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Chinese President arrives in Seychelles (AFP)
Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:51:42 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the Seychelles at the end of an eight-nation African tour to sign loan agreements with the small Indian Ocean nation.
Financial world braces for huge Chinese investment fund (AFP)
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:53:29 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - China will send ripples through the financial world when it unleashes an investment company with more money under management than any mutual fund in existence, according to analysts.
China's rich spend big to celebrate Valentine's Day (Reuters)
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:20:35 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - Once considered a symbol of the
decadent West, Valentine's Day is becoming big business in
newly affluent China.
China state media hail President Hu's Africa tour (AFP)
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:28:10 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - China is pursuing a mutually beneficial relationship with Africa, in contrast to the West's colonial exploitation of the continent, state-run press claimed following President Hu Jintao's eight-nation tour.
China's life expectancy to jump: report (Reuters)
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:02:37 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - Average life expectancy in China will
jump 13 years to 85 years and all households will be lifted out
of poverty by the middle of the century, Chinese academics
forecast in a report issued in state media on Monday.
Report: China has no plans for new tests (AP)
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:46:27 GMT | Yahoo! News
AP - China has no plans to carry out another test of an anti-satellite weapon, Japan's former defense chief said Monday, citing a conversation with the Chinese defense minister.
From 'Rich List' to jail: Another Chinese millionaire locked up (AFP)
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:07:35 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - The former head of China's leading sports beverage manufacturer, and until recently a member of the Forbes China Rich List, has been jailed for 15 years for embezzlement, according to state media reports.
