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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/15/vo.china.apt.fire.cctv Beijing, China -- Four suspects have been detained in a China high-rise fire that killed 53 people, state media said Tuesday. Monday's fire has hospitalized at least 70 other people, including 17 who were seriously injured...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/13/lah.apec.summit.cnn The key topic of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit may be trade, but on the sidelines, host nation Japan is stressing the need for U.S. support in its strained relations with China. And analysts say while the...

A dog accompanied by its owner prepares to take part in a pet beauty show during the sixth China Pet Fair in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on November 5. Beijing, China -- Thirty years after Chinese officials instituted the country's controversial one-child population control policy...

NEW YORK -- Changes in the global pecking order are coming. As western nations face stunted economic growth and years of painful budget-slashing ahead, developing nations like China, Brazil, India and Russia are slowly moving up on the world stage. The United States is struggling to hit 2.7%...

Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Hu Jintao will meet this week on G20 issues. France and China will discuss potential reform of the international monetary system when President Hu Jintao arrives in Paris for a three-day state visit, which comes on the eve of France's presidency of the G20 group of...

Beijing, China -- Countries whose top leadership meet with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, lose on average 8.1 percent in exports to China in the two years following the meeting, according to a recent study. Called the "Dalai Lama Effect," the study by the University of...

China's manufacturers sharply increased output in October, powered largely by rising domestic demand and defying a widespread slowdown in the rest of Asia. The official purchasing managers' index released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing rose to 54.7 from 53.8 in September...

Beijing, China -- Census takers are fanning out across China, aiming to visit 400 million households over 10 days. At last count in 2000, the country had 1.29 billion people. About 6.5 million census takers are knocking on doors, often being ignored or turned away, state media says. Many...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to defuse tensions between China and Japan, a strategic U.S. partner, on Saturday, asking the two rival nations to return to negotiations over a group of Pacific islands under dispute. During a press conference at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/10/28/dalai.lama.gorani.cnn Miami, Florida, -- The Dalai Lama would like to retire. "I'm also a human being. ... Retirement is also my right," the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet told CNN's Hala Gorani in Miami, Florida, this week. Without saying...

A picture shows this year's biggest release of water from the sluice for flood prevention at the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, on July 20. Beijing, China -- China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water project, was fully filled Tuesday, state media said...

Liu Xiaobo, a leading Chinese dissident, and his wife, Liu Xia, are seen in the 2002 photograph. A group of Nobel laureates sent a letter Monday to the leaders of the G-20, requesting their help in calling for the release of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a leading Chinese dissident...

Typhoon Megi hit China on Saturday, sending hundreds of thousands fleeing as it made landfall in the southeastern province of Fujian, state media reported. About 270,000 people have been evacuated, Xinhua news agency said. The fourth typhoon to hit China this year made landfall in Zhangzhou...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/10/22/yoon.china.typhoon.megi.cnn The death toll from Typhoon Megi rose to 11 on Saturday as it cut a deadly path into Asia, triggering mudslides and leaving tourists stranded in Taiwan. At least 23 people on two Chinese tour groups were listed as...

Geithner calls for currency rate formulas WASHINGTON, -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said currency exchange rates and trade imbalances required international agreement to find a sustainable approach. "Right now, there is no established sense of what's fair," Geithner said in...

Beijing, China -- China's Foreign Ministry has confirmed for the first time that President Hu Jintao will visit the United States early next year. The trip will be "profound and far-reaching for bilateral ties," state-run media reported, saying that preparations have begun for the visit...

Beijing, China -- China has evacuated more than 150,000 people and recalled more than 50,000 fishing boats to port as its southern coast braces for Typhoon Megi, state-run media said Thursday. More than 150,000 people have fled for safety in Fujian province, the Xinhua news agency said. Megi...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/international/2010/10/20/talk.asia.china.hung.huang.cnn She's been called China's answer to Oprah Winfrey and Anna Wintour, but Hung Huang never had a plan to be the media and fashion empress she is today. "I never thought I would be a publisher, and I definitely...

Typhoon Megi marched toward southern China on Wednesday after leaving 11 people dead in the Philippines, prompting Chinese authorities to close train services in the region, state media said. Trains from Sanya to other provinces were canceled until Thursday, while trains heading from other...

NEW YORK (-- China's economic growth slowed for the second quarter in a row, cooling fears that its economy is growing at an unsustainable pace. China's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, grew at an annual rate of 9.6% during the third quarter of 2010, according to...