China Comes to Dinner
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The Group of Seven industrialized nations invited top Chinese economic officials to a dinner last Friday. It was about time that China was invited to a G-7 meeting.
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The pungent flavors of Chinese five-spice powder, rice vinegar and soy sauce combine to create this quick shrimp dinner.   Five-spice powder includes cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and Szechwan peppercorns.
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China accounts for about half of the  global annual death toll from stomach cancer due to the Chinese  taste for pickled and smoked food and unabashed enthusiasm for  smoking, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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Krasimir Dimitrov was headed to lunch with friends at a restaurant on a busy street in Bulgaria's capital.Comment
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China has invited some &quot;moderate&quot; pro-democracy legislators from Hong Kong to attend National Day celebrations in Beijing, a move seen by the territory's democrats as an attempt to sow divisions in their midst, lawmakers said.
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Chinese economic planners met Tuesday to set goals for 2007 amid efforts to keep the country's sizzling growth from racing out of control.
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China's consumer inflation picked up pace in November, largely due to an increase in food prices, figures show.
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A peek through the West&#39;s net curtains this morning revealed an unexpected visitor on the doorstep. China. Not content with luring manufacturing contracts to Shanghai, the dragon economy&#39;s appetite is driving
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Visiting Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and his wife cut a birthday cake at Xijiao Guesthouse in Shanghai yesterday.
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In his first official visit to  the United States in 2006, China President Hu Jintao arrived  for dinner at Microsoft Corp.  Chairman Bill Gates'  house with a gift for the host.
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China&#39;s recent flurry of diplomatic activity with European nations to lift the arms embargo in place since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is the latest attempt by the country
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China accounts for about half of the global annual death toll from stomach cancer due to the Chinese taste for pickled and smoked food and unabashed enthusiasm for smoking, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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China is stepping up enforcement against unlicensed food vendors and plans to upgrade quality standards on thousands of food and consumer products by year's end, officials said Tuesday.
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China promised to cooperate in tackling its food safety problems but urged a quick resolution.
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In Shanghai, China, the Hooters, KFCs, and 7-Elevens may not be what an American would expect.
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First, Crown Princess Masako feasted on a 13-dish special Mexican menu in her honor. Then it was shark fin soup and roast duck at a top Chinese restaurant. Then came a sumptuous French meal featuring black truffles.
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ESSEN, Germany  - China joined the Group of Seven nations for talks on the global economy on Saturday, marking an effective expansion of the club which may also admit other emerging economic powerhouses to almost double its size.