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                    [Title] => Chinese president to begin busy state visit to Britain
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to begin a four-day state visit to Britain on yesterday as part of a push to increase trade ties between the two countries.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-19 16:55:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1345815 [AuthorName] => Gregory Katz [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1293673 [Title] => Road to G20 disunity paved with 'good intentions' [Summary] =>

The mettle of Australia's G20 presidency is being tested for the first time, as informal discussions and upbeat press briefings give way to critical, bilateral talks between finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's 20 strongest developing and advanced economies.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-23 13:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1248110 [Title] => UK looks to new nuclear plant to secure energy [Summary] =>

Britain has agreed to build the country's first nuclear power plant in a generation, despite concerns raised by the Fukushima meltdown in Japan as the U.K. seeks to secure its future energy needs and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-22 06:03:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1243209 [AuthorName] => Danica Kirka [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1246256 [Title] => Demand for food aid spikes in Britain [Summary] =>

Demand for emergency food aid has spiked this year in Britain, a leading charity said yesterday, suggesting low-income households' living standards are still sliding despite the end of the recession.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-17 06:50:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1243209 [AuthorName] => Danica Kirka [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245882 [Title] => London to become hub for China's yuan [Summary] =>

Beijing agreed yesterday to make London a center for handling investment denominated in China's tightly controlled currency as the two sides set aside a spat over the Dalai Lama to expand financial ties.

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The two-day finance ministers and central bank governors meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) closed at the Hartwell House in Aylesbury of Buckinghamshire, southern England, on Saturday with no substantial agreements announced.

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Finance leaders from the Group of Seven leading industrial economies say Japan's stimulus policies are directed at boosting its economy out of a two-decade period of stagnation, not an attempt to drive down its currency to make Japan's exports more competitive.

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The head of the International Monetary Fund said Saturday that some countries that use the euro have the flexibility to boost growth to help shore up the ailing eurozone economy, which is widely-expected to sink back into recession.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-28 20:00:50 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 768106 [Title] => UK, Hong Kong to develop London as yuan trading hub [Summary] =>

British and Hong Kong leaders said yesterday they will team up to develop London into an international trading center for China’s currency.

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Public sector workers in Britain staged what is being billed as the biggest strike in decades on Wednesday to protest the cash-strapped government's plans to recast their pensions in an effort to reduce the cost to taxpayers.

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