http://www.mail.com/people/222546-xi-jinping.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/222546-xi-jinping.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089410-slower-chinese-growth-adds-to-pressure-leaders.html BEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals. Sales of Hello Kitty dolls and plush rabbits have fallen 30 percent over the past six months, according to Luo, owner of Tongle Toy Enterprise, which employs 100 people in the southern city of Foshan, near Hong Kong. Orders from the United States ... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:10:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089410-slower-chinese-growth-adds-to-pressure-leaders.html 2013-05-16T06:10:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html BEIJING (AP) — China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo's stance. Japan refuses to offer any c... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html 2013-05-15T11:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083904-china-tightens-grip-discourse-ideology.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying against unofficial "black jails," underlining the determination of the country's new leadership to control dissent even as it vows to root out corruption. The moves over the last few days occurr... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:59:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083904-china-tightens-grip-discourse-ideology.html 2013-05-14T10:59:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080900-china-investigates-top-planning-official-graft.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a powerful economic planning official accused by a prominent journalist of corruption, the latest high-level target of the new leadership's anti-graft drive. The ruling Communist Party's disciplinary agency said in a one-sentence statement on its website that Liu Tienan, deputy head of... Mon, 13 May 2013 06:39:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080900-china-investigates-top-planning-official-graft.html 2013-05-13T06:39:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073074-chinas-april-inflation-rises-to-24-percent.html BEIJING (AP) — China's inflation rose slightly in April amid concern about the strength of its economic recovery. Consumer prices rose 2.4 percent over a year earlier, up from March's 2.1 percent gain, data showed Thursday. That still is well below the government's target of 3.5 percent for the year. Inflation is forecast to rise gradually as a shaky econ... Thu, 09 May 2013 02:43:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073074-chinas-april-inflation-rises-to-24-percent.html 2013-05-09T02:43:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070094-netanyahu-jewish-people-capable-defense.html SHANGHAI (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a Shanghai neighborhood where European Jews found refuge during World War II, saying Israel's strong military would ensure they would never again have to seek such protection from others. Netanyahu's visit to China's eastern financial hub on Tuesday followed Israel's weekend airstrike on a ... Wed, 08 May 2013 00:43:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070094-netanyahu-jewish-people-capable-defense.html 2013-05-08T00:43:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065750-china-hosting-palestinian-israeli-leaders.html BEIJING (AP) — China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a visit to the eastern financial hub of Shanghai. Ne... Mon, 06 May 2013 16:45:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065750-china-hosting-palestinian-israeli-leaders.html 2013-05-06T16:45:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041126-hk-opposes-sichuan-quake-aid-corruption-fears.html HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers fiercely opposed a plan Wednesday to donate money to a Chinese provincial government for earthquake victims, underlining widespread public concerns about mainland corruption. The city's leader, Leung Chun-ying, proposed donating 100 million Hong Kong dollars ($13 million) to the Sichuan provincial government for relief... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:36:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041126-hk-opposes-sichuan-quake-aid-corruption-fears.html 2013-04-24T10:36:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038672-japan-war-shrine-reflects-ruling-party-nationalism.html TOKYO (AP) — Visits by Cabinet ministers and lawmakers to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted of atrocities, signal Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's determination to pursue a more nationalist agenda after months of focusing on the economy. Nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers paid homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday. A day... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:56:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038672-japan-war-shrine-reflects-ruling-party-nationalism.html 2013-04-23T10:56:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035794-sea-disputes-nkorea-spotlight-asean-summit.html BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to start negotiations on a new pact aimed at thwarting a major clash in one of the world's busiest waterways. Concern over North Korea's latest threats is also expected to gain ... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:43:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035794-sea-disputes-nkorea-spotlight-asean-summit.html 2013-04-22T06:43:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034390-blackstone-founder-creates-300m-china-scholarship.html BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. private equity tycoon announced Sunday the establishment of a $300 million endowed scholarship program in China for students from around the world, and billed it as a rival to the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Stephen A. Schwarzman, founder of the private equity firm Blackstone, said he would give $100 million as a personal gift an... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:44:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034390-blackstone-founder-creates-300m-china-scholarship.html 2013-04-21T13:44:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2025118-boston-bomb-victim-attended-elite-school-china.html SHENYANG, China (AP) — The Chinese student killed in the Boston Marathon blasts grew up in an intellectual family in a northeastern Chinese city with gritty, industrial roots, and graduated from a highly competitive high school that routinely sends students abroad. In Boston, where 23-year-old Lu Lingzi enrolled in graduate-level study in statistics, frie... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:54:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2025118-boston-bomb-victim-attended-elite-school-china.html 2013-04-19T01:54:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2024840-death-spotlights-abuses-china-party-graft-probe.html BEIJING (AP) — Yu Qiyi had a promising career in a government investment company when he disappeared on his way home from a business trip March 1. Thirty-eight days later, the bespectacled, boyish-looking engineer died after turning up in a hospital emaciated, with bruises on his arms and thighs, dark welts on his buttocks and scrapes on his feet and shins. ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:04:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2024840-death-spotlights-abuses-china-party-graft-probe.html 2013-04-17T06:04:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018330-analysis-beijing-to-us-north-korea-talk.html BEIJING (AP) — Embedded within Chinese leaders' convoluted, yet vague statements to Washington about North Korea is a simple message: Talk with Pyongyang. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's weekend discussions with officials in Beijing offered up the usual encouraging but familiarly noncommittal language on North Korea, emphasizing Beijing's desire to s... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:05:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018330-analysis-beijing-to-us-north-korea-talk.html 2013-04-14T09:05:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013746-kerry-heads-to-east-asia-seeks-help-nkorea.html LONDON (AP) — John Kerry had been secretary of state for little more than a week when North Korea tested a nuclear bomb. He gathered top aides together for a morning meeting and asked for ideas, prompting a conversation about how to get China to join the United States in putting pressure on Pyongyang, according to a senior administration official who was ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:59:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013746-kerry-heads-to-east-asia-seeks-help-nkorea.html 2013-04-11T17:59:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2009750-chinas-ex-train-boss-charged-bribery-case.html BEIJING (AP) — The man who spearheaded China's showcase bullet train network has been charged with taking bribes and abusing his power, two years after he was ousted from his job as railways minister. A court press office official said prosecutors submitted the lawsuit against Liu Zhijun on Wednesday morning. "The date of the trial will be released in due... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:58:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2009750-chinas-ex-train-boss-charged-bribery-case.html 2013-04-10T11:58:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007994-admiral-us-ready-north-korea-strikes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea if it decides to strike, the top American military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday, as the relationship between the West and the communist government hit its lowest ebb since the end of the Korean War. Amid increasingly combative rhetoric from Pyongyang, Adm.... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:30:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007994-admiral-us-ready-north-korea-strikes.html 2013-04-09T18:30:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2007006-chinas-march-inflation-eases-to-21-percent.html BEIJING (AP) — China's inflation declined in March, easing pressure on consumers but fueling questions about the strength of recovery in the world's second-biggest economy. Government data Tuesday showed consumer prices rose 2.1 percent, down from the previous month's 3.2 percent and well below the official target of 3.5 percent for the year. Wholesale pr... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:53:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2007006-chinas-march-inflation-eases-to-21-percent.html 2013-04-09T09:53:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2004928-foreign-investors-to-chinas-xi-cut-red-tape.html BOAO, China (AP) — Major multinational companies appealed gingerly to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday to reduce barriers to doing business in China's heavily government-directed economy, drawing a commitment to create a more level playing field. In a rare audience with the head of the Communist Party, executives from Pepsico, Samsung Group, Volvo G... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2004928-foreign-investors-to-chinas-xi-cut-red-tape.html 2013-04-08T10:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003388-skorea-indication-nkorea-prepping-nuke-test.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's point man on North Korea said Monday there is an "indication" that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another Seoul official said a Pyongyang missile test may be in the works. Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told a parliamentary committee Monday that "there is such an indication" of nuc... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:19:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003388-skorea-indication-nkorea-prepping-nuke-test.html 2013-04-08T06:19:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003306-chinas-xi-offers-to-reduce-friction-hotspots.html BOAO, China (AP) — With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional hotspots. In a speech to a regional business forum with political leaders from Australia to Z... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:38:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003306-chinas-xi-offers-to-reduce-friction-hotspots.html 2013-04-08T03:38:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2002798-calif-governor-to-china-investments.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession. Where better to go searching for the money to further those interests than the world's second largest economy and a country that has... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:02:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2002798-calif-governor-to-china-investments.html 2013-04-06T19:02:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986694-china-landslide-buries-83-tibet-gold-mine-area.html BEIJING (AP) — No signs of life have been detected at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet more than 24 hours after a massive landslide buried 83 workers, Chinese state media said Saturday. The state-run China Central Television said more than 2,000 rescuers have been dispatched to Lhasa's Maizhokunggar county to search for the buried. About ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 03:02:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986694-china-landslide-buries-83-tibet-gold-mine-area.html 2013-03-30T03:02:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html BEIJING (AP) — A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week. It was swiftly scrubbed from China's Internet before it could generate discussion online. But the image — seen and shared by out... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:09:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html 2013-03-29T01:09:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1981798-brics-plan-development-bank-to-fund-infrastructure.html DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Leaders of five of the world's emerging economic powers agreed Wednesday to create a development bank to help fund their $4.5 trillion infrastructure plans — a direct challenge to the World Bank that they accuse of Western bias. But the rulers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa —known as the BRICS group —were unab... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:27:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1981798-brics-plan-development-bank-to-fund-infrastructure.html 2013-03-27T17:27:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1977734-chinas-lady-sparks-homegrown-fashion-frenzy.html BEIJING (AP) — New Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan's choice of attire has sparked a flurry of excitement over an independent homegrown label, an unusual phenomenon in a country where political figures are more frumpy than fashionable and wives usually shy away from the spotlight. Images of Peng, 50, stepping off a plane arm-in-arm with her husband Presiden... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:42:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1977734-chinas-lady-sparks-homegrown-fashion-frenzy.html 2013-03-26T01:42:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976164-diplomatic-star-born-chinese-lady.html BEIJING (AP) — Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as a Chinese diplomatic star, charming audiences and cutting a distinct profile from her all-but-invisible predecessors on her debut official trip abroad. Peng was featured prominently in Sunday's Chinese media coverage of her husband President Xi Jinping in Russia on his first state visit si... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:25:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976164-diplomatic-star-born-chinese-lady.html 2013-03-25T02:25:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972750-lavish-reception-putin-greets-china-president.html MOSCOW (AP) — China's new president received a lavish welcome Friday as he made Moscow his first foreign destination, joining with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a pointed attempt to counter U.S. influence in Asia. Xi Jinping, who became president just last week, urged Russia to improve its foreign policy coordination to protect the two neighbors' jo... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:08:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972750-lavish-reception-putin-greets-china-president.html 2013-03-22T17:08:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964306-lew-visit-marks-us-china-re-engagement.html BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. and China have begun to re-engage on knotty issues ranging from economic frictions to North Korea's nuclear program following a months-long hiatus during President Barack Obama's re-election and China's installation of new leaders. Chinese President Xi Jinping met Tuesday with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in the first... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:52:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964306-lew-visit-marks-us-china-re-engagement.html 2013-03-20T03:52:51Z