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NPC, "Work report of NPC Standing Committee", March 13, 2009
The following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which was delivered by Chairman Wu Bangguo of the NPC Standing Committee on March 9, 2009 for review at the Second Session of the 11th NPC and adopted on March 13.
Office of the Press Secretary, "Readout on the President's Meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi", March 12, 2009
A summary of President Obama's meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
Congressional Research Service, “China’s Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy,” March 5, 2009
This CRS report was written by Wayne M. Morrison (specialist in Asian Trade and Finance) and Marc Labonte (specialist in Macroeconomic Policy).
Congressional Research Service, "China's Economic Conditions," March 3, 2009
This CRS report was written by Wayne M. Morrison, specialist in Asian Trade and Finance.
Congressional Research Service, "China-U.S. Trade Issues," March 4, 2009
This CRS report was written by Wayne M. Morrison, specialist in Asian trade and finance.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China’s Military and Security Activities Abroad," March 4, 2009
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 4, 2009. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
PRC State Council, Human Rights Record of the United States in 2008, February 27, 2009
China's Information Office of the State Council, or cabinet, published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2008".
Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, "Fifty Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet", March 2, 2009
The Information Office of the State Council summarizes reforms made in Tibet.
U.S. Department of State, "2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report," March 2009
The U.S. Dept of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs produces an annual report describing the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2008.
Congressional Research Service, “China’s Foreign Aid Activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia,” February 25, 2009
This Congressional Research Service report was prepared by Thomas Lum, Hannah Fischer, Julissa Gomez-Granger, and Anne Leland. It draws on work at New York University.
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We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
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Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?