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A bust-up averted?

China and the US patch things up.

Appearances deceive

US-China ties sour further, but are set to stabilise later this year. The economy sizzles and more liquidity tightening is around the corner. Trade is to show a rare deficit in March, easing pressure on the Rmb to appreciate.

Succession politics

The question of which leaders are set to succeed President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen in 2012 will form a key hidden context to much of the debate at this month's National People's Congress.

Unease at US driving China into Asean arms

Fears of anti-dumping cases from the US and EU is one factor motivating investments in Asean by Chinese companies.

A Manichean polarity

Some in the West see China as a hubristic future superpower on a collision course with the US. In much of south-east Asia, however, the positive commercial influence of a rising China is dominant.

US-China rift over Google reflects fractious ties

Google's defiance of Beijing has the potential to put ties with the US into the deep freeze.

Shanda Games' US acquisition bolsters outlook

Shanda's acquisition will help it diversify away from the highly competitive domestic online games market and could mark the first of many Chinese investments overseas this year.

China's trade gets Asean lift

While China's total exports fell 1.2% year on year in November, exports to Asean surged 20.78%.

China and climate change pledges

Chinese scholars debate China's ambitious pledge to cut carbon emissions by 40%-45% by 2020.

The world tilts

China pushes a decoupling agenda in trade with the US.

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