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China News Broadcast, August 29th, 2012: Egypt’s President in Beijing and World Soybean Prices
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 18:21
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In today's China news, talks were held between Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing. Chinese leaders had generally comfortable relations with former president Hosni Mubarak's government. But ties with Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood-associated government have been less clear. A US State Department spokeswoman speaking in Washington on Tuesday was hard pressed to give a direct answer to the ownership of an Diaoyu, also known as Senkaku, island group in the East China Sea. There are plans for a new regulation in China would allow judges to disbar lawyers for up to a year, under the banner of “disturbing the order” of hearings. After recent uproar against China's “re-education through labor” (laojiao) system, authorities are taking another look. On Monday, state-run China National Radio reported that four cities across the country are testing a system to replace labor camps. It's called “education and correction of violations.” It's being rolled out in Gansu, Shandong, Jiangsu and Henan provinces. The price of soybeans is going up around the world, costing nearly $17.23 a bushel…up 3.5 cents. This is thanks to China buying the popular commodity from US farmers at a rate of about five million metric tons a month. And according to the US Department of Agriculture, China purchased an additional 110000 metric tons for delivery after the 1st of September. In late July, the world's number 3 aircraft maker, Bombardier, toured its new Global …
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