China may overtake Japan as the world’s second largest economy in 2010

October 5th, 2009 BEIJING - In a move that is considered to send shock waves around the world, Japan and China have proposed a plan to create an "East Asian Community," similar to the European Union, which could make a fierce force to reckon with and which would also improve economic and political relationships in the region. The proposal is its initial stages and it could include visa-free travel, public health, energy and the environment.

May 5th, 2009 Wang, Zhang win gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in the men's singles final Tuesday as China completed an impressive sweep of the gold medals at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Wang took control from the first set on his way to an 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over the fifth-seeded Wang at Yokohama Arena.

May 5th, 2009 Wang wins gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in straight sets Tuesday to win the men's singles title at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Wang took control from the first set on his way to an 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over the fifth-seeded Wang.

May 5th, 2009 China sweeps all golds at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in the men's singles final Tuesday to give China an impressive sweep of the gold medals at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Wang took control from the first set on his way to an 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over the fifth-seeded Wang at Yokohama Arena.

May 5th, 2009 China sweeps singles gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in straight sets Tuesday to win the men's singles title at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Wang took control from the first set on his way to an 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over the fifth-seeded Wang.

April 30th, 2009 Croatia's Primorac wins at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Croatia's Zoran Primorac rallied from three sets down Thursday to defeat Britain's Paul Drinkhall in seven sets at the table tennis world championships. Primorac beat Drinkhall 4-11, 11-13, 1-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8, 13-11 at Yokohama Arena to advance to the second round of men's singles.

April 29th, 2009 Roberston advances at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Welshman Adam Robertson defeated Dino Suarez of Ecuador on Wednesday to qualify for the table tennis world championships. Robertson coasted to an 11-2, 11-2, 12-10, 11-6 win over Suarez to reach the first round of the tournament, which begins Thursday.

April 27th, 2009 China expected to dominate at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — With Olympic singles champions Ma Lin and Zhang Yining headlining a powerful world championship team, China is expected to maintain its dominance in table tennis that it highlighting last August in Beijing. China won all the gold medals on offer in the table tennis event at the Beijing Olympics, and swept all the medals in the men's and women's singles behind Ma and Zhang.

April 23rd, 2009 China protests Japanese leader's shrine offeringBEIJING — China protested an offering by Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso to a war shrine seen as a symbol of his country's militarist past, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. China expressed its "concern and dissatisfaction" to Japan through diplomatic channels, ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said.

April 23rd, 2009 China proteests Japan leader's shrine offeringBEIJING — China's Foreign Ministry is protesting the Japanese prime minister's offering of a flowering evergreen tree to a war shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's militarist past. Spokeswoman Jiang Yu said China had expressed its concern and dissatisfaction to Japan and demanded that Tokyo handle the matter appropriately.

April 22nd, 2009 IMF: Asia could see 'modest recovery' in 2010BEIJING — Asian economies could see a modest recovery next year, boosted by stronger export demand and stimulus spending, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. Trade-driven Asia has been hit harder than expected by the worst global downturn since the 1930s, though many economies are stronger than they were during the region's 1997 financial crisis, the Washington-based IMF said in a report.

March 9th, 2009 BEIJING - China plans to launch 15 to 16 satellites this year, an official said here Monday. 'Though the global financial crisis is taking a toll on the world economy, it has no impact on China's space programmes,' said Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project.

February 23rd, 2009 BEIJING - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on China Sunday to invest more in US treasury bonds, to aid both economies during the global financial crisis. In an interview with the Shanghai Dragon TV channel, Clinton said, 'It would not be in China's interest if we were unable to get our economy moving again.' 'We are truly going to rise or fall together.

January 13th, 2009 BEIJING - China has taken Germany's spot as the world's third largest economy after the United States and Japan, statistics released Wednesday showed. Beijing's national statistics office released corrected figures for the year 2007, revising the gross domestic product (GDP) growth upwards from 11.9 percent to 13 percent, the largest increase since 1993.

January 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - The global economic slowdown has taken its toll on the Chinese economy as exports and equity markets are down, but things may turn around in the second half of 2009, a Chinese diplomat said here Saturday. 'Worst is not yet over.