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CHINA: Latest Africa Foray: Altruism or Hegemony?

CHINA: BEIJING, Nov 9 (IPS) - Brushing off accusations that its investment is denuding Africa of precious natural resources, China has pledged "going all-out" to help African countries overcome poverty and fight new threats like climate ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robert Mugabe,  Zhai Jun,  Wen Jiabao,  Hu Jintao,  United States Agency for International Development

ENVIRONMENT: China’s Climate Change Plan: The Debate Goes On

ENVIRONMENT: BEIJING, Nov 6 (IPS) - For China choosing to act on climate change is not simply agreeing to effect changes in the way its robust economy is being run. Chinese leaders have to choose between two equally unattractive optionsput ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Greenpeace,  Tsinghua University,  United Nations

CHINA: Cultural Counteroffensive at Int’l Book Fair: Hit or Miss?

CHINA: BEIJING, Oct 26 (IPS) - This years Frankfurt Book Fair may have been more of an embarrassment than prestige for its guest of honour China but the countrys cultural mandarins still believe that the future of cultural ideas belongs to ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Dai Qing,  Xi Jinping,  Hu Jintao,  Jiang Zemin,  Dalai Lama

CHINA: Too Many Graduates, Very Few Jobs

CHINA: BEIJING, Oct 21 (IPS) - Feng Danya studied foreign languages. She had hoped to be part of a growing local company and grow with them, she says. But her timing was wrong. She graduated in the summer of uncertainty for the global ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  21 Oct 2009

POLITICS: Defiant China Asserts Role in Global Affairs

POLITICS: BEIJING, Oct 12 (IPS) - The symbolism of Beijing dispatching its second top leader for celebrations with the reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il almost at the same time as Washington was deciding to break a tradition by ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Dalai Lama,  Kim Jong-il,  Barack Obama,  Wen Jiabao,  Lee Myung-bak

POLITICS: China Resists U.S.’s ‘Covert' Trade Agenda

POLITICS: BEIJING, Oct 7 (IPS) - As the United States talks about rebalancing global growth, China sees a covert agenda of trade protectionism. And while Beijing seems to agree that there is a price to pay for its new ascent as a global ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  World Bank,  Chen Deming (politician),  Robert Zoellick

POLITICS: China Swaggers On, Yet Future Looks Uncertain

POLITICS: BEIJING, Oct 2 (IPS) - Showing off Chinas new wealth and national might on the anniversary of the birth of the Peoples Republic, the countrys leaders attributed its rise as a rejuvenated world power to the 60 years of communist ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hu Jintao,  Dalai Lama

POLITICS-CHINA: Coming Soon: A Stage-Managed 60th Anniversary Bash

POLITICS-CHINA: BEIJING, Sep 28 (IPS) - When it comes to pageantry, Chinas communist leaders leave little to chance. This October, which marks 60 decades of their rule over the Middle Kingdom, mass events and grand spectacles would have ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Zhang Yimou,  Hu Jintao,  Jackie Chan,  Zhang Ziyi,  Jet Li

ENVIRONMENT: China Backpedals on Emissions But Still Noncommittal

ENVIRONMENT: BEIJING, Sep 24 (IPS) - Although pledging to break away from its highly polluting economic path, China has managed to stick to its guns and not compromise on what it believes is its national agenda. Speaking Tuesday at the ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Hu Jintao,  Sha Zukang,  Yukio Hatoyama (politician),  Ban Ki-moon

CHINA: Communist Resort Makeover Mirrors State’s Populist Shift?

CHINA: Analysis by Antoaneta Bezlova BEIDAIHE, China, Sep 12 (IPS) - The summer capital of Chinas political intrigue is taking a break from the years of intense infighting and maneuvering that Chinese communist leaders used to engage in ...

From ANTOANETA BEZLOVA, Inter Press Service,  12 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Hu Jintao

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