Panda mania hits Singapore
By Alexis Hooi from China Daily Climb the Great Wall, wander the grounds of the Forbidden City, partake in Peking duck and watch the marching guards in Tian'anmen Square these are some of the things I have done in Beijing that allow me to tell others I have seen it all after more than two years in the capital. Well, except maybe...
China carefully navigates ties with Straits Chinese
By Lucy Hornby from Reuters When Chinese president Hu Jintao arrived in Singapore for a state visit this week, he announced China's favorite diplomatic gift -- two pandas -- but chose his words very carefully. Hu spoke of the two nations' "close friendship" and "cultural ties," but avoided any mention of a shared ethnic heritage...
World Bank warns unemployment threatens US economy
By Alex Kennedy from Associated Press Stubbornly high joblessness threatens to trigger loan defaults and drag on consumption next year, hobbling a U.S. economy struggling to rebound from recession, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday. Zoellick warned that the U.S. unemployment rate, which jumped to a 26-year...
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