Energy is never the main part of China-Africa cooperation: Chinese Premier

November 7th, 2009 Chinese premier: Africa trade push is 'selfless'SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — China's premier stressed Saturday that his country's push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was "sincere and selfless," as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent. In a speech punctuated with terms like "equality" and "mutual benefit," Wen Jiabao appeared to be setting the stage for a China-Africa summit starting Sunday that would allow Beijing to both continue its investment inroads into Africa and mute critics who argue that its need to fuel its growing economy has allowed it to ignore the dismal human rights records of many of the continent's nations.

November 1st, 2009 China to map out Africa strategy at forum in EgyptBEIJING — China will set the future direction of its burgeoning ties with Africa at a multinational forum in Egypt this month, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was quoted as saying on Sunday. Premier Wen Jiabao plans to attend the Nov.

October 24th, 2009 HUA HIN - Addressing the 12th summit between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Saturday in Hua Hin, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made a six-point proposal for strengthening cooperation between China and ASEAN. The official Xinhua news agency quoted Wen as saying that thanks to painstaking efforts, the financial situation in China and ASEAN countries has basically remained stable despite the global financial crisis, with the economic situation generally becoming stable and turning for the better, and with trade between the two sides entering a stage of restorative growth.

October 24th, 2009 HUA HIN - Chinese Prime Minster Wen Jiabao made a six-point proposal for strengthening cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during his address at the bloc's summit here Saturday. Wen said the financial situation in China and ASEAN countries remained stable despite the global economic crisis, and trade between the two sides have entered a stage of restorative growth, Xinhua reported.

October 24th, 2009 HUA HIN - China on Saturday announced that it would raise the preferential part of the commercial credit it offers to Southeast Asian nations by five billion U.S. dollars. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced at a summit with ASEAN dialogue partners that the perferential part of the 15-billion-U.S.-dollar credit would increase to 6.7 billion U.S.

October 22nd, 2009 AU official: China most concerned with resourcesCAPE TOWN, South Africa — An African Union official is accusing Chinese investors of overlooking bad governance while doing business in Africa. Trade expert Festus Fajana's comments come more than a week after officials in Guinea announced a $7 billion deal with a Chinese company.

October 13th, 2009 BEIJING - Russia agreed to supply gas to China via two pipelines Tuesday, while the two sides signed other deals valued at $3.5 billion. The deals came as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised to promote oil and energy cooperation and build on the two nations' "strategic and practical cooperation".

October 13th, 2009 BEIJING - Contracts worth $3.5 billion have been signed at a Russian-Chinese business forum here, Russia's deputy prime minister said Tuesday. The bilateral business forum coincided with a visit to China by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

September 29th, 2009 BEIJING - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit China Oct 12-14 to meet Chinese leaders and attend a Central Asian security summit, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday. Putin's visit was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, and with a council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told reporters.

September 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday said his country wants to further bolster the existing strong bilateral ties with China and to enhance the strategic economic cooperation between the two countries. Pakistan "attaches high value to its relations with china and takes pride in the success story of China", Zardari said while speaking to Chinese ambassador in Pakistan Luo Zhaohui who visited the president here Saturday, Online news agency reported.

August 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - China has backed Pakistan's right to nuclear energy to overcome the huge energy crisis facing the country currently, Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar has said. Babar said during his meeting President Asif Ali Zardari, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi highlighted that Pakistan needed nuclear energy to address its increasing energy needs.

August 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will undertake his fourth four-day official visit of China from August 21. Official and diplomatic sources said the visit is a part of Zardari's efforts to boost economic cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and China signed a document on climate change and clean energy Tuesday that sets out a path for improving cooperation between the world's two leading polluters. But there were few details on what the "memorandum of understanding" entails.

July 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Top US and Chinese officials Monday launched a "Strategic and Economic Dialogue" here to address key issues ranging from their response to the global financial crisis, climate change and nuclear proliferation to threat from extremists. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo each addressed the opening session of the two-day meeting.

June 23rd, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese and US military officials will seek ways to cooperate on various issues, including maritime disputes and nuclear disarmament, when they meet for the 10th Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) here on Tuesday. "There are many areas for cooperation, despite disagreements.