China faces instability risks as gap between rich, poor widens

BEIJING: A spectre of instability awaited China as the widening gap between rich and poor reached "dangerous levels of wealth inequality", a report by a Chinese NGO has said ahead of a key meet of the ruling Communist Party to select new leadership.

China president urges G20 members to stick together

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged members of the Group of 20 (G20) to stick together and address Europe's debt crisis in a "constructive and cooperative" way to boost market confidence, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

Economic storm casts pall on French president's China visit

On the afternoon of Aug. 25, French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Beijing and met Chinese President Hu Jintao, and they jointly attended the evening reception. The leaders of China and France deeply discussed and communicated with each other regarding such subjects as the current global economic situation, the European debt crisis, the agendas of the G20 summit and China-France relations.

Sarkozy's current visit to China is just a short working visit on his way to visiting France's overseas territory New Caledonia, but it has attracted a lot of attention. The main reason is that the economies of France, the euro zone and the whole world are all in a dire condition.

Hu Jintao meets Sarkozy in Beijing

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhuanet) --President Hu Jintao has met his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, in Beijing. Sarkozy is on a five-hour stopover in the Chinese capital, before heading on to New Caledonia, a French South Pacific territory.

Hu Jintao called Sarkozy's visit a symbol of strategic cooperation between the two countries. Hu said strong ties between China and France would drive positive results from November's G-20 summit, and help promote the sound recovery of the global economy.