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Japan, China agree to cooperate on Korea (AP)

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:45:48 GMT | Yahoo! News

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L) meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. China's foreign minister offered to reopen negotiations with Japan on a heated dispute over the East China Sea as the Asian powers further mend strained relations, officials said.(AFP/Everett Kennedy Brown)AP - Japan and China will cooperate closely to ensure that North Korea follows through on its agreement to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs, Japan's prime minister said Friday.



Chinese crowds greet the New Year with a bang (Reuters)

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:39:13 GMT | Yahoo! News

Worshippers burn incense at the Longtou Temple in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on the first day of the new Chinese lunar year February 18, 2007. Chinese around the world welcomed the Lunar New Year which is believed to be an especially auspicious 'golden pig year', which only comes around every 60 years. CHINA OUT (China Daily/Reuters)Reuters - Bright, deafening explosions and thick smoke covered China's capital at midnight, as Beijingers celebrated the beginning of the New Year and the end of a firework ban in exuberant fashion.



China's leaders push agenda on lunar holiday (Reuters)

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:42:27 GMT | Yahoo! News

A worshiper prays in front of a fire place in a temple in Shanghai February 17, 2007. Chinese around the world are preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Pig on February 18. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - China's leaders celebrated the traditional Lunar New Year festival by visiting poor residents in the country's backwoods and claiming their policies have begun to raise people's lives, state media reported on Sunday.




Asians usher in the Year of the Pig (AP)

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:03:06 GMT | Yahoo! News

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, fireworks explode over the People's Square in Giuyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province early Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, the New Year's Day on China's lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Qiao Qiming)AP - Asians flocked to temples, parks and Disneyland on Sunday to pray, play, eat, and celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.



10th anniversary of Deng's death passes quietly in China (AFP)

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:31:00 GMT | Yahoo! News

A father holding his son in front of a billboard with Deng Xiaoping, in Shenzhen. Deng died 10 years ago on February 19 but the impact of his policies on China -- and the world -- has only grown with time, analysts say.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AFP - The 10th anniversary of former leader Deng Xiaoping's death passed quietly in China as the state-run press barely mentioned the occasion and no major official events were announced.



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