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Chinese have grown accustomed to seeing television footage of their Premier, Wen Jiabao, at the site of natural disasters. Often described as the human face of the country's huge bureaucracy, Wen is well known for being sympathetic to the plight of ordinary citizens. But many were still surprised at the speed with which Wen reacted to the news that a huge earthquake had struck the country's southwestern province of Sichuan on May 12. Little more than 90 minutes after the 7.9 magnitude quake struck at 2:30 p.m., Wen was headed for the airport. By early evening...
...Another person died when a water tower collapsed in Mianyang, Sichuan, the news agency said. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is expected to tour sites of the destruction, and described the quake as a "disaster", while President Hu Jintao has urged "all-out" efforts to rescue victims...
Relations between Russia and Britain remain chilly since the 2006 murder in London of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, but there are signs that China is warming to Brown. He speaks regularly to the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, has offered to help facilitate dialogue with the Dalai Lama, and is also lobbying the Chinese to put pressure on Sudan to accept the deployment of peacekeepers in Darfur...
...control now than it was in 1989, even from the remotest of regions. And though everyone was watching Tiananmen then, this is different. This year, the whole world is not only watching; it's coming to Beijing, less than five months from now. Thus, officials from Premier Wen Jiabao down have felt the need at least to try to make the case that the government response has been measured, and that any violence was the fault of the demonstrators. Before, they would have just thumbed their noses at the rest of the world...
...might be the most difficult year for China's economy, because there are a lot of uncertainties both inside and outside the country.' WEN JIABAO, Chinese Premier, on the danger posed by rising inflation and a slumping global economy Numbers