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France’s president has urged China to commit to sustainable development. Dongying Wang talked to Brice Lalonde, the French climate-change ambassador, and asked him what China can learn from France’s new green initiatives.

Negotiations between China Mobile and Apple hit a snag earlier this month over the business model, and there is a rumor in the Chinese press that the parties have walked away from the table.

The Japanese finance minister, Fukushiro Nukaga, urged Chinese leaders at a meeting in Beijing to allow their currency to appreciate at a faster pace, joining calls from governments in Europe and the United States.

“President Hu Jintao will visit Japan next year. As for the specific date, that is still to be decided by the two sides,” ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters.

Choking on Growth Part VI

The summit did not produce much in the way of concrete results, much to Amaki Naoto’s consternation. The two governments agreed to cooperate on green technology, and Foreign Ministers Yang and Komura made resolution of the East China Sea gas fields disput

Former US president Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that when ties with China were re-established 29 years ago, Beijing privately acknowledged that the United States would keep selling arms to Taiwan.

Baidu is now the first Chinese company ever to be added to the NASDAQ index. It entered the Top 100 Monday when its stock rose 3.3 percent in trading.

Keso was reprimanded by another writer in the general-interest forum. “No discussion of politics here!” his fellow netizen insisted.

China’s government is studying a U.S. intelligence review that concludes Iran stopped developing nuclear weapons in 2003, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.