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| Vol. I Issue. 35; 30 November 2007 |
| Darfur rebels tell China peacekeepers to go home - 30 November 2007 |
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Darfur rebels on 25 November said freshly deployed Chinese peacekeepers were not welcome and as Khartoum's "allies" in Sudan's war-ravaged western region threatened they were not immune from attack.
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| Vol. I Issue. 35; 30 November 2007 |
| China says Vietnam protest on navy exercise "groundless" - 30 November 2007 |
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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on 27 November refuted Vietnam's protest that Chinese Navy's exercise in Xisha Islands has infringed upon its sovereignty as "groundless".
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| Vol. I Issue. 35; 30 November 2007 |
| Chinese warship begins landmark visit to Japan - 30 November 2007 |
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The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Naval missile destroyer "Shenzhen" arrived in Tokyo on 28 November morning for a four-day visit, the first of its kind in the history of the naval force of the PLA.
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| Vol. I Issue. 34; 23 November 2007 |
| Democratic political party system - 23 November 2007 |
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China's release of a white paper on the country's political party system purports to show that it has a system of "multiparty cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China."
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| Vol. I Issue. 34; 23 November 2007 |
| Chinese dam projects Criticised for their human costs - 23 November 2007 |
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Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. Today, the Communist Party is hoping the dam does not become China¿s biggest folly.
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| Vol. I Issue. 34; 23 November 2007 |
| China-Africa trade - 23 November 2007 |
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China released figures showing that its trade with Africa is growing by more than 20% a year. Western companies face fierce competition from Chinese firms to buy Africa's natural resources and sell goods and services back to the continent.
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| Vol. I Issue. 34; 23 November 2007 |
| Mittal buys controlling stake in China Oriental - 23 November 2007 |
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Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal-led Arcelor-Mittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, has become the first foreign company to acquire controlling stake in a Chinese steel firm - China Oriental - in a deal valued at about $1.6 billion (over Rs 6,000 crore).
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| Vol. I Issue. 34; 23 November 2007 |
| China free-trade talks as deal to stall India - 23 November 2007 |
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is stepping up talks on free trade agreements with China after a similar accord with India was put on hold because of disagreements on tariff cuts.
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| Vol. I Issue. 34; 23 November 2007 |
| China sees red over black money - 23 November 2007 |
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The Chinese government has delivered a "clear and loud" message through the state-run media that it will clamp down on the illegal flow of funds that enter Hong Kong via underground financial institutions based in neighboring Shenzhen.
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| Vol. I Issue. 34; 23 November 2007 |
| Persecution of people an essential part of Communism - 23 November 2007 |
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Member of Canada's parliament, former Canadian secretary of state for the Asian-Pacific region, David Kilgour speaking at the public rally on November 15, 2007 in Kiev Independence Square,
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