CCTV (China Central Television)
interview Professor Yan Xuetong, Director of
the Institute
of International Studies at Beijing's Tsinghua (Qinghua) University. Prof. Yan offers his view on what he expects
from Mr Obama in terms of United
States' foreign policy.
He also talks about the trading relationship and his concern
that
the new administration may introduce protectionist measures. (Video source: CCTV, 5 November 2008)
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Chinese economy slows
China's economic growth slowed in
Q3 to nine per cent. While this would
be an astonishing performance
for most other countries, it was China's
weakest quarterly GDP growth for about four years. (Video source: Reuters,
20 October 2008)
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Trouble in Toytown
Smart Union,
which made toys for Mattel (Barbie’s “label”) and Disney,
among many others, closed its two factories in the southern city of
Dongguan on 16 October.The closure affects 6,000 workers directly
(News and comment: Trouble in Toytown, 17 October). (Video source:
Reuters)
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Coca-Cola bids
for Huiyuan
Coca-Cola (as
at 22 October) has not completed the US$2.4 billion take
-over
of Huiyuan, the largest drinks company in China. The report from
Bloomberg (below), filed on the 2nd September, does not give any
indication of the difficulties
the deal would encounter.
