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• China Aims to Strengthen Ties with Germany - Editor, 25 April 2012

During a recent visit to Germany, where he attended the Hanover Trade Fair, China's Premier Wen Jiabao made it known at the Germany-China business forum that his government is aiming for bilateral trade to increase by 50 percent by 2015. In 2011, trade between the two countries totaled €144 billion ($190 billion) with Germany accounting for roughly a third of the trade China conducts with the 27 member nations of the European Union.

• China, US and Win-win Cooperation - Editor, 11 April 2012

At a recent forum in Beijing, China's Assistant Foreign Minister Le Yucheng noted that the United States and China have the responsibility, as well as the ability and wisdom, to forge a relationship characterized by sound interaction and what he termed as "win-win cooperation". Acknowledging the ongoing difficulties between the two countries, Le Yucheng said that "like it or not" this new type of relationship needs to be established between the major economies. Referring to a "networked world of myriad challenges" the Assistant Foreign Minister stressed that cooperation is not a choice, it is the choice that Washington needs to make in its efforts to reconcile with China's rise as an economic power.