Beijing this month said it would streamline the food-regulation regime, in part to address safety concerns.
He later told reporters that the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey, would visit Beijing later this month accompanied by intelligence officials.
However, it was a measure of revenge for the second-ranked Russian, who lost to Azarenka in January's Australian Open final, the U.S. Open semifinals and in two other tournament title matches -- the most recent in Beijing earlier this month.
HSBC, Credit Suisse, and Citigroup, among others, have turned optimistic after Beijing hiked interest rates earlier this month.
Earlier this month, Beijing said that it would raise the cap on the total amount of money foreign investors can bring into the country.
Beijing, meanwhile, said earlier this month that it planned to formally survey the islands.
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Earlier this month, Beijing called on its nation's tourists to improve their behavior, with Vice Premier Wang Yang stating it was important to project a good image of Chinese tourists.
Beijing, as of the 13th of this month, maintained that oil was still coming out of the wells.
But Beijing is unlikely to see much bohemian revelry this month.
He looked to be on course for a place in Beijing when he trained with the rest of the squad earlier this month.
This month he sent the finance and trade ministers to Beijing in an apparent effort to mend the breach.
Earlier this month, U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake visited Beijing, where he is believed to have laid the groundwork for a summit meeting after the U.S. presidential election in November.
The International Ice Hockey Federation has cancelled this month's women's world championship, due to be held in Beijing.
Later this month, an American assistant secretary of defence, Peter Rodman, will visit Beijing for talks on ways to revitalise military-to-military contacts.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright raised the issue during her recent visit in Beijing while sources say Vice President Al Gore is also expected to do the same when he visits China later this month.
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This month TDSi won a contract to make control equipment, readers and software for 12 subway stations in Beijing, having already supplied kit for metro systems in Shanghai and Tianjin.
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