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2005-12-15 Interfax
China pressured to further open agricultural markets
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=8427&slug=WTO
2005-12-15 People's Daily
China's sci-tech R&D lags behind world's advanced level by 5 years
http://english.people.com.cn/200512/15/eng20051215_228278.html
2005-12-15 Reuters
Latest China river saga: Pig pollution
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10479114/
2005-12-15 Reuters
China muscles in to Africa oil scramble
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2005-12-15T102757Z_01_HO537580_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-AFRICA-CHINA-OIL-DC.XML
2005-12-15 International Herald Tribune
China a spectator at WTO talks
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/15/business/deals.php
2005-12-15 Asia Pulse
US recognizes China's WTO achievements
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GL16Cb01.html
2005-12-15 Asia Times
New hope for Chinese stocks
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GL16Cb05.html
2005-12-15 Beijing Review
Going Global
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/En-2005/05-50-e/bus-3.htm
2005-12-15 Xinhua
Official: China's pension system has problems
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/15/content_503684.htm
2005-12-15 China Daily
Foreign investment sees 2% decline
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/15/content_503582.htm
2005-12-15 Reuters
China Halt to Foreign Stakes in Brokerages Questioned
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-financial-china-brokerages.html
2005-12-15 Time
Liu Binyan, 1925-2005
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501051219-1139857,00.html
2005-12-15 Shenzhen Daily
Citi bids US$1.5b for local bank stake
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/15/content_503590.htm
2005-12-15 China Daily
Shanghai housing boom turning to bust
http://en.ce.cn/Industries/Property/200512/15/t20051215_5526495.shtml
2005-12-14 LA Times
Stifling in Jade Dust
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-jewelry14dec14,1,1716877.story
2005-12-14 AP
Kazakhstan set to open pipeline to China
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/15/content_503637.htm
2005-12-14 Financial Times
India presses China on arms sales to Nepal
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9cb011ea-6c55-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.html
2005-12-14 China Daily
Gas supply cut off due to shortage
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/14/content_503259.htm
2005-12-14 Reuters
Hopes, fears rise as China quickens Africa push
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13690273.htm
2005-12-14 People's Daily
EU threatens to resort to WTO for China's auto market access
http://english.people.com.cn/200512/14/eng20051214_228008.html
2005-12-14 China Economic Net
60% of Chinese employees unhappy: survey
http://en.ce.cn/Life/social/200512/14/t20051214_5514700.shtml
2005-12-14 Xinhua
New rich challenge family planning policy
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/14/content_503360.htm
2005-12-14 China Daily
Private firms crucial for employment
http://en.ce.cn/National/Politics/200512/14/t20051214_5513826.shtml
2005-12-14 China Economic Net
How a private airline can afford 20 Airbus aircrafts
http://en.ce.cn/Insight/200512/14/t20051214_5517409.shtml
2005-12-14 Shenzhen Daily
Chinese sales by U.S. affiliates outpace U.S. exports
http://en.ce.cn/Business/Macro-economic/200512/14/t20051214_5515532.shtml
2005-12-14 Bloomberg
Plant output surge spurs pricing fears
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=7798&sid=5897203&con_type=1&d_str=20051214&sear_year=2005
2005-12-14 The Standard
Foreign investors exempt from tax on yuan stocks
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=7812&sid=5896315&con_type=1
2005-12-14 Reuters
Firms told to brace for a stronger yuan
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=22&art_id=7838&sid=5898008&con_type=1&d_str=20051214&sear_year=2005
2005-12-14 Christian Science Monitor
Asian nations seek to chart new directions - without US
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1214/p01s01-woap.html
2005-12-13 USA Today
Rural areas of China put squeeze on farmers
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-12-13-china-farmers_x.htm
2005-12-13 International Herald Tribune
China's tight lid on village shootings
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/13/news/china.php
2005-12-13 Business Week
Why China Is Tops in Tech Gear
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051213_232968.htm
2005-12-13 Morgan Stanley
Export Normalization Arrives
http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/20051213-tue.html#anchor1
2005-12-13 Inter Press Service
China villages go to town with $30bn remittances
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GL14Cb01.html
2005-12-13 Shanghai Daily
Nation plans to control steel production
http://en.ce.cn/Industries/Basic-industries/200512/13/t20051213_5502416.shtml
2005-12-13 International Herald Tribune
Roche to Let Chinese Producer Make Flu Drug
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/business/worldbusiness/13roche.html
2005-12-13 Financial Times
China to revise size of GDP
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1ed16fae-6b96-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.html
2005-12-13 Xinhua
China to shut down 4,000 mines by Dec. 31
http://en.ce.cn/National/Government/200512/13/t20051213_5502368.shtml
2005-12-13 Shanghai Daily
Welfare fund wins endorsement
http://en.ce.cn/Markets/Equities/200512/13/t20051213_5502473.shtml
2005-12-13 New York Times
Legal Gadfly Bites Hard, and Beijing Slaps Him
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/international/asia/13lawyer.html
2005-12-12 The Standard
SOEs make moves toward independent directors
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=7655&sid=5512317&con_type=1&d_str=20051212&sear_year=2005
2005-12-12 The Standard
Zhou pushes dividends
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=22&art_id=7641&sid=5872498&con_type=1&d_str=20051212&sear_year=2005
2005-12-12 The Guardian
Strong sense of deja vu blights ambitions of poor
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1665071,00.html
2005-12-12 The Guardian
Hong Kong on high alert as thousands of protesters fly in
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1665113,00.html
2005-12-12 New York Times
A New Port in Shanghai, 20 Miles Out to Sea
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/business/worldbusiness/12port.html
2005-12-11 Reuters
Protesters Denounce WTO at Hong Kong Rallies
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-trade-wto-protest.html
2005-12-11 Knight Ridder
Mao gets mere lip service in China
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/13382395.htm
2005-12-11 Reuters
China says police killed protesters "in alarm"
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-12-11T100520Z_01_MCC110084_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CHINA-PROTEST.xml&archived=False
2005-12-11 Reuters
China Answers US Criticism on Human Rights
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-rights-china-usa.html
2005-12-11 Xinhua
China looks for substantive progress in WTO meeting
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/11/content_502407.htm
2005-12-11 Reuters
In China, honest toil is good for business
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-12-11T021452Z_01_MCC108041_RTRUKOC_0_UK-TRADE-CHINA-LABOUR.xml&archived=F
2005-12-11 New York Times
Villagers Tell of Lethal Attack by Chinese Forces on Protesters
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/international/asia/11china.html
2005-12-11 AFP
Official arrested for ordering protesters shot
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20051210-115147-2967r.htm
2005-12-11 The Guardian
UK kidney patients head for China
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1664750,00.html
2005-12-10 China Daily
Pollution has heavy impact on grain output
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/10/content_502284.htm
2005-12-10 Time
Why Japan Keeps Provoking China
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1139758,00.html
2005-12-10 Xinhua
Shanwei reveals investigation report on villagers' violence in power plant
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/10/content_3904849.htm
2005-12-10 Bloomberg
Chinese City Official Says Less Than 20 Died in Police Shooting
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aYw6P3AOS6Fg&refer=asia
2005-12-10 Beijing Review
Regulation Renovation
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/En-2005/05-49-e/bus-2.htm
2005-12-10 Beijing Review
In Search of Equality
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/En-2005/05-49-e/china-1.htm
2005-12-10 Financial Times
China and developing world back Kyoto
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c138fd88-6921-11da-bd30-0000779e2340.html
2005-12-10 Inter Press Service
Why Southeast Asia is turning from US to China
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/GL10Ae01.html
2005-12-10 The Guardian
Enter the dragon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1664204,00.html
2005-12-10 Xinhua
Death toll rises to 90 in Hebei colliery blast
http://en.ce.cn/National/Local/200512/10/t20051210_5479611.shtml
2005-12-10 New York Times
Protesters Say Police in China Killed Up to 20
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/international/asia/10china.html
2005-12-09 The Standard
CNOOC interested in buying US$10b Yukos assets
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=7469&sid=5834930&con_type=1&d_str=20051209&sear_year=2005
2005-12-09 The Standard
Rights group tells of dangers in trying to win justice
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=7473&sid=5835153&con_type=1&d_str=20051209&sear_year=2005
2005-12-09 LA Times
Wrecking Ball Casts Shadow on Arts Colony in Beijing
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-artists9dec09,1,5390391.story
2005-12-08 The Dallas Morning News
In China, Mary Kay has women thinking pink
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/world/13358101.htm
2005-12-07 Japan Focus
From APEC to WTO: trajectories of protest in Korea and East Asia
http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=467
2005-12-07 Reuters
Wen slams `chaotic' mines
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=7242&sid=5795526&con_type=1&d_str=20051207&sear_year=2005
2005-12-07 AFP
Beijing accused over Africa push
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=5&art_id=7246&sid=5792962&con_type=1&d_str=20051207&sear_year=2005
2005-12-07 The Standard
Cotton subsidies cost farmers HK$2.5b
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=7309&sid=5793410&con_type=1&d_str=20051207&sear_year=2005
2005-12-06 The Standard
More cities for foreign lenders
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=2&art_id=7227&sid=5778911&con_type=1&d_str=20051206&sear_year=2005
2005-12-06 LA Times
Liu Binyan, 80; Chinese Writer, Intellectual Was Exiled After Uprising in Tiananmen Square
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-liu6dec06,1,5327137.story
2005-12-06 Financial Times
China's exorbitant hospital fees in the spotlight
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a9167672-65fc-11da-8f40-0000779e2340.html
2005-12-06 Jamestown Foundation
Beijing's Strategy to Counter US Influence in Asia
http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=408&&issue_id=3549
2005-12-06 Jamestown Foundation
The Costs of China's Modernization
http://www.jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=152
2005-07-06 International Herald Tribune
Maintaining the Mao myth
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/05/opinion/edmirsky.php
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