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Hu Jintao
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Political snippets: Premature self congratulation? And Hu’s coming to dinner
Premature self congratulation? Given the spate of bad headlines Labor had been getting it was natural enough for Treasurer Wayne Swan to express his pleasure at the gross domestic product figures yesterday showing that the economy is growing again. Pronouncing that the return to growth showed the economy was in good shape. Adding that the […]
The funny business of high profile faux pas
While warming up the crowd for Chinese President Hu Jintao’s only policy address in the US, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent made a big boo-boo by ending his toast with the Japanese word “kanpai,” reports Michael Forsythe.
Is China playing favourites with Chicago?
Chinese President Hu Jintao’s trip to America includes a visit to Chicago, but why? Other cities like New York or Houston are just as appropriate, if not more. Evan Osnos explains why Chicago appears on the itinerary.
Video of the Day: Mr Hu goes to Washington
A look at Chinese President Hu Jintao’s trip to the US, by the gurus of news animation, NMA. President Hu takes over the oval office, gets presented with a made in China cowboy hat and visits a local Hooters.
Two presidents, 200 new Boeings and one great big lie
The American media has been quick to nail Boeing and two presidents - Hu Jintao and Barack Obama - for pushing a great big lie about China ordering 200 new jet airliners. But not quick enough to prevent Boeing stock investors being ripped off by a spike caused by contrived euphoria, writes Ben Sandilands.
Japan PM resigns, Obama to blame?
Has Japan PM Yukio Hatoyama — who announced he’s stepping down as PM — crumbled under Barack Obama’s icy glare? Steve Clemons examines Obama’s very different relationships with the PMs of Japan, Israel and China.
The 40 top predators of press freedom
Reporters Without Borders has named its annual list of press freedom “predators”. This year, Russian PM Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao join Hall of Famers like Robert Mugabe and the Italian mafia.
Gottliebsen: Hu is just the rope in China’s leadership tug-of-war
The trial of Stern Hu and the Rio Tinto Four is part of a much bigger battle in China, explains Robert Gottliebsen: a 35-year-old power struggle between supporters of Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin.
No really Obama, we’re totally cool with your cancelling
Oh, Obama you couldn’t make it down under because you’re too busy? Don’t worry, it’s not like we were all excited and had our ‘Yes We Can’ t-shirts ready or anything, writes Dominic Knight.
Beijing gets some elbow room
China isn’t changing its economic policies for 2010, but it looks as though it is giving itself the room to make subtle changes to handle a different growth outlook, writes Glenn Dyer.
Obama’s secret climate deals with China and India
Behind-the-scenes on his recent trip to Asia, Barack Obama was pushing China and India to come to the negotiating table on carbon emissions for Copenhagen, reveals Michael Wolff — and it’s looking like he had some success.
Tales from China’s big media mogul love-in
Big fan of the free press, China, recently hosted a summit for the world’s media moguls to get together and pat themselves on the back. Rupert Murdoch railed against free-riders, pirates and kleptomaniacs, while President Hu Jintao ironically called for more “truth” in media.
Is China’s climate pledge all just hot air?
China’s President Hu Jintao addressed the UN General Assembly for the first time in 40 years, making a much-hyped commitment to act on the country’s carbon emissions. But unfortunately, says Jonathan Watts, his speech was pretty light-on for substance and specifics.
World leaders talk the talk on climate change
Barack Obama, Hu Jintao and other major world players have all paid lip service to the importance of acting on climate change at the UN’s climate summit. Now for the hard bit…
China will do whatever it likes. Hu knew!
Kevin Rudd suddenly finds himself in the firing line for failing to meet Australians’ expectations about how we should be treated overseas. But, says Bernard Keane, Australia can’t control what the Chinese do.
The sorry business of saying sorry
Tomorrow, at around nine o’clock, the Prime Minister will rise to his feet in the House of Representatives to put a motion offering an apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples. The formal process of saying sorry will be underway. The Leader of the House, Anthony Albanese, though, says an Indigenous representative will not be able to respond. Christian Kerr asks why?
State of the planet
Venice offers lessons on coping with rising seas … Unions urged to wage green fight … A scramble to understand Greenland’s melting ice sheets … Global warming decision on polar bears delayed … Climate change and frog deaths
