Envoy to U.S.
Zhang Yesui, China's new Ambassador to the United States, arrived in Washington, D.C. to take up his post on March 14. Zhang is the ninth top Chinese diplomat in the U.S. since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1979
Woman of Fortune
Wu Yajun was named the richest woman on the Chinese mainland by Forbes magazine. Wu and her family ranked 232nd on the publication's newest list of the world's richest billionaires
Referee Without Integrity
Lu Jun, the first Chinese soccer referee to officiate at the World Cup finals and the Olympic tournament, was arrested on corruption charges along with two other internationally experienced referees

"Our future and China's future are linked together."

David Miliband, British Foreign Secretary, during his recent China visit

"The reality is that America's 'weak dollar' policy—its long-standing practice of allowing its currency to depreciate in order to lower the value of its foreign debts—amounts to the biggest currency manipulation in human history."

Liam Halligan, chief economist at UK's Prosperity Capital Management, saying that the United States has a history of currency manipulation in an article on Daily Telegraph newspaper on March 13

"We do not agree that China wants only to get resources from Africa. When the West tells us that China is only after African resources, sometimes we remind them that they themselves have been after African resources."

John Kayode Shinkaiye, chief of staff at the Bureau of the African Union Chairman

"I'm really pleased with the fact the international community and the United States now have a realization of the side that is trying to obstruct the peace process."

Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator, on Israel's settlement plans in the disputed east Jerusalem

"It's a well-planned act aimed at scheming new armed conflicts in the Caucasus region."

Dmitri Rogozin, Russia's NATO envoy, slamming a Georgian television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a faked report on March 13 announcing that Russia had launched an invasion and the country's president was dead

"The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom."

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, telling Congress on March 16 that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive

 

 
JOURNEY TO ANTARCTICA China's 26th Antarctic expedition team arrives at Fremantle port, Australia, on board of Xuelong icebreaker on March 18 for the supply replenishment during the expedition journey (CUI JING)
Shanghai Airport Expansion
The second terminal of the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport came into operation on March 16 ahead of the opening of the Shanghai World Expo amid the city's efforts to build a "world-class" traffic hub
Doctors Without Cigarettes
Thirteen Chinese medical colleges will introduce smoking control courses into their curriculum to educate future medical workers on the dangers of smoking, that they will show to their patients
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CHINA-MADE WINGS
The first pair of China-made wings are attached to an Airbus A320 plane at Airbus (Tianjin) Final Assembly Co. Ltd. in Tianjin on March 16 (LIU HUAFENG)
NEW HOME ORIENTATION
Japanese-born giant panda Xingbang plays in the quarantine room at the Giant Panda Breeding Base in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on March 16. The four-year-old male panda will be kept in quarantine for about one month (JIANG HONGJING)
SYMBOLIC COMPLETION
Construction of the exterior of the UK Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo is completed on March 15 after visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband installed the last of the 60,000 acrylic rods covering the pavilion nicknamed Seed Cathedral (REN LONG)
MEMORIAL RITUAL
Students from Taipei Bo-Jia Primary School perform ancient Chinese dance on March 17 for the memorial ritual held at the Confucius Temple in Taipei (WU JINGTENG)
 
TRADE REBOUND An overseas container vessel docks at Shanghai's Yangshan Deep-Water Port. The latest statistics from the Shanghai Customs showed signs of a foreign trade recovery in imports in January and February, which increased 4.1 percent, though exports decreased 2 percent year on year (CHEN FEI)
World Bank Optimistic
The World Bank predicted that the Chinese economy will grow 9.5 percent year on year in 2010, with a shift from government-led investment to a mix of solid consumption, recovered exports and stable investment
Crude Oil Deal
CNOOC Ltd., China's biggest offshore oil explorer, agreed to buy a 50-percent stake in Argentine producer Bridas Corp. for $3.1 billion to meet the demand from the world's second biggest energy consumer
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Defending the Yuan
China is an advocate of free trade and opposed the idea of taking aggressive measures to force another country's currency to either depreciate or appreciate
The Google Question
Recent Western media reports about Google's "99.9 percent" possibility of leaving China ignited fears that the censorship dispute would escalate into a fight that neither side could win
Maglev Rail Concern
Critics expressed concerns over the government's approval of a magnetic levitation railway project connecting Shanghai and Hangzhou
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  • PAKISTAN
    Heavy smoke billows from NATO oil tankers ignited during an attack by unidentified militants near the southwestern city of Sibi on March 16 (XINHUA)
  • THE UNITED STATES
    A formation of pipers march down Fifth Avenue during New York's annual St. Patrick's Day festivities paying homage to Irish traditions on March 17 (SHEN HONG)
  • ALGERIA
    Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci (middle) speaks at a conference of foreign ministers from Africa's Sahel nations in Algiers on March 16. The talks addressed issues including combating regional terror threats (XINHUA)
  • THE UNITED STATES
    An Angels Flight train travels in downtown Los Angeles on March 16. The day before the 99-meter-long historical funicular, dubbed "the shortest railway in the world," resumed operation following a nine-year closure (QI HENG)
  • CANADA
    Chinese people perform the traditional lion dance in Vancouver's Chinatown during the Winter Olympics (LI XIAO)
  • CAMEROON
    The photo shows a military base on the Bakassi Peninsula. Seven Chinese fishermen were kidnapped in waters near the peninsula on March 12 but were freed five days later (XINHUA)
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