Watching China

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday paid a morale-boosting visit to domestic athletes busy training for the upcoming Olympic Games, saying he was looking forward to their good performances.

Beijing - If any of China's leaders is seen on global television more often than President Hu Jintao during the Olympics, it is likely to be Xi Jinping, the man seen as Hu's successor as Communist Party leader in 2012 and state president in 2013. Xi,...

President Hu Jintao said on Monday that the relationship with Russia has been China's diplomatic priority. He made the comment while meeting with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov.

The day began with a quiet meditation in a park, as Falun Gong practitioners gathered to remember the beginning of the nine-year long persecution.

BEIJING - President Hu Jintao said on Monday that the relationship with Russia has been China's diplomatic priority. He made the comment while meeting with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov.

Vehicles pass a major thoroughfare towards the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters (right) in Beijing.

RBC, 21.07.2008, Moscow 09:55:25. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay an official visit to the People's Republic of China on July 21-22, 2008. During the visit, Lavrov is expected to meet China's Head of State Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, as well as Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

On the evening of July 19, 2008, 200 Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil behind Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong. A suspicious man, who has been present at every Falun Gong activity in Hong Kong, was identified as a communist spy and quickly ran away.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese troops began withdrawing from the quake-hit province of Sichuan on Monday, as rescue work shifts to reconstruction more than two months after the tremor killed at least 70,000 people. China mobilized 130,000 troops and armed police in the weeks following the May 12 earthquake. The first group of 40,000 began pulling out on the orders of President Hu Jintao, who also ...

Chinese troops began withdrawing from the quake-hit province of Sichuan on Monday, as rescue work shifts to reconstruction more than two months after the tremor killed at least 70,000 people. China mobilized 130,000 troops and armed police in the weeks following the May 12 earthquake. The first group of 40,000 began pulling out on the orders of President Hu Jintao, who also chairs the Central ...

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) talks with foreign athletes as he visits east China's port city of Q...

Hu Jintao, chairman of China's Central Military Commission, has ordered the withdrawal of troops and armed police in different batches from quake-hit areas.

QINGDAO: President Hu Jintao visited the port city of Qingdao Sunday to inspect preparatory work for the 2008 Olympic Games' sailing event. He praised the organizers for having cleared green algae that had invaded the venue.

QINGDAO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday visited east China's port city of...

By Pranay Sharma, Beijing, July 20: Tibet may well be an "inalienable" part of the People's Republic of China, but few Chinese presidents or its paramount leaders have ever visited the region in the past five decades.

China fears Dalai Lama would steal Chinese President Hu Jintao's thunder if invited for the Beijing Olympics.

Ever since peaceful protests erupted in Tibet, starting from 10 March, the Chinese government used the full force of its state media to fling a series of allegations against the "Dalai Clique".

Beijing, July 20 (IANS) Tibet may well be an 'inalienable' part of the People's Republic of China, but few Chinese presidents or its paramount leaders have ever visited the region in the past five decades.

MOSCOW, July 20 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will go on an Asian tour in China, Singapore and Tajikistan on Sunday. On July 21-22, Lavrov will visit China, where he will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier of the State Council Wen Jiabao.

Ma Jian's Beijing Coma evokes memories lost in the labyrinths of time. It is a nuanced account of life stories of ordinary people caught in the Tiananmen movement and how their lives have unfolded since then.