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...envoys from Beijing. Although the talks have been going on since 2002, this was the first time the Chinese public had heard about them, a sign for many analysts that Beijing was softening its previously hardline stance regarding the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. It was also noted that President Hu Jintao had said he expected "positive results" from the talks, another first. Other analyses dwelled on the language used in the official media reports, some of which spoke of the "Dalai Lama group" rather than using phrases such as the "Dalai clique" or "splittist clique" that are usually employed...
...going to stay in office much longer." Says Phil Deans, an international-affairs expert and assistant dean at Temple University in Tokyo: "The more ordinary, normal and boring the Sino-Japanese relationship is, the better it is for everybody." When Fukuda takes on Hu at Ping-Pong, his shot selection had better be perfect...
...this aborted arms shipment suggests, China's African honeymoon appears to be over. When President Hu Jintao embarked upon his first trip there, in 2004, African nations, flush with the romance of a first date, fell over themselves in welcome. China inked deal after deal: a $2.3 billion stake in a Nigerian offshore petroleum field; a $1.5 billion pact to upgrade Ethiopia's telecom system; massive investments in Angola, now China's largest source of oil imports. China won diplomatic victories, too, getting Chad, Malawi and Senegal to switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing in just the past three years...
Most important, Beijing is learning from African complaints. On subsequent tours, Hu met Chinese businesspeople operating in Africa and warned them to be better attuned to local environments. Beyond plowing aid into infrastructure, China is building softer links - for example, by setting up Chinese-language centers in places like Nairobi...
...Carnegie Mellon professor, has reached millions of people via YouTube with his poignant "last lecture" and its message of fortitude and good humor in the face of death. Influence like that is a form of power, but power is not always influence. The sheer hard power of a Hu Jintao or a Vladimir Putin can put them on the list, but their influence can be different from what seems most obvious. For example, Henry Kissinger writes that Hu's lasting influence may be as much about achieving a harmonious society in China as achieving territorial integrity...