Wang Qishan

POINT OF VIEW/ Nobuyoshi Sakajiri: A change in...
The Asahi Shimbun
In a farming village in China's Shanxi province, a place with vast stretches of dry yellow earth, I visited a woman they call "huohuashi," a living fossil.
China's new leaders: old men, not reform-minded...
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, China's new leaders, from left, Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli, arrive for a press conference after being elected members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th Central Committee of China's Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Xinhua)
BEIJING--Conservatives backed by party elders have defeated reform-minded pragmatists in the race for the highest positions in China's leadership.
Don't expect dramatic change from China's new...
New Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping clap hands during a press event to introduce the newly-elected members of the Politburo Standing Committee at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Nov. 15. (AP Photo)
BEIJING--China's ruling Communist Party unveiled its new top leadership team on Nov. 15, another all-male cast of politicians whose instincts are to move cautiously on reform.
U.S., China agree to strengthen economic ties
Students holding American and Chinese national flags wait to greet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the National Museum in Beijing on May 4. (AP Photo, Pool)
Beijing, despite strained ties with Washington in the diplomatic arena, showed willingness to meet a U.S. request to let its currency appreciate against the dollar so as to...
China plays a cautious game in globalizing the yuan
People's Bank of China headquarters in Beijing (The Asahi Shimbun)
BEIJING--Financial markets across the world are competing to become centers for yuan trading as China attempts the perilous task of gradually globalizing its currency while...
Japan, China to discuss European debt crisis
Finance Minister Jun Azumi (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan and China will discuss steps they can jointly take to shield themselves from the European sovereign debt crisis when Finance Minister Jun Azumi visits Beijing later this...
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