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The central government is considering a proposal from the Ministry of Public Security to scrap the two-tiered “hukou” registration system and allow freer migration between cities and the countryside, China Business News reported Wednesday.

Japan passed a law Wednesday to fund the reorganization of U.S. forces in Japan and help move thousands of American marines from the country’s south to the U.S. territory of Guam.

The flow is a trickle right now, but thousands of Japanese engineers and other industry professionals have gone to Taiwan, South Korea and China

The visit by the US Change to Win Federation, which represents seven unions with six million members, represents a victory for the state-sanctioned All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

The United States and China reached a new aviation services agreement on Wednesday that would more than double the number of passenger flights between the two countries by 2012, U.S. transportation officials said.

Henry Paulson said on Wednesday the United States and China agreed it was necessary for China to rebalance its economy to encourage more domestic spending and less reliance on exports.

Bush will be meet China Vice Premier Wu Yi in Washington on Thursday for an update on her talks this week with U.S. finance and trade officials, the White House said on Wednesday.