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WRAPUP 1-China major commodity imports rise in May as port congestion eases
Reuters* Copper imports up 21 pct from April low, soy up 28.1 pct * Crude shipments inch up, iron ore third highest on record * Overall import, export figures disappoint By David Stanway BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) - China's imports of major commodities all...Tags: Imports, Chile, Weather, Shanghai (China), Marketing
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Obama and Xi's agenda
Maybe Dennis Rodman had a soothing effect on North Korea's chubby dictator during his visit to the Hermit Kingdom earlier this year, even though we now know that Kim Jong Un would have preferred to host Michael Jordan. This is not surprising, since Jordan...
Tags: South Korea, Kim Jong Un, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan
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Cyber disputes loom large as Obama meets China's Xi
ReutersBy Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will complain to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit on Friday about alleged Chinese hacking of U.S. secrets, even as the White House faces growing...Tags: National Security Agency, Computer Networking and Internet, Computer Crime, The Washington Post, Barack Obama
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Beaver Creek, Minn., farmer leads trip touring ag facilities
BEAVER CREEK, Minn. - A group of 27 farmers from across Minnesota returned home recently from a 10-day "See for Yourself" trip to China to tour production agriculture facilities, visit the Shenzhen port and learn how demand for U.S. soybeans will continue...Tags: Aquaculture, U.S. Embassy, Travel, Trips and Vacations, China
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China grants dissident's brother passport ahead of Xi-Obama meet
ReutersBy Ben Blanchard BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - China has granted passports to the mother and eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng which they hope to use to visit him in the United States, the brother said in Friday, a concession by...Tags: Entertainment Events, Barack Obama, Nobel Prize Awards, Chen Guangcheng, Interior Policy
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Dimon, other Wall St. titans make time for Ma ahead of Alibaba IPO
ReutersBy Denny Thomas HONG KONG, June 7 (Reuters) - The most anticipated IPO since Facebook has attracted lawyers, bankers and potential investors, showering China's Alibaba with attention ahead of a stock offering that some say could exceed $15 billion....Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Politics, Travel, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Citigroup Incorporated
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COLUMN-Lessons from Bosnia for the aluminium market: Andy Home
ReutersBy Andy Home LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - "Production under these circumstances no longer makes sense." So said Ivo Bradvica, general manager of Bosnian aluminium producer, Aluminij Mostar, in announcing the full curtailment of activities at the 130,000-...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, Alcoa Incorporated, Government, National Government
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China eyes EU luxury cars as trade dispute rages
ReutersBRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - China may look into a complaint about luxury cars imported from the European Union, potentially escalating a trade dispute that started over solar panels and appears to be spreading to some of the most popular goods with...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, International Organizations, Trade Dispute, Germany, Automotive Equipment
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New leadership looking to revamp China's economic growth model
BEIJING — For years China has fueled its booming growth with investments aggressively pushed by local officials, who have used their power to secure land and take other measures to boost government coffers and economic output. But much of the...Tags: Property, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Interior Policy
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Desmond Tutu's plea: Stand up for Liu Xiaobo
By all reports, when President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in California this week for their first summit, their most important task will be to establish a strong rapport so they can manage the increasingly critical and complex U.S.-...
Tags: Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Prize Awards, Barack Obama, United Nations, Iran
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Andres Oppenheimer: Xi's Latin America tour a tit-for-tat message to Obama
The most interesting thing about China's new President Xi Jinping's first official trip to Latin America is that he will not set foot in Cuba, Venezuela or any other of China's political allies in the region — which would have received a huge...Tags: Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Barack Obama, Leon Panetta, Travel
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China poultry plant fire kills 119
BEIJING -- A fire ignited by an explosion quickly engulfed a poultry plant in northeastern China on Monday, killing at least 119 workers who were trapped inside behind locked doors. The fire, perhaps the deadliest ever in China’s poultry industry,...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Bird Flu, Livestock Farming, Explosions, China
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