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LONDON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's pressure on China over its currency's exchange rate is a manifestation of hypocrisy from the West and will not work, a British economist has said."The president is playing with fire... Obama really should tread carefully. At the same time, the United States is now at risk of sparking what could be an all-out trade war," said Liam Halligan in an article carried by this week's Sunday Telegraph.Halligan, chief economist at Prosperity Capital Management, predicted that China will not yield to U.S. pressure on the issue."Beijing will eventually allow the yuan to rise, but in its own time and in order to tackle inflation and not because of U.S. pressure."Chinese inflation is now at 2.7 percent, close to the official 3-percent control target, he noted.Halligan argued that the Chinese yuan may not be under-valued as much as Western politicians have perceived.Although Chinese exports rose by 46 percent in the first two months of 2010, the rise is from a very low base -- with February 2009 being the epicenter of the U.S.-sparked sub-prime storm, he noted.He also pointed out the fact that China's trade surplus dropped by 51 percent in the same period. That means China's gain in exports were out-weighed by an import surge."This hardly suggests the yuan, as (U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim) Geithner claims, is 'way too low'," said Halligan.Geithner said in January that Obama believed China was manipulating its currency.On Obama's latest call for China to adopt a more "market-oriented exchange rate," Halligan said Washington is actually the biggest currency manipulator in the world."The reality is that America's 'weak dollar' policy -- its long-standing practice of allowing its currency to depreciate in order to lower the value of its foreign debts -- amounts to the biggest currency manipulation in human history."Halligan also noted that Washington has for years "shamefully stalled" on various rulings of the World Trade Organization that showed America to be breaching global trade rules."America needs to act smarter and get its own economic house in order. Obama has decided instead to lash out at China in a desperate attempt to placate a U.S. electorate increasingly mindful of their president's failings," said Halligan.The economist said Western politicians' blame game against emerging markets over the current global imbalances reflects their hypocrisy and lack of character."It's always easier to blame someone else for your failings... The Western world's response to this self-made 'credit crunch' has highlighted the hypocrisy of our so-called leaders, their refusal to face reality and, above all, their lack of character," he said."The implication (of statements of Western politicians) is that sub-prime, and the deepest Western recession in generations, wasn't our fault. It was entirely unrelated to widespread financial fraud, political myopia and lax regulation," Halligan scorned.

KAMPALA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday met officials of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) amidst increased lobbying by international oil giants to enter the country's oil sector.A State House statement issued here said that the CNOOC officials who met Museveni at State House Entebbe, 40km south of the capital Kampala, expressed interest in joining Uganda's oil and gas sector by partnering up with Tullow, an Irish oil company.Tullow, which has oil blocks in western Uganda, is seeking a partner to help it start oil production in the country.The CNOOC meeting comes weeks after Italian oil giant, Eni Spa, also expressed interest in joining the country's oil sector, promising an oil refinery and a power plant.Eni wants to enter the sector by buying stakes of another oil company Heritage Oil which jointly operates two blocks with Tullow on a 50-50 percent venture.The Eni-Heritage deal which is yet to be concluded is embroiled in controversy as Tullow exercised a pre-emption move saying it has the first option to buy the Heritage stakes, a move the government said it would not accept because it would create a monopoly.Museveni told the CNOOC officials joined by Tullow officials that the government will discuss all proposals and announce its decision soon."President Museveni said that the government will discuss all proposals by companies operating in the oil and gas sector adding that the country looks forward to welcoming new companies," the statement said.The Museveni-CNOOC-Tullow meet also comes days after Aiden Heavey, Tullow's chief executive met Museveni urging Uganda to honor contractual obligations following the Eni-Heritage deal.Uganda's recently discovered oil is attracting a lot of attention from international oil giants.So far the country has discovered an estimated two billion barrels of oil and according to experts there is a possibility of discovering more.

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, confirmed here Sunday he would lead a delegation to visit Taiwan in April to promote the upcoming World Expo.The confirmation by Han himself came on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's supreme legislature."I have been expecting for long to visit the Treasure Island of Taiwan," Han said. "Though the exact date has yet to be decided, I hope to make it early April."The mayor said he would take his Taiwan visit as a chance not only to promote the World Expo, which is slated to open on May 1, but to further boost Shanghai's economic and cultural exchanges with Taiwan.Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin led a delegation to visit Shanghai in June 2008, drawing attention from the media for the improvement of cross-Strait relations between Taiwan and the mainland.

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BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Senior leader Li Changchun has called on Chinese artists and writers to help promote the prosperity of socialist culture and contribute to the Chinese nation's rejuvenation."The promotion of prosperity of a socialist culture is facing a very good opportunity," said Li, who is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Sunday at a seminar with the country's well-known writers and artists.The Chinese artists and writers should remain closely connected with the public so that their works reflect people's concerns and wishes, he said.He also encouraged them to be innovative and to explore new areas of arts to meet the demand of the public and the market.He hoped the artists and writers could introduce more works to foreign countries to enhance the international influence and competitiveness of the Chinese culture.Li visited a new center built for the Chinese writers and artists Sunday and extended festival greetings to the representatives.The Chinese are to celebrate their Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year, in mid February this year.

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- A severe drought over the past months has left 7.5 million people and more than 4 million head of livestock without adequate drinking water in two southwestern Chinese provinces, local authorities said Tuesday.In addition, the long dry spell has threatened reservoirs and affected millions of hectares of crop land and forests in Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, according to the local drought relief authorities.Yunnan has been experiencing the worst drought in six decades since last autumn due to lack of rainfall and high temperatures.  People of Dawen Village of Donglan Township load barrels of water by horses in Donglan County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 23, 2010. A severe drought since August in 2009 has been continuing here at presentAlmost 6 million people and 3.6 million head of livestock are facing drinking water shortages in Yunnan."The drought would bring grave losses to industrial and agricultural production, and increase risks of forest fires," Qin Guangrong, governor of Yunnan, told a drought relief meeting Tuesday.If the drought continues, the number of people hit by drinking water shortages in Yunnan would rise to 7.92 million in March, 9.51 million in April and 10.14 million in May, he said.In addition, more crop land would be affected and grain production would be greatly reduced, he said.Authorities in the two provinces have allocated special funds, and dispatched relief personnel and water trucks to the drought-stricken areas.   Huang Naibi gets water at a water supplying site in Donglan County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 23, 2010. A severe drought since August in 2009 has been continuing here at present

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday urged Party organs and governments at all levels to prioritize talented individuals as the top resource for social and economic development.It was revealed in a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, which was presided over by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Hu Jintao.According to a statement issued by the meeting, members of the Political Bureau deliberated the mid- and long-term plan for national talent development (2010-2020), saying that a more open policy for introducing and cultivating talents should be carried out.The Party should improve its leadership of talent management to cultivate talents, while all provincial-level governments and governmental departments in charge of important industries should also work out corresponding talent development plans, said the statement.During the meeting, members of the Political Bureau also discussed a government work draft report which will be submitted by the State Council to the top legislature's annual session next month.Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and with joint efforts by the country's people of all ethnic groups, China made "hard-won" achievements against the backdrop of the global economic downturn and international financial crisis in 2009, the statement said.The State Council and local governments at all levels had performed their duties well and done a lot to overcome the difficulties, it said.The year of 2010 will be vital to continue dealing with the impact of the global downturn and keeping steady economic growth as well as to transform the mode of economic development.The meeting also called for more efforts to fulfill the country's 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010), the statement said.

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BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao Friday called for the mainland and Taiwan to enhance mutual political trust and strengthen the political foundation for a peaceful relationship.The mainland and Taiwan should uphold the principle that the two sides belong to one and the same China, Wen said in the government work report at the annual session of the National People's Congress, the top legislature.Wen hailed the progress made in mainland-Taiwan relations during the past year, saying that continuous improvement has brought real benefits to the people.Ties across the Taiwan Strait have warmed up in recent years, with the realization of direct air and sea transport links and postal services.The two sides are also negotiating about an economic pact, the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), which aims at normalizing trade and investment links.Wen said in the report that a unique economic cooperation mechanism would be established through negotiating and signing the ECFA.In an online chat with Internet users on Saturday, Wen said the mainland is willing to make concessions when negotiating."The reason is very simple: Taiwan compatriots are our brothers," he said.

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-China relationship was the most complex and important relationship in the world, U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman said on Tuesday."It is the most complex and important relationship in the world today with many facets of relationship and many points of connection between the United States and China," Huntsman told a press briefing on Tuesday.Reviewing the bilateral ties in the first year of Obama's presidency, Huntsman said, "We spent the last year in a relationship building bridges, getting to know each other, ensuring the new administration was able to frame our relationship going forward with China in ways meaningful to both countries."Looking to the new year, Huntsman said, "I would argue that we are putting the relationship to the test in a positive sense because I do believe the last many years have built a lot of solid trust, a lot of collaboration, a lot of people exchanges, enormous trade and investment.""Despite our differences, we will stay focused on the big picture between the United States and China," he said.For a trade relationship with an annual volume of 400 billion U.S.dollars, "the issue isn't that we don't have trade challenges; it is how we resolve them," Huntsman said.Huntsman said this year will see trade increases and a few more challenges between both countries."One-China policy and three joint communiques have always been part of our relationship going all the way," Huntsman said.Huntsman also defended U.S. latest plan to sell a nearly 6.4 billion-U.S.-dollar package of arms to Taiwan, which included Patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters and minesweepers.China expressed strong indignation and resolute opposition to the sale, announcing the suspension of bilateral military programs and security talks.

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BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang has urged law enforcement departments at all levels to ensure their work practices are just and incorrupt to better solve social conflicts and uphold justice."Currently, our country is experiencing a period when social conflicts are prominent and more and more cases have emerged in the judicial field," Zhou told a plenary meeting for the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee here Monday."More people are expecting to protect their own rights through judicial channels and they also have a higher requirement for just law enforcement," said Zhou, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee."However, many people's ideas, abilities and working styles in the judiciary who enforced the law still left much to be desired," he said, adding that many proposals raised during the just-concluded annual parliamentary and political advisory sessions were about law enforcement.Zhou urged related departments at all levels to "carefully" study these advices and proposals and investigate and correct mistakes.

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China announced Tuesday that it awarded the eight peace-keeping police killed in the Haiti earthquake the title of "martyr" as their bodies were brought home Tuesday morning Beijing time.The awards were jointly approved by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the MPS said in a statement on its website."The peace-keeping police who tragically died were always devoted to their missions; they respectfully completed many urgent, difficult, dangerous and arduous tasks; they have made a great contribution to safeguarding world peace," read the statement.It also said that compensation would be handed out, which was standard government procedure in such instances.Soldiers carry the coffins of the eight peacekeeping police officers who died in the Haiti earthquake at the airport in Beijing, China, Jan. 19, 2010Bodies of the seven policemen and a policewoman arrived in Beijing on a chartered China Southern Airlines flight.Hundreds of thousands of Chinese, including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, have expressed their grief and condolences for the dead.More than 500,000 people are feared dead after the 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean island country Jan.12 local time.