Jintao News

Multi-billion dollar contracts, a deal on G20 and France’s Nicolas Sarkozy gets to remind China on human rights. The official version of Chinese leader Hu Jintao’s state visit to France looks impressive, but it hides an uncomfortable reality.

Fifteen past winners of the Nobel Peace Prize sent a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao and other G20 leaders, urging China's government to release the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Liu Xiaobo.

The Dalai Lama was in Washington this week meeting with politicians, scientists, and students. Notably missing from the schedule was President Obama who will meet with His Holiness after a November meeting with Chinese leader Hu Jintao.

As part of the G8 outreach session, Chinese President Hu Jintao flew to Italy to sign eight deals, covering a wide range of business, including purchase, cooperation and culture exchange.

As a burgeoning global superpower, China is influencing foreign policy in every corner of the world. But by rejecting democracy and ramping up its military, how will it influence the West in the future?