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China sees risks of African acquisitions (AP)

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:42:44 GMT | Yahoo! News

Chinese president, Hu Jintao, inspects a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. Hu is on a state visit to South Africa as part of his African tour. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Africa bearing the usual gifts of money for soccer stadiums and interest-free loans. But he also has brought a new recognition of the downside of China's aggressive quest for the continent's resources.



China's Hu wraps up visit to Mozambique (AFP)

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:28:18 GMT | Yahoo! News

Chinese President Hu Jintao(L) and Mozambican President Armando Guebuza(R) review Mozambican troops in Maputo. Hu announced a debt waiver, cash grants, increased market access and "pragmatic cooperation" with war-ravaged Mozambique on the last major stop of his current African tour.(AFP/Ferhat Momade)AFP - Chinese leader Hu Jintao is wraping up a visit to Mozambique, his last key stop on an eight-nation African tour which has seen him rejecting criticism that Beijing was milking the world's poorest region through unequal trade.



Chinese President arrives in Seychelles (AFP)

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:51:42 GMT | Yahoo! News

A member of a Sudanese traditional musical band carries a Chinese flag as men and women welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao. Hu is heading home after completing a 12-day, eight-nation tour of Africa where he spread Beijing's largesse and rejected criticism that China is milking the world's poorest region through unequal trade.(AFP/File/Isam Al-Haj)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

Graphic showing China's climbing foreign exchange reserves January to September 2006(AFP Graphic)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.



Hu's charm offensive in Africa fails to quell China bashers (AFP)

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:15:04 GMT | Yahoo! News

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) arriving 06 February 2007 with his wife Liu Yongqing at the Oliver Tambo international airport in Johannesburg for a three-day visit to South Africa as part of his eight-country African tour(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao swept through Africa on a charm offensive, showering bounty and portraying Beijing as a benefactor of the world's poorest region but the pitch has failed to silence critics.



China's rich spend big to celebrate Valentine's Day (Reuters)

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:20:35 GMT | Yahoo! News

File photo shows Hong Kong singer Stephy Tang posing during a promotion for upcoming Valentine's Day in Hong Kong, February 8, 2007. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)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

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) arriving 06 February 2007 with his wife Liu Yongqing at the Oliver Tambo international airport in Johannesburg for a three-day visit to South Africa as part of his eight-country African tour(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)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.



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