Wen Jiabao News

Chinese investors in Africa, long used to low-interest policy loans, are being reluctantly pushed towards commercial lending as Chinese investment in the continent outpaces Beijing's willingness to take on risk.

By Vision Reporter President Yoweri Museveni has commended the Chinese government for its aid programme for Africa, which includes $10b in concessionary loans.

Fight against the deadly A/H1N1 flu virus kept intensifying in China. Vice Premier Li Keqiang inspected the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products here on Monday, which further highlighted the government's resolve to carry on the influenza vaccination campaign amid the growing infections.

Defying pressures from Beijing, India has allowed the Dalai Lama to go to Arunachal Pradesh, a territory claimed by China, especially Tawang, from where the Tibetan spiritual leader entered India when he fled his country 50 years ago.

A farewell ceremony for late Chinese space scientist Qian Xuesen was held in Beijing this morning at the Beijing Babaoshan Cemetery.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made a five-point proposal to further expand cooperation between China and Egypt during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazef here on Saturday.

Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday highlighted the diversity of civilizations in the world, calling for respect, dialogue and exchange among different civilizations.

On Oct. 20, China announced, almost casually, that it was canceling 150 items of maturing government debt owed to it by 32 African countries.

China will insist key global climate change negotiations next month build on current treaties that limit the obligations of poor countries in controlling greenhouse gas emissions, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said.

Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Christchurch, stirred emotions as nine Falun Dafa protesters were drowned in a sea of Chinese supporters outside the Christchurch town hall.

Premier Wen Jiabao Monday visited an exhibition on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Academy of Sciences , and heard a report on the academy's efforts in independent scientific innovation.

Wen said China faces severe challenges in the prevention and control of A/H1N1. He Saturday called for tightened prevention measures against A/H1N1 influenza.

China will set the future direction of its burgeoning ties with Africa at a multinational forum in Egypt this month, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday warned the country faced an "extremely grim" job to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu strain, calling on more people to be vaccinated and for vaccine production to be raised.

Just three days after a not-so-cordial meeting between Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh in Hua Hin, Thailand, the foreign ministers of the two countries, Yang Jiechi and S.M. Krishna - joined by Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov - met yesterday in Bangalore, India.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh agreed here on Saturday to make efforts to gradually narrow differences on border issues between the two countries.

China on Wednesday approved a feasibility report on the construction of a bridge linking its economic hub Guangdong to Hong Kong and Macao, a move widely expected to improve economic efficiency in the affluent Pearl River Delta.

Hu Jintao , Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China , poses with Chinese laureates of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct.

Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Egypt next month and attend the second China-Africa summit, days after Vice-Premier Li Keqiang wraps up a tour of three Asia-Pacific nations that will possibly thaws a frigid China-Australia relationship.

Beijing runs a diplomatic marathon By Willy Lam After the extravaganza this month marking the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China , the Chinese Communist Party leadership has unleashed what the domestic media heralds as "marathon autumn diplomacy" . Premier Wen Jiabao visited North Korea and Vice President Xi Jinping is winding up a ...