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China Daily
Anyone with an IQ above 70 could see the folly in Washington for keeping up with the annual practice of pointing fingers at the alleged human rights misdeeds in every country and region world over except itself.
China's growth pattern transformation to benefit world economy
The transformation of China's economic growth pattern will generally have a positive effect on the world economy, foreign economists and experts say.
The transformation, which Premier Wen Jiabao said is imperative for China, has become one of the hot buttons at the annual plenary sessions of the national legislatures and has attracted world attention.
Richard Herd, an economist with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said China's decision to transform its economic growth pattern came just in time.
China has to shift its focus from labor-intensive industries to high-technology ones, facing growing labor costs and competition from other emerging economies whose development also take advantage of labor supplies, he told Xinhua.
Inflation set to stay under control
Double-dip slowdown possible if stimulus policy dropped too quickly
BEIJING - The possibility is "very slim" that China will see uncontrollable inflation this year but it is possible the economy may suffer from a double-dip slowdown if stimulus measures are withdrawn too quickly, said a top Chinese legislator on Friday.
"I can almost rule out the possibility of high inflation this year," said He Keng, vice-chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress.
He said the consumer price index (CPI), a major measure of inflation, would be around 3 percent for the whole of this year, a target set by the central government early this month. "This is an easy goal to reach," he said.
Inflation of 3-5 percent would actually benefit the economy because mild inflation encourages corporate investment and economic activities, he added.
Western destinations aim for Chinese tourists
While last year's drop in western outbound travel could be worrisome, many tourism professionals are developing new marketing skills to attract more Chinese tourists.
At the China Outbound Tourism Marketing Seminar on Thursday, an event held during the world's largest tourism fair ITB in Berlin, travel professionals were provided with new insights on how to attract the Chinese market.
Google to 'bear consequences'
BEIJING - Google "will bear the consequences" if it stops censoring search results on its Chinese website, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Friday.
The Chinese government welcomes Google to expand its market share in the country if it abides by Chinese laws and regulations, Li said.
But when reporters asked him what China would do if Google stops censoring search results on its local website, Li, 65, said: "If you don't respect Chinese laws, you are unfriendly and irresponsible, and you will bear the consequences."
Don't politicize yuan, China central bank tells Obama
BEIJING - The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched towards a potentially serious clash about Beijing's currency regime.
People's Bank of China Vice Governor Su Ning was responding to a question about remarks on Thursday by US President Barack Obama, who called on China to move to a "more market-oriented exchange rate".
Speaking on the sidelines of China's annual session of parliament, Su said the United States should look to itself to boost its exports and not cast blame on other countries.
Minister: Google has freedom to quit or stay
BEIJING - It is up to Google to decide whether to withdraw from China or continue to stay, Li Yizhong, minister of industry and information technology, said Friday.
"If Google decides to stay in China, we welcome and it will help boost the development of the country's Internet industry," Li said. "The company is welcome to expand its business and market share in the country."
"If it decides to quit, we will follow our procedures," he said, adding that Google's quit, if it does so, will have no major influence on China's Internet market, which will continue its fast expansion momentum.
Delegates debate easing of China's one-child law
BEIJING - A group of Chinese legislators are pushing for a relaxation of the country's family planning policy, arguing it is inappropriate to the times and causes economic and social problems.
China reports on US human rights record
BEIJING - China Friday retorted US criticism by publishing its own report on the US human rights record.
"As in previous years, the (US) reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China, but turn a blind eye to, or dodge and even cover up rampant human rights abuses on its own territory," said the Information Office of the State Council in its report on the US human rights record.
Is old Tibet a Shangri-la? Are Tibetans suffering in hell in New China as claimed by some? We do not intend to tell you, with our own words, what tibet is really like. We only want to provide some figures and pictures. Let them speak for themselves.
China slams US house speaker's statement on Tibet
BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Ministry voiced firm opposition here Friday to US house speaker's recent statement on Tibet, saying it was "extremely irresponsible."
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly released a statement Wednesday on the 51st anniversary of the Dalai Lama group's armed rebellion, in which she criticized the Chinese government on its Tibet policy.
China's exports on track of recovery – official
China's export is witnessing a steady recovery as shown by February figures, but uncertainties in the external market could still hamper the revival, political advisors said in Beijing Thursday.
Asia Times Online
US, China struggle with mid-life crisis
By Jing-dong Yuan
MONTEREY, California - Beijing's highly charged, unequivocally strong responses to United States foreign policy actions in recent months have gone beyond past practices of mere rhetoric, setting the scene for more trouble when disputes over trade, currency and the pending Iran sanctions issue are added to the mix.
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