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Obama, Hu pledge to work for more positive ties (AFP) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:53 AM CST AFP - President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao have agreed to forge "more positive" ties between their giant nations in their first telephone call since the US leader came to power, a White House spokesman said.

China halts use of diabetes drug after deaths (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:48 PM CST Reuters - China's Ministry of Health has ordered doctors around the country to stop prescribing a diabetes drug after a fake batch of the medicine was linked to the deaths of two patients.

Obama addresses global trade imbalances with Hu (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:02 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama on Friday opened his relationship with Chinese President Hu Jintao, promising cooperation in a phone call that broadly covered sensitive trade issues, the global financial crisis and the North Korean nuclear threat.

Obama, Hu discuss trade imbalances in call (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 04:55 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama told Chinese leader Hu Jintao in a phone call on Friday the two countries must work together to correct global trade imbalances and unclog credit markets to fight the world economic crisis, the White House said on Friday.

Analysis: Obama calls Chinese leader amid strains (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 04:07 PM CST AP - China recently surpassed Japan as the U.S. government's largest creditor. Any decision by Beijing to move its money would deal a dizzying new blow to an already tottering American economy. Yet relations between China and the new Obama administration are off to a rocky start.

Obama stresses trade imbalances in call with Hu (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:32 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama told Chinese leader Hu Jintao in a telephone call on Friday that the two countries needed to correct global trade imbalances and get credit markets flowing to fight the world economic crisis, the White House said on Friday.

Obama places call to China's president (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:03 PM CST AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has called Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Beijing's Bird's Nest to anchor shopping complex (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 08:05 AM CST AP - The area around Beijing's massive Bird's Nest stadium will be turned into a shopping and entertainment complex in three to five years, a state news agency said Friday.

EU and China agree to summit after Dalai Lama spat (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2009 07:12 AM CST AP - The European Union and China agreed Friday to hold summit talks after apparently resolving a bitter diplomatic dispute over a visit to Europe by the Dalai Lama.

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