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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:14:05 +0000Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:00:41 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/asiapacific/china/politics(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/96360102-cc6f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96360102-cc6f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlChinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Africa $10bn in concessional loans over the next three years, saying China was a 'true and trusted friend' of the continent and its peopleSun, 8 Nov 2009 14:14:05 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+0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c62cb88c-c428-11de-8de6-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c62cb88c-c428-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.htmlBeijing is preparing to launch a trade probe into whether US carmakers are being unfairly subsidised, a move that comes at a time of heightened trade tensions between the two countriesThu, 29 Oct 2009 01:57:12 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1c17178-c39d-11de-a290-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1c17178-c39d-11de-a290-00144feab49a.htmlChina and the US will not sign a landmark agreement on climate change policies when Barack Obama visits Beijing next month, the US president's climate change envoy said, in spite of high hopes this year among US officialsWed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1fed30e0-bff1-11de-aed2-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1fed30e0-bff1-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.htmlAn influential retired Chinese general has warned that Sino-US military ties are failing to keep pace with the two nations' rapidly evolving economic and political relationship Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:02:09 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c126ef0-bcde-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c126ef0-bcde-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a.htmlChina, the fifth-largest export market for South Africa a year ago is now the most important destination for the country's goods. Its emergence as South Africa's number one export market coincides with signs of growing Chinese investment interestMon, 19 Oct 2009 20:08:22 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1bee1d6-bbe1-11de-9426-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1bee1d6-bbe1-11de-9426-00144feab49a.htmlChinese academic Guo Quan who launched a campaign for multiparty democracy has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the "subversion of state power", a human rights group saidSun, 18 Oct 2009 17:36:17 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2fe85c64-ba78-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2fe85c64-ba78-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.htmlChina took a defiant stand on Friday at the annual iron ore talks with global miners, rejecting proposals for a sharp rise in the price of the key commodity for making steelFri, 16 Oct 2009 22:31:43 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff56bd9c-b8ca-11de-809b-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff56bd9c-b8ca-11de-809b-00144feab49a.htmlIndia has urged China to stop building projects inside the Pakistan-ruled part of the disputed Kashmir region, the latest salvo prompted by a decades-long border dispute between the Asian giantsWed, 14 Oct 2009 15:11:32 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/53b23a0a-b804-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53b23a0a-b804-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.htmlBeijing has strongly criticised the visit by India's prime minister to the north-east state of Arunachal Pradesh, the latest sharp exchange between the two Asian powers about the border areaTue, 13 Oct 2009 22:24:07 +0100