late Friday that it has decided to
re-impose quotas on three categories of clothing imports from China, responding
to pleas …
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0514textiles14.html

CHINA quashes rumors about yuan peg
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
China’s central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan ( ??? ) said yesterday
there will be no revaluation of the yuan when the country expands its
foreign …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/05/14/2003254671

13/5/05

CHINA most fears a North Korean political meltdown
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
China is more concerned about regime meltdown in North Korea than its development
of nuclear weapons and is unlikely to cave in to US calls to cut oil supplies
…
www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/05/13/2003254476

TAIWAN rejects China offers as hopes for talks dim
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
… James Soong, head of Taiwan’s second-biggest opposition party, and
Chinese President Hu Jintao proposed a “two sides, one China” formula
on Thursday as a basis …
www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/
13/taiwan_rejects_china_offers_as_hopes_for_talks_dim

CHINA holds firm on yuan-peg stance
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
China’s central bank said yesterday it will not bow to external pressures
to revalue its currency and blamed the US for creating a negative environment
for any …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/05/13/2003254513

EU ups stakes in lifting of China arms embargo
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
China should release those of its citizens imprisoned since the 1989 Tiananmen
Square crackdown if it wants the EU to end its arms ban, a senior EU delegation
…
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/05/13/2003254433

CHINA ‘Must Curb Textile Exports to Europe’
Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
The European Union’s trade chief said China must act with “great urgency”
in approving measures to contain their textile exports — or risk the
…
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4547991

12/5/05

US Counting On China In N. Korea Efforts
Guardian Unlimited – UK
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration is depending heavily on China
to rescue a faltering diplomatic effort to negotiate an end to North Korea’s
nuclear …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4998859,00.html

TAIWAN’S Soong seeks to break stalemate with China
Swissinfo – Bern,Switzerland
BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader James Soong hopes to break
a political stalemate between the island and China during talks on Thursday
with …
www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?si
teSect=143&sid=5776162&cKey=1115868913000

CHINA urges EU to step up textile competition
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BEIJING, May 12 — China is urging EU members to make the European textile
industry more competitive rather than impose protective measures against
Chinese …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/12/content_2949067.htm

MICROSOFT to launch MSN China portal
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) – New South Wales,Australia
Microsoft Corporation says it has formed a joint venture with China’s state-funded
Shanghai Alliance Investment (SAIL) to launch the MSN China web portal
later …
www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Microsoft-to-la
unch-MSN-China-portal/2005/05/12/1115843300450.html

TRADE deficit falls as textile imports from China slow
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – MN,USA
Imports declined, reflecting in part a slowdown in clothing shipments from
China. … The deficit with China declined by 7 percent to $12.9 billion
in March. …
www.startribune.com/stories/535/5398917.html

11/5/05

“The Rise of China and Its Effect on Taiwan, Japan, and South
Korea: U.S. Policy Choices,” April 12, 2005:

www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32882.pdf

“China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S.
Policy,” March 10, 2005:

www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32804.pdf

“China’s Economic Conditions,” updated April 25, 2005:

www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IB98014.pdf

“China-U.S. Trade Issues,” updated March 3, 2005:

www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IB91121.pdf

“China’s Growing Interest in Latin America,” April 20, 2005:

fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/45464.pdf

CHINA won’t shut off oil to put pressure on North Korea
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
BEIJING – (KRT) – China declared flatly Tuesday that it won’t reduce fuel
supplies to North Korea to discourage that country from testing a nuclear
weapon. …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11612010.htm

TAIWAN to test China on WHO vote
Financial Times – UK
Taiwan has promised to make the vote to determine whether it can participate
in the World Health Organisation a test of China’s goodwill towards the
island. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/350c988c-c1ac-11d9-943f-00000e2511c8.html

US steps up pressure on China over NKorea
Forbes – USA
WASHINGTON (AFX) – The United States has pressed China to use all the ‘tools
in the box’ to bring North Korea back to negotiations on its nuclear arms
program …
www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2005/05/10/afx2016611.html

EU-CHINA partnership at an exciting stage
China Daily – China
And when it comes to the European Union (EU) and China, the level of joint
action and mutual comprehension has seen a remarkable rise since we established
…
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/11/content_440999.htm

RECEPTION marks 30th anniversary of China-Samoa diplomatic ties
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
A reception was held in Beijing Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of
the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Samoa. …
english.people.com.cn/200505/11/eng20050511_184455.html

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