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Jess Hill reported this story on Friday, November 27, 2009 12:34:00 SHANE MCLEOD: And while the debate goes on in Canberra, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, China, has for the first time unveiled a firm commitment to reduce its carbon emissions.

Leaders from China and Europe will sign a new Science and Technology Agreement at next week's summit in Nanjing, where progress is also likely on a major near-zero emissions coal project.

The move by the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter to set a near-term target of a 40 to 45 percent reduction, coming a day after President Obama set U.S. climate goals for the talks, suggests a possible breakthrough in Demark next month in the long-stalled climate negotiations.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and is believed to have discussed the strategies the two countries may adopt at the Copenhagen climate summit next month.

China has unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions, laying out a "carbon intensity goal" on Thursday that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to key climate talks in Copenhagen next month.

The jury is still out on what Beijing and Washington achieved during President Barack Obama's first state visit to China last week.

China says Premier Wen Jiabao will take part in next month's Copenhagen climate summit.

Reporting from Shanghai - Zhou Libo is an impeccably dressed comedian. His typical uniform, a black sport coat accented with a red handkerchief tucked into the breast pocket, looks just right as the 42-year-old comedian bursts onstage to the "James Bond" theme song, laser lights flashing and smoke machine on full blast.

China hopes the upcoming China-EU summit will promote strategic mutual trust, said Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on Tuesday.

Countries whose currencies are held as reserves by global central banks are failing to take sufficient account of the global repercussions of their domestic policy stances, Assistant Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao told a financial forum last week in Beijing.

What is more unexpected is that it is China that has an appetite for the father of modern capitalism, while the West is rediscovering Marx.

Srikanth Kondapalli Posted: Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 at 2251 hrs IST Updated: Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 at 2251 hrs IST : As bilateral relations nose-dived on border transgressions issue and the impending visit of the Dalai Lama to Tawang, the civilian leaderships of India and China preferred to de-escalate tensions for the time being.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told visiting Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that he would attend the World Expo in Shanghai next year and invited Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Tokyo before that.

U.S. In Standoff With Beijing Over Chinese Currency By reducing the value of the yuan in lock step with the declining dollar, China is making it difficult for American exporters to gain ground in overseas markets.

US President Barak Obama is visiting China from November 15-18, holding a series of talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other leaders.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao chat during a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on November 17.

President Barack Obama has begun his one week, four-country visit to Asia. The fact that about half of that time will be spent in China is a measure of the importance of the U.S.-China relationship.

When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visited Pyongyang in October, North Korea and China boasted they had opened a new era of cooperation.

Currency rift casts shadow on Obama's trade hopes U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on U.S. Asian policy at Suntory Hall on November 14, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

Bloomberg Posted: Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 at 2218 hrs IST Updated: Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 at 2218 hrs IST : China's industrial production and trade surplus climbed in October, indicating a strengthening recovery in the world's third-largest economy that's likely to amplify calls to let the yuan appreciate.