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...China have been inflamed in India by media hype and the exaggerations of the opposition in Parliament [Nov. 2]. Neither country can afford a war. Cooperation between the two countries is essential for the progress and prosperity of the world too. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Thailand and reaffirmed the need to keep the border peaceful. There will be discussions on the proposed construction of a dam on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra River to resolve water-resource issues amicably, and a trilateral summit between...
Citing a desire to bolster development, China pledged $10 billion in low-interest loans and other economic benefits to African nations. In Sharm el-Sheikh to announce the plan on Nov. 8, Premier Wen Jiabao dismissed suggestions that the initiative is merely an attempt to broaden China's business interests on the continent. The package--coming on the heels of a $5 billion pledge in 2006--includes clean-energy projects, debt cancellations and tariff exemptions...
...Around 8 a.m. several hundred demonstrators had gathered around Guangzhou's city hall, some carrying signs that read, "Oppose the trash incinerator; Support a green Panyu." About 100 police officers converged to face off with the protesters, says Wen Yunchao, a blogger who was at the scene. "The protest has been organized and peaceful," he said. When asked by officials to select five representatives to negotiate their demands, the crowd began to chant, "We don't want to be represented," said Wen. People seen as protest leaders are often targeted for future punishment...
...maturing government debt owed to it by 32 African countries. The announcement came a few days before a meeting between China's top legislator Wu Bangguo and Kenneth Marende, the Speaker of Kenya's National Assembly, to discuss cooperation between the two countries. Further, on Nov. 8, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was to attend the opening ceremony of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt...
...inspired dance to “Wrong,” by Depeche Mode, interrupting the sequence of dances that focused mainly on fluid, sensual movement for something much more muscular. Canty, Batel, Wanxin Cheng ’13, Callie A. Kolbe (Tufts ’10), and Tiffany E. Wen ’11 rose from the floor, dressed in white hoodies that partially obscured their faces. They proceeded to create a bold, monochromatic image of vertical motion. Their strong arm movements and fluid torsos, which at times evoked military orders, expressed the power and self-assuredness capable when...