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...Jiabao's whistle-stop tour through Africa last week marked the third visit to the continent by top Chinese leaders this year. Since January, Premier Wen, President Hu Jintao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing have traveled to a total of 15 African countries. Why? Hu insisted during his Congo trip that "China is not seeking selfish interests" in Africa. But with the country's insatiable thirst for energy, Africa has swiftly become one of its key business partners: trade between China and Africa jumped 37% to $40 billion in 2005, and Angola was China's top provider of crude...
...LI ZHAOXING Liberia In Monrovia in January, Li won a promise that Liberia would support Beijing's "one China" policy regarding Taiwan. Meanwhile, China offered $25 million for Liberian reconstruction and a $5 million interest-free loan
...publicizing an illegal campaign of forced sterilizations and abortions, was removed from house arrest and taken away by police. Chen's whereabouts were unknown until June 11, when officials confirmed he was in jail. The odd charges against him include "gathering a crowd to disrupt traffic." His lawyer, Li Jingsong, who saw Chen last week, says his client is unbowed: "Spiritually, he's very strong...
...more than 20% of the world's oil reserves) and strategic location could give considerable influence to an alliance that is sometimes dismissed as a club of second-rate strongmen. "This Eurasian region, which is at the confluence of so many civilizations, has a major potential for instability," says Li Guofu, a senior research fellow at the China Institute for International Studies in Beijing. "A lot of countries like America see the SCO as very important because it can play a role in stopping terrorism, extremism and separatism...
...long before the Crimson was sending enough fencers to qualify for the title, much less win it. The turnaround of Harvard’s fencing program in just four years has made for one of collegiate athletics’ most remarkable recent stories. Seniors Chloe Stinetorf, Anne Austin, Amy Li, David Jakus, and Julian Rose lived theirs from start to conclusion. Still today, the group represents the first real foray for Brand, who was hired in 2000, into the recruiting of elite junior fencers to Harvard. Not only did the seniors experience the Crimson’s first national title...