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Factories that had thrived by using cheap migrant labor to churn out inexpensive clothing, electronics and toys for export now face changing government priorities as a growth engine based on investment and trade loses its momentum after more than a decade of double-digit expansion.

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 16, 2014, members of the Israeli and foreigner's group tour, that is organized by IPCRI, an Israeli Palestinian group promoting co-existence, visit the grave of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, at the West Bank city of Ramallah.

China's automakers are the underdogs heading into next week's Beijing auto show, where foreign and domestic brands will jostle for attention in a market that is increasingly difficult for homegrown models.

In this photo taken Wednesday April 16, 2014, vehicles are parked outside a factory of SGMW, a joint venture between Chinese carmakers and General Motors in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province.

Israeli delegation of lawmakers meets with Abbas in Ramallah; Horowitz says Abbas denounced all terror including attack on Baruch Mizrachi in Hebron and that he would participate in investigation to bring perpetrators to justice.

For the world's sake, and its own, China needs to change the way it builds and runs its cities "A GREAT city", said Benjamin Disraeli, "a is the type of some great idea.

A labor protest that began recently in the manufacturing city of Dongguan at a factory operated by Yue Yuen Industrial, which makes shoes for brands including Nike, Adidas , is raising worries that production in a key cog of the global sneaker supply-chain may be disrupted.

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is won the Best Airline of the Year Award at MICE Magazine's 7th Annual Award Ceremony held in Beijing, China on April 11, 2014.

Relatives of Chinese passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines 370 wait in a room after walking out to protest the difficulties of communicating with Malaysian officials through video conferencing in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

Chinese companies that have lent money to other companies are facing a potential wave of defaults, with several listed firms already reporting missed loan repayments.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by B.C. Minister of International Trade Teresa Wat and Liu Fei, Consul-General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, meets with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Beijing on Tuesday.

Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings has centralised control of the company's Chinese farming hubs into a new standalone business unit to make faster progress growing its milk pools in China.

An animal welfare group said on Tuesday it will save 130 bears from a bile extraction farm in China, its largest rescue so far, in a bid to end a business that has sparked outrage over animal cruelty amid growing opposition.

Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Yue Yuen, the world's largest maker of athletic footwear for brands such as Nike and Adidas, are striking in a dispute over benefits.

Norway donated a restored Chinese silent film from the 1920s to China's national film archive on Tuesday, despite a prolonged diplomatic chill between the countries over the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

Norway donated a restored Chinese silent film from the 1920s to China's national film archive on Tuesday, despite a prolonged diplomatic chill between the countries over the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held the first meeting of a new national security commission on Tuesday, saying China needed a coordinated approach to domestic and foreign challenges, including social unrest, in "the most complex time in history".

In this Monday, April 7, 2014 photo released by Xiang Li, Chinese rights lawyer Tang Jitian shows the bruises on his leg, which he claims were sustained when he was beaten by police in a detention facility, at a restaurant in Beijing, China.

In this Monday, April 7, 2014 photo released by Xiang Li, Chinese rights lawyer Tang Jitian shows the bruises on his leg, which he claims were sustained when he was beaten by police in a detention facility, at a restaurant in Beijing, China.