Unique Comic
Joe Wong, a Chinese American, rose to fame for his unique comedy performance on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS in 2009 and at the annual dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents Association in Washington, D.C.
Retained Champion
Chinese chess player Hou Yifan successfully defended her Women's World Chess Championship title in Tirana, Capital of Albania, when she drew the eighth game of a match against Indian challenger Humpy Koneru
Warned Boss
Jiang Jiemin, Board Chairman of China National Petroleum Corp., China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, received a stern warning from the State Council of China due to his leading responsibility in a series of serious fire accidents

"In many sectors, the treatment provided to foreign businesses is still better than that for Chinese domestic companies. If there was anything the Chinese Government could improve, it could be market access."

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, responding to complaints from foreign companies about the investment environment in China, in Beijing on November 29

"What European countries really need is the capacity to form blood, rather than blood itself. So it is high time to ask whether European countries can be more open to investment from Chinese firms."

Wang Yiming, Vice President of the Academy of Macroeconomic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission of China, speaking at the Europe China Forum in Brussels, Belgium, on November 29

"We have no time to lose. I very much look forward to reaching agreement on granting China market economy status without waiting until the last hours."

Joaquin Almunia, EU Competition Commissioner, at a forum on China-EU relations titled Europe and China: Rivals or Strategic Partners?, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 29

"Germany stands firmly behind its partners in the EU and has already contributed enormously by tapping its own resources. However, we also have our own debt to deal with."

Steffen Seibert, spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at a regular government news conference in Berlin on November 28, rejecting the repeated calls for more financial support to resolve the eurozone debt crisis

"We have planned exercises (in the region), which have nothing to do with Syria."

Russian Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov, telling reporters in Yekaterinburg on November 29 that the dispatch of Russian navy warships to the Mediterranean Sea was a part of scheduled exercises

"NATO is confident the transition process will succeed…Beyond 2014 NATO aims for a strong and lasting partnership between Afghanistan and its international partners. The end of transition is a stage in a shared journey, not the end of it."

NATO civilian representative spokesman Dominic Medley, in a joint weekly press briefing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 29
 
READY TO SAIL China's newly designed scientific research vessel Kexue at its launch ceremony in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on November 30, 2011 (XIAO YIJIU)
Online Government
The Shanghai Municipal Government launches its microblog Shanghai City on China's popular Twitter-like microblogging service Weibo.com. The microblog acquires more than 30,000 followers in the five hours following its launch
Water Conservation
China has spent 4.55 billion yuan on conservation work to preserve the source of the Yellow, Yangtze and Lancang rivers
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FIRST TRIP
A ceremony is held to celebrate the first voyage of a passenger ship from Pingtan Island, Fujian Province, to Taichung, Taiwan on November 30, 2011 (WEI PEIQUAN)
SCULPTURE WORLD
A woman visits the My Personal Universe sculpture exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in the 798 art zone in Beijing on November 26, 2011 (LUO WEI)
AGAINST AIDS
A six-meter-tall sculpture of condom stands in the square of Jing An Park in Shanghai on December 1, 2011, the World Aids Day (CFP)
CLOSE BY
A visitor observes a carrier pigeon with a magnifier during the China Wuhan International Carrier Pigeon Exhibition, which kicked off on November 27, 2011 (WANG ZHENWU)
 
STRENGTHENED LINK With the arrival of the last batch of steel cylinders on November 26, construction of the eastern artificial island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is coming to a close (CHEN FEI)
Refuting Anti-dumping Complaint
Fourteen Chinese solar panel producers jointly rejects anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints filed by some U.S. manufacturers, calling for the United States to abandon "political and emotional interference" while conducting its investigation into Chinese solar firms
Auto Export Boom
China's leading private automaker, Chery Automobile, is expected to export a record 170,000 vehicles in 2011, marking the highest annual export figure in the company's history
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Loosening Liquidity
The People's Bank of China, the central bank, reduces the reserve requirement ratio for the first time in three years to replenish liquidity. The latest cut, drops the ratio by 0.5 percentage points to 21 percent for large commercial banks
Manufacturing Slump
The purchasing managers index, a barometer of manufacturing activities, stands at 49 percent in November, down 1.4 percentage points from October. This is the first time that the figure has dropped below the boom-and-bust line of 50 percent in 33 months
Boosting Service Trade
The Ministry of Commerce releases a five-year development plan for the country's service trade sector. As part of the plan, the government pledges greater efforts to propel 30 service sectors
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  • MYANMAR
    Myanmar's President U Thein Sein meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Nay Pyi Taw on December 1. Clinton is the first American secretary of state to visit Myanmar in more than five decades (ZHANG YUNFEI)
  • GERMANY
    An anti-nuclear protester demonstrates against the arrival of a train carrying radioactive waste at the Gorleben nuclear waste storage facility in northern Germany on November 28 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THE UNITED STATES
    The Capitol Christmas Tree is hoisted into position in Washington, D.C. on November 28. The 118-year-old Sierra white fir will be decorated with more than 10,000 LED lights and 2,000 handmade ornaments (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THAILAND
    Monkeys eat fruit at a "monkey buffet" in Lopburi Province on November 27. Fruits and vegetables were offered to monkeys during the annual festival to help promote tourism in the area (XINHUA/AFP)
  • PAKISTAN
    Protesters shout anti-NATO slogans during a demonstration in Islamabad on November 29, held to denounce a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SOUTH AFRICA
    Visitors inspect a solar-energy vehicle developed by South African students at an exhibition of climate change solutions in Durban on November 29. The exhibition is being held along with the Durban UN climate talks (XINHUA/AFP)
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