 Altec
boosts trade with China - Firm's president traveled to Beijing, Shanghai
on a mission
American rejects
pilots' China offer - Airline wants similar deal on hours that it
has for India flight
Business overtures
to China start to bear fruit - 2 companies set up centers in Dallas;
more may be coming
China
holds the cards in North Korean standoff
China promotes
WVU Mountaineers spirit
China tour leaves
lasting impression on residents
China's dirty
exports - Mercury and sootChina's
growing prosperity abets more freedoms, but there are limits
Energy-hungry
China could mean big business for Pittsburgh companies
Foot Stompin' Express
going to China - Local group will perform in Shanghai in May
Karlstad,
Minn., company Mattracks expands production to ChinaLiver
transplants in China tied to hepatitis cases
Pittsburghers
join rush to cash in on China boom
PPG prospers
in China after a hard lessonRubber
quality, productivity key to retaining edge in China
Seeking China connection -
American hopes to learn soon if it will join DFW to Beijing
T. Rowe Price
gains an entry to China - Beijing selects Baltimore firm to help invest
its social security fund in U.S
Thais
are urged to cash in on the China-India boom
US
engineer accused of trying to sell stealth secrets to Israel - Most
items in the indictment state that Noshir Gowadia sold B2 technologies
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China holds
the cards in North Korean standoff At the recent Asian summit, the Bush administration tried to round up support for a tougher stance against North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Unfortunately, that effort met with only mixed success. Most participants at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam were unwilling to commit themselves to a written statement expressing displeasure with Pyongyang, even though many are deeply worried that a nuclear-armed North Korea will destabilize the East Asian region. In recent months, North Korea has launched a series of missiles and tested a nuclear device _ an event that seems to have shocked the Chinese into taking the matter more seriously. Even though the 20 Asian summit participants declined to issue a formal declaration, Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet issued a toughly worded statement said to reflect their unanimous views. Another round of talks involving the United States, Russia, China, Japan and the two Koreas is to convene next month in Beijing. South Korea, however, is increasingly at odds with Washington. For example, the South has said it won't go along with a U.S. plan to stop North Korean ships and check them for nuclear cargo _ even though the South Koreans agree with the "principles and goals" of the initiative. The key to any solution is China, the country with the most leverage over North Korea. Beijing is Pyongyang's last remaining ally and its main source of energy. Washington should remind the Chinese that if they don't want more nuclear-armed neighbors, they must lean harder on the North Koreans to scrap their nukes.
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