Chinese president in the spotlight over Sudan
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President Hu Jintao of China was to see the war-scarred nation of Liberia, ahead of the most important stage of his African tour when he meets Sudan's leaders.
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US and Chinese diplomats launched a broad dialogue Wednesday expected to touch on a range of issues from Beijing&#39;s military build-up to its human rights record and help in ending the Darfur conflict.
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Libya's leader says Sudan's Darfur conflict is "a quarrel over a camel" that has become an international issue.
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Legendary film director Steven Spielberg has appealed to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a second time to use China's influence over Sudan to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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Sudan will watch from a distance on Monday as world powers, including ally China, gather in Paris to seek ways to end the violence in Darfur, in a conference Khartoum rejects as a distraction from current peace efforts.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao jets in to South Africa on Tuesday to buttress ties with Beijing's main trading partner on the continent and a key ally in pushing the developing world's agenda.
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As diplomats scramble to end the killing in Darfur, the crucial call could be Beijing's
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has departed for a pressure-packed 12 days traversing eight African nations, with genocide, oil, aid and booming trade just some of the issues on the agenda.
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China's president head to Namibia on an African tour aimed at boosting economic ties between China and the continent.
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China's aggressive courtship of Africa can benefit that poor continent, but shady Chinese businessmen and no-questions-asked aid policies could backfire, on Beijing, U.S. and African experts said on Thursday.
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A Chinese special envoy described the true cause of conflict in Darfur as internal competition over resources, saying Thursday that activists should not try to shame Beijing into dropping its support for a Sudanese government accused of carrying out genocide.
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Crisis has been in the air in China the past week &#151; over pork.
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The US push for United Nations sanctions against Sudan&#39;s government for failing to halt Arab-militia atrocities in Darfur is being thwarted in part by China&#39;s strong economic interest in the African country.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Africa bearing the usual gifts of money for soccer stadiums and interest-free loans. But he also has brought a new recognition of the downside of China's aggressive quest for the continent's resources.
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China sought to defend its role in Africa on Monday ahead of this week's G8 summit, saying its long friendship with the continent was a force for good and shrugging off the threat of criticism at the meeting in Germany.
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China is on high alert for moves toward  independence by Taiwan as the island's president, Chen  Shui-bian, speeds up his efforts to split Taiwan from the  motherland, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
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China is blaming activists with "ulterior motives" for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation's involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.