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- Confucius? No, Yao Ming [Reuters] "Instead of a cultural icon, well-known author or scholar, President Barack Obama sought the advice of ... a basketball player as he talked of the importance of strong U.S.-Chinese economic ties. In a speech opening the Strategic Economic Dialogue between the United States and China, Obama - an avid basketball fan and player - quoted China's most popular sports star and Houston Rockets center, Yao Ming."
- Tenenbaum heads to China [The State] "Inez Tenenbaum, the nation's new consumer-safety chief, will make her debut on the world stage this week to warn Chinese and other major Asian exporters to expect tougher regulation of toys, drywall and other products found to have recent defects after entering the United States."
- Key to Chinese mayor's corruption hidden in Buddha's ear [People's Daily Online] "A former north China mayor and his wife concealed about 300,000 U.S. dollars in bribe money in a safe deposit box in a Buddhist temple, hiding the key in a Buddha statue's ear, a court heard Monday. Xu Guoyuan, former mayor of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is accused of taking bribes worth more than 1 million U.S. dollars."
- China unhappy with Uighur activist's Japan trip [Associated Press] "China's Foreign Ministry criticized Japan on Monday for allowing a visit this week by an exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for deadly ethnic riots in western China. The Chinese government "expresses strong dissatisfaction" with the Japanese government for allowing Rebiya Kadeer to visit Wednesday and Thursday despite Beijing's "repeated and serious representations," ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement."
- Secretary of State Clinton Delivers Remarks at U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue [Washington Post] "CLINTON: I'm so pleased to see all of you here, so many members of our Cabinet. We are excited to begin this strategic and economic dialogue between the United States and China. It is a privilege to open this inaugural meeting. I'm especially pleased that Secretary Geithner and I have been able to welcome State Councilor Dai and Vice Premier Wang."
- Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future [NYTimes] "Everyone in China who has been to high school has such a file. The files are irreplaceable histories of achievement and failure, the starting point for potential employers, government officials and others judging an individual's worth. Often keys to the future, they are locked tight in government, school or workplace cabinets to eliminate any chance they might vanish. But two years ago, Mr. Xue's file did vanish. So did the files of at least 10 others, all 2006 college graduates with exemplary records, all from poor families living near this gritty north-central town on the wide banks of the Yellow River... Local officials said the files were lost when state workers moved them from the first to the second floor of a government building. But the graduates say they believe officials stole the files and sold them to underachievers seeking new identities and better job prospects - a claim bolstered by a string of similar cases across China."
- Chinese worker fights to prove compensation claim [Xinhua] "Central China health authorities have launched an investigation into the case of migrant worker who was denied compensation after contracting a debilitating lung disease while working a brick factory. Zhang Haichao, 28, claims he had to spend 80,000 yuan (11,764 U.S.dollars) and undergo a biopsy to prove he suffered pneumoconiosis, despite having diagnoses from hospitals in Beijing and Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province."
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