Hu unlikely to ease up on Taiwan and HK: analysts
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President Hu Jintao ( è¡é¦æ¿¤ ) could ease China&#39;s hardline stance on Taiwan and Hong Kong now that his predecessor Jiang Zemin ( æ±æ¾¤æ° ) has retired but major policy changes are unlikely, analysts said yesterday.
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Although he had hinted he might ask Chinese President Hu Jintao about allegations that the Chinese military hacked into Pentagon computers, the issue did not come up in face-to-face talks today.
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HONG KONG: Although President Hu Jintao enjoys a reputation as a moderate reformist, this is a comparison on a relative scale. The president clearly has no intention of leading China out of communism.
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President Hu Jintao, apparently seeking to ease concerns over China's investment drive in Africa, said on Wednesday that Beijing's business interests would not hurt the continent.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Hong Kong&#39;s leader on Monday to learn from experience and do a better job running the former British colony, beset by political and economic troubles.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A proposed $18.2 billion purchase of U.S. weapons by Taiwan has bogged down in the island's hard-fought electoral politics despite repeated warnings from the Bush administration that the new arms are imperative to bolster defenses against China.
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Armed conflict may be unavoidable if  Taiwan keeps provoking China and pushing for independence, one  of Beijing's top Taiwan policy-makers said on Monday, but he  spelt out a condition for reopening dialogue.
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In the first half of 2004, commodities investors worried that a hard landing for China's economy could be disastrous for them, but those fears have not borne out.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has praised the &quot;one country, two systems&quot; formula in the former Portuguese enclave of Macau, but says nearby Hong Kong has to do better to make it work.
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China's military will crush any major  moves toward independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost,  said a government policy paper released on Monday that accused  Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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For one thing, even if Chinese growth slowed in the third quarter, it won&#39;t indicate whether Asia&#39;s second-biggest economy is avoiding a hard landing.
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Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao is becoming more assertive in a rivalry with his influential predecessor, but the ageing Jiang Zemin is unlikely to give up
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President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan denounced a peace overture from President Hu Jintao of China Thursday, one that has received a cautious welcome here from two Taiwan presidential candidates .
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The tense relations between the pro-democracy camp and the central government in Beijing could ease after the election, but little substantial improvements over the strained relations could be made, politcal analysts suggested shortly after Hong Kong&#39;s
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Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union to lift a 15-year embargo on weapons sales to China &#151; the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s surprise defeat in Saturday&#39;s legislative elections looks likely to soothe simmering tensions with rival China, but no breakthrough
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Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian says China's leadership changes are  unlikely to signal a big policy shift.