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Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, meets with Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in Luanda, Angola, May 23, 2011. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

LUANDA, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo met Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Monday to boost bilateral friendly ties.

During the meeting, Wu, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, highly praised China-Angola relations.

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Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, is greeted by Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa Nomaindia Mfeketo upon his arrival in Cape Town, South Africa, May 23, 2011. Wu Bangguo arrived here Monday on a visit to South Africa. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2011. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Tuesday, pledging to work closely with Teheran on the bilateral relationship.

Salehi came to Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit, which coincided with the 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-Iran diplomatic ties.

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A bus travels on a bus lane on the Beijing-Tongzhou Expressway in Beijing, May 24, 2011. The Chinese characters painted on the road read "buses only". The bus lane is the first of its kind on Beijing's expressways and is expected to shorten the present 20-minute commute between Baliqiao and Sihuidong by eight to 10 minutes. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A railway passenger buys ticket from an automated ticket machine with an ID sensor in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, May 23, 2011. The Nanchang Railway Station and local ticket agencies started selling real-name tickets for high-speed CRH trains on Monday. Tickets for high-speed trains operating will bear passengers' names and ID number from June 1. (Xinhua/Bao Gansheng)

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Picture taken on May 22, 2011, shows luxury inland cruise liner "Yangtze River Gold 1" on the Yangtze River, which made its debut on Sunday. The ship costs 130 million yuan (about 20 million US dollars) to build and holds 350 passengers. It is 136 meters in length, 19.6 meters in width and reaches speeds of up to 26 km per hour.[Photo/CRI]

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Lin Dan of China celebrates after winning over Sho Sasaki of Japan during the Group 1A match of the 2011 Sudirman Cup world mixed team championships in Qingdao, the coast city in Shandong province on May 24, 2011. Lin won 22-20, 21-19.

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In this photo taken on Thursday, May 19, 2011, a zoo worker shows the two liger cubs at a zoo in Weihai in east China's Shandong province. Cong Wen of Xixiakou Wildlife Zoo in eastern China says four cubs were born to a female tiger and a male lion on May 13. The tiger mom fed the ligers for four days then for unknown reasons abandoned them, she says. Chinese zoo workers brought in a dog to nurse them instead, but two died of weakness. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT.

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Over one thousand Chinese people gather on a street to protest against the police for favouring a luxury car's driver involved in a traffic accident with a bus, in Beijing on May 23, 2011. Chinese officials are struggling to cool criticisms over a widening income gap at a time when high inflation has put economic and social pressure on the country's hundreds of millions of low-income farmers and industrial workers, as in a country where 'guanxi' -- connections with high-level officials or businessmen -- are seen as vital to moving up the ladder.

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Applicants line up waiting for a test during a recruitment of China Eastern Airlines at aeronautic vocational and technical college in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 24, 2011. The China Eastern Airlines started its regional recruitment for cabin crew here Tuesday. About 1,000 applicants will compete for 35 vacancies. [Xinhua/Li Qiaoqiao]

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Tashi Dolma (R) and Tashi Tsering (L), grandchildren of the head of Banjorlhanbo village, where the Pala Manor is located, in Gyangze county, Shigatse Prefecture. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 25: People visit the Top Wine China 2011 at China World Trade Center on May 25, 2011 in Beijing, China. The three day Top Wine China 2011 opened on May 24, attracting more than 2,000 wine brands from all over the world.

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Yuri Grigorovich (L), a Russian choreographer and chairman of the jury of Benois de la Danse, presents Zhu Yan, prima ballerina of National Ballet of China, as the top ballerina of the year during the 19th Benois de la Danse award ceremony at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow May 24, 2011. Benois de la Danse is an annual dance competition established by the International Dance Association in Moscow in 1991, with a rotating panel of distinguished people in the industry forming an international jury to select the winners for Life Achievement, Choreographer, Ballerina, Danseur, Composer and Designer awards each year. Picture taken May 24, 2011.

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A Chinese police officer attempts to disperse journalists gathered near the entrance to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be staying in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Kim reportedly arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao that would highlight the influence the economic powerhouse has with the isolated regime struggling to feed its people.

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Special police guards stand on Beijing's Chang'an Avenue near Tiananmen Square May 25, 2011. North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il's armoured train reached Beijing on Wednesday, setting the stage for a summit with China's leaders that he will hope is a show of support from Asia's biggest economy for him and his isolated state.

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China's Li Na is pictured during a match break with Czech Republic's Barbora Zahlavova Strycova during their Women's first round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium, on May 24, 2011, in Paris.

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A worker prepares traditional Chinese herbal medicines at Beijing's Capital Medical University Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital May 25, 2011. The hospital distributes around 20,000 prescription doses daily, more than five tonnes of ingredients, from their stock of 600 different types of plants, herbs, and animal organs. Almost all traditional Chinese herbal medicine has been banned from sale in European Union (EU) countries since May 1, following the implementation of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive that was originally passed in 2004. Under the guidelines, all herbal medicinal products are required to obtain a certificate before entering the EU market, and have a history of at least 30 years, including 15 years in EU regions.

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Pujie Girls, Karren (L) and Jinyu, pose for a photograph while demonstrating planking on stairs during an interview with Reuters outside a train station in Taipei May 25, 2011. Lying face flat on the ground may not be the world's most glamourous photo pose but two Taiwanese "planking" women have made a name for themselves on the Internet -- and hope to use the craze to spread positive social messages. Calling themselves the Pujie Girls which literally translates to "falling on the street" in Mandarin, the pair are Taiwan's most well-known plankers, with almost 100,000 fans following them on Facebook. To match Reuters Life!

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Actresses pose for photos after a rehearsal of Chinese opera "the Legend Of Lady Yang" at the national theater center hall in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The works will perform the play from May 26-29.

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Two women hold a poster soliciting signatures from passersby to support their call for parents be allowed to have a day off on June 1, Children's Day, on a street in downtown Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 24, 2011. The Chinese characters read: "June 1, I also want a holiday. I want to be with my kid." While their proposition received support from some who signed their poster, others said the care of children didn't necessarily require being with them on Children's Day, when school kids enjoy a day off from school. [Photo/CFP]

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Geographer said:

Haha, that tie!! He could only get away with that outside of Asia.

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Myanmar president visits China
Posted: 26 May 2011 1708 hrs

BEIJING: Myanmar's president Thein Sein arrived in China on Thursday for a visit aimed at improving his impoverished country's commercial ties with its key ally, the world's second-largest economy.

It was Thein Sein's first bilateral trip to a foreign country since taking the helm of Myanmar's new nominally civilian government in late March.

The president -- accompanied by about a dozen government ministers and military leaders -- was due to meet with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday, Chinese officials said.

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the two sides would sign an "economic and technological cooperation agreement" during the three-day state visit.

"We hope this visit will give a boost to China-Myanmar good neighbourly friendship and cooperation, advance the bilateral relationship and advance practical cooperation across the board," she said.

Two-way trade last year totalled $4.4 billion, according to Chinese government data -- a 53 per cent increase over the previous year.

China is Myanmar's second-largest trading partner and biggest foreign investor. Energy-hungry China is an eager investor in the isolated state's sizeable natural resources.

Beijing is also Myanmar's leading ally on the international stage and a key arms supplier.

China's ambassador to Myanmar, Li Junhua, told the official Xinhua news agency that Thein Sein's government was ready for greater engagement with the outside world.

"We have seen a new phenomenon economically, that (is) inducing more foreign investment, expanding foreign trade and strengthening private enterprises," Li said.

Last week, a Myanmar government official told AFP: "The president wanted to visit China first because it is important both for diplomatic and economic ties."

In March, Myanmar's military government made way for a nominally civilian government after almost half a century in power and Than Shwe, the general who ruled the country with an iron fist for 19 years, retired as head of the military.

Thein Sein, a former general and junta prime minister, retired from the army to contest an election last November that was marred by claims of cheating and the exclusion of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.

His first foray into foreign diplomacy was a visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Indonesia earlier this month.

-AFP/wk

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Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician. He is the current United States Secretary of Commerce and, as of March 9, 2011, the presidential nominee to become the next United States Ambassador to China.

Locke was the 21st Governor of Washington, serving from 1997 to 2005. He was the first governor of a state in the Continental United States of Asian descent, and remains the only Chinese American in history to serve as a governor.

Locke was born on January 21, 1950 in Seattle, Washington. A third-generation American with paternal ancestry from Taishan, Guangdong, in China, Locke is the second of five children of James and Julie Locke from Hong Kong. His parents gave him the Chinese name of 駱家輝 (pronounced Lok Gaa-Fai in Cantonese). He did not learn to speak English until he was five years old.[2] He graduated with honors from Seattle’s Franklin High School in 1968. Locke achieved Eagle Scout and received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke attends a hearing on his nomination to be the U.S. Ambassador to China before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, May 26, 2011. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke hugs his wife Mona Lee during a hearing on his confirmation to be the U.S. Ambassador to China before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, May 26, 2011. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)

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Chairman of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry (1st, L), Ranking Member Richard Lugar (1st R), Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (2nd L) and his family attend a hearing on his confirmation to be the U.S. Ambassador to China before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, May 26, 2011. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)

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WASHINGTON, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Nominee for the next U.S. ambassador to China and the current U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, vowed on Thursday that he will work to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship between China and the United States.

"In doing so, I will support our ongoing efforts to expand bilateral cooperation on a host of critical international issues, from climate change to stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapon and materials," Locke said at the nomination hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

He said he will support enhanced exchanges between the Chinese and American peoples, especially between the youth, which was described by him as "so important" to the long-term mutual understanding.

"If confirmed, helping U.S. companies do more business in China will be a big part of what I do every day as ambassador," said Locke.

He believed that improved U.S.-China cooperation is "critical" to the world and there is "so much" the two countries can accomplish when they work together.

"While the U.S. and China will inevitably have differences from time to time, it is far from pre-ordained that those differences should lead to conflict," he said.

He also said that if confirmed, he will continue to work with China on issues on Korean peninsula and Iran.

Locke was formally nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama on March 9 as the next U.S. ambassador to China. If confirmed by the U.S. senate, he will become the first Chinese-American ambassador to China.

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Myanmar's new civilian president, Thein Sein (L), stands next to Chinese President Hu Jintao during a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 27, 2011. Thein Sein visits China this week in a show of friendship to the former Burma's most important diplomatic ally, where he may sign deals to cement an already close economic relationship.

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President Hu Jintao meets Kim Jong-il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Li Xueren / Xinhua

BEIJING - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is committed to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and wants to resume the stalled Six-Party Talks, its top leader Kim Jong-il told President Hu Jintao as he wrapped up a week-long visit to China.

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China's Peng Shuai, left, is comforted by an unidentified woman, right, after withdrawing from her match against defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy in her third round match of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday May 27, 2011.

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A Chinese woman walks towards the dried up bank of the Yangtze river, China's longest and most economically important river, in Wuhu, east China's Anhui province on May 27, 2011, where water levels have been 40 percent lower than average levels of the past 50 years. Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages as hydroelectric output slows, state media reported.

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A migrant worker rests his head on his construction hat and a soft-drink bottle as he sleeps in front of a construction site in central Beijing May 27, 2011.

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Real Madrid's former football striker Emilio Butragueno, right, and Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club president Liu Yongzhuo pose for photograph after exchanging gifts during a Real Madrid China Tour press conference held in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province Thursday, May 26, 2011. Spanish League soccer team Real Madrid announced they will play two pre-season friendly matches against Tianjin Teda team and Guangzhou Evergrande team in China in August 2011. (AP Photo)

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Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller (L) and Pangda Chief Executive Pang Qinghua visit the Saab production line in Trollhattan, in southwest Sweden May 27, 2011. Struggling Swedish carmaker Saab, owned by Spyker Cars, restarted production on Friday, in time for a first visit by would-be Chinese partner Pangda and after a seven-week shutdown due to a cash crunch.

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Visitors look at artwork by Paik Nam June entitled 'TV is Kitsch' at an auction preview in Hong Kong on May 27, 2011. A series of auctions of high-end goods from fine wine to Imperial Chinese ceramics goes into full swing this weekend in Hong Kong, as the city challenges the dominance of New York and London.

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Chinese actress Tang Wei poses before the Baeksang Arts Awards in Seoul May 26, 2011. The arts awards is an awards ceremony for the television and film industry in South Korea.

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Students had to get water from a truck on a school playground in Xihe township, Suizhou city, Central China's Hubei province, May 26, 2011. The drought has left 5,400 residents and two schools in Xihe short of drinking water. A total of 917,000 mu (61,000 hectares) of crops were affected by the lingering drought, and 75,100 people and 16,920 heads of livestock were suffering from a drinking water shortage

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A liquefied petroleum gas (LPS) bus refueling station in Harbin city, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, exploded on Wednesday night, the China National Radio reported.

The explosion ignited one truck and six buses, but leaving no casualties, according to the local fire fighting bureau.

A resident who witnessed the accident told the media that the explosion was caused by an LPS container which then triggered a spate of explosions. As many as 16 of the 56 LPS containers at the scene exploded said local fire fighting bureau.

Following the blast, about ten divisions of firefighters and 500 policemen were sent to the station. The fire was extinguished one hour after the explosion.

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Thanks for posting spartan95. There's been a whole parade of stae dignatries in China the last few weeks.

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Spartan95 said:

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Rather interesting that PRC is Myanmar's 2nd largest trading partner. Wonder who is Myanmar's largest trading partner?

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