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President Xi Jinping's visit to Pakistan attracts attention to the two countries' exceptionally intimate relation.
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21648918-xi-jinping-arrives-bearing-gifts-corridor-power?zid=306&ah=1b164dbd43b0cb27ba0d4c3b12a5e227

Corridor of power EXPECT the diplomatic equivalent of a love-in now that China’s president, Xi Jinping, has landed in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, for a two-day visit. When the...

Will Japan stand firm with US after all the major U.S allies joined AIIB?
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/world/525227/us-questions-japan-on-aiib-stance

US questions Japan on AIIB stance TOKYO — The United States has questioned Japan about its possible participation in a Chinese initiative to set up a regional development bank from which both allies have stood aloof, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Friday.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32229729

Chinese TV anchor Bi Fujian off air after criticising Mao A top Chinese TV anchor is taken off air after a video emerges showing him insulting Chairman Mao at a dinner party.

In 2014, Chinese tech giant Huawei outspent Apple on R&D, $6.6bn v. $6bn. Should we expect a greater Huawei-Apple rivalry in the near future?
http://qz.com/374039/huaweis-rd-spend-is-massive-even-by-the-standards-of-american-tech-giants/

Huawei’s R&D spend is massive even by the standards of American tech giants Last year, Huawei outpaced Apple, Oracle, and Facebook in research and development.

Putting into perspective China's growth in cities and infrastructure
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/24/how-china-used-more-cement-in-3-years-than-the-u-s-did-in-the-entire-20th-century/

How China used more cement in 3 years than the U.S. did in the entire 20th Century How the craziest statistic about Chinese growth turned out to be true

China offeres to give up veto power at the newly-established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to attract more countries to join this Beijing-led multinational development bank, taking a further step in challenging the U.S. dominant role in the world economic system.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-forgoes-veto-power-at-new-bank-to-win-key-european-nations-support-1427131055

China Forgoes Veto Power at New Bank to Win Key European Nations’ Support Chinese negotiators persuaded key European countries to break with Washington and line up as founding members of the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank by promising to relinquish China’s veto power.

Improving the economy's structure is now China's priority.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-22/china-unable-to-grow-at-previous-pace-vice-premier-zhang-says

Chinese Vice Premier Says Rapid Growth Isn’t What Economy Needs Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world.

The main indicators of the first two months of 2015 came out. The sluggish economic growth of China turns out to be "worse than expected".http://www.economist.com/news/china/21646247-growth-looks-weaker-government-has-cards-play-bad-beginnings?zid=306&ah=1b164dbd43b0cb27ba0d4c3b12a5e227

Bad beginnings THE Chinese economy has earned a reputation as a slow starter. In 2012, 2013 and again last year, it was sluggish out of the gates, fuelling concerns that much worse...