http://www.mail.com/people/3414-hu-jintao.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/3414-hu-jintao.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099308-chinas-xi-will-meet-obama-earlier-than-expected.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the White House, underlines the imp... Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099308-chinas-xi-will-meet-obama-earlier-than-expected.html 2013-05-21T09:54:15Z 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/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/business/economy/1959094-china-leaders-pledge-clean-government-waste.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leaders struck a populist tone Sunday as they got down to the painstaking work of governing, promising cleaner government, less red tape and more fairness to enlarge a still small middle class and help struggling private businesses. In appearances that mark the completion of a months-long, orchestrated leadership transition, Pre... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:33:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1959094-china-leaders-pledge-clean-government-waste.html 2013-03-17T10:33:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1956640-chinas-leaders-move-to-fill-top-government-posts.html BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese Communist Party's No. 2 leader was confirmed Friday as premier, tasked with addressing a slowing economy and defusing public anger over corruption, pollution and a growing gap between rich and poor. China's rubberstamp legislature appointed Li Keqiang to the premiership as a long-orchestrated leadership transition neared its end... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:01:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1956640-chinas-leaders-move-to-fill-top-government-posts.html 2013-03-15T15:01:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953378-chinas-leadership-faces-myriad-challenges.html BEIJING (AP) — China named the Communist Party's No. 2 leader, Li Keqiang, premier on Friday as a long-orchestrated leadership transition nears its end, leaving the new leaders to confront uneven economic growth, unbridled corruption and a severely befouled environment that are stirring public discontent. The rubber-stamp legislature endorsed Li for the p... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:19:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953378-chinas-leadership-faces-myriad-challenges.html 2013-03-15T07:19:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955110-obama-offers-congrats-call-to-chinese-president.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made a congratulatory phone call to the new Chinese president and raised thorny issues of North Korea and cybersecurity. The White House says Obama spoke to Xi Jingping Thursday as the Communist Party leader was elevated to the presidency. Xi takes over for Hu Jintao, China's president for the past decade. A White ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:27:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955110-obama-offers-congrats-call-to-chinese-president.html 2013-03-14T18:27:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945558-chinas-political-advisers-pledge-fealty-to-party.html BEIJING (AP) — China's top political advisers, who represent a broad spectrum of prominent people in business, academia, finance and other areas, closed their annual meeting Tuesday pledging loyalty to the Communist Party and a rejection of Western-style multiparty democracy. The advisory body's newly appointed chairman Yu Zhengsheng said in closing this ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:49:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945558-chinas-political-advisers-pledge-fealty-to-party.html 2013-03-12T03:49:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html LONDON (AP) — Some cried, some cheered. Many Latin Americans mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, leaders in Europe and Asia sent condolences, and Iran's president predicted great works in the afterlife. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, focused on "a new chapter" for Venezuela, following 14 years in which Chavez cast himself as a bulwa... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:46:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html 2013-03-06T22:46:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929240-chinas-priority-social-wellbeing-growth.html BEIJING (AP) — China's government pledged to repair the country's ravaged environment and boost public services under its new leadership, an acknowledgment that quality of life was sidelined during the outgoing administration's decade of breakneck economic growth. In a policy speech opening the national legislature's yearly session Tuesday, soon-to-retire... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:21:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929240-chinas-priority-social-wellbeing-growth.html 2013-03-06T00:21:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1927900-chinas-xi-rides-high-hopes-ahead-presidency.html LUOTUOWAN VILLAGE, China (AP) — China's fawning state media, jaded social media commentators and even poor corn and cabbage farmers agree: New Communist Party chief Xi Jinping is off to a good start. "General Secretary Xi doesn't put on any airs. He talks like an ordinary person," said 69-year-old farmer Tang Rongbin. The new leader visited Tang's sparse,... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:43:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1927900-chinas-xi-rides-high-hopes-ahead-presidency.html 2013-03-04T00:43:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's former envoy to China says his country erred in choosing to buy islands claimed by both Japan and China last fall, infuriating Beijing, and now both sides have no choice but to allow the issue to cool. Uichiro Niwa, a former trading house executive who served as ambassador to Beijing from mid-2010 until late last year, told reporters ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html 2013-01-28T09:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840400-official-china-recovering-soft-landing.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — China's economy is now recovering from a "soft landing," but the big challenge in 2013 will be to prevent overheating while still promoting growth, the head of China's National Economic Research Institute said Wednesday. Fan Gang told a session on China's growth prospects at the World Economic Forum in this Swiss Alpine resort th... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840400-official-china-recovering-soft-landing.html 2013-01-23T20:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839786-china-elder-jiang-zemin-takes-public-step.html BEIJING (AP) — Influential Chinese ex-President Jiang Zemin has been moved down the top leadership's pecking order — at least in public — as the ruling Communist Party prepares for the final stages of a generational handover in power. The official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday in a brief dispatch that Jiang asked party leaders to group him with other ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839786-china-elder-jiang-zemin-takes-public-step.html 2013-01-23T08:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813280-censorship-row-chinas-tight-grip-media.html GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — China's new Communist Party leaders want to appear more open, but they're not about to give up control of the media. That's the lesson of a dustup involving an influential newspaper whose staff briefly rebelled against especially heavy-handed censorship. The staff of Southern Weekly returned to work after some controls were relaxed... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813280-censorship-row-chinas-tight-grip-media.html 2013-01-11T08:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803396-official-china-to-labor-camp-sentences.html BEIJING (AP) — China will stop handing down labor camp sentences this year under a system that allowed police to lock up government critics and other defendants for up to four years without trial, the country's top law enforcement official said Monday. The move would be a key step in reforming China's judicial system, though details remained unclear, incl... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803396-official-china-to-labor-camp-sentences.html 2013-01-07T09:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1777266-us-china-economies-inseparable-china-official.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The economies of China and the U.S. have become "interdependent and inseparable," a top Chinese official said Wednesday after high-level trade talks which were being watched for signs of how the two powers will cooperate after their respective political transitions. Vice Premier Wang Qishan was speaking after the annual U.S.-China Joint ... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1777266-us-china-economies-inseparable-china-official.html 2012-12-20T00:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752550-chinas-xi-leads-campaign-to-cut-pomp.html BEIJING (AP) — New communist leader Xi Jinping is on a mission to soften the image of Chinese officialdom, winning kudos for his breezy personal style and ordering leaders to take a knife to the pomp, formality and waste that have alienated many among the public. With his silky baritone, glamorous wife and daughter at Harvard, Xi cuts a very different fig... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752550-chinas-xi-leads-campaign-to-cut-pomp.html 2012-12-08T07:34:00Z