The cruise tour statement is a sign China is bolstering its claim to the territory.
Environmental issues have also received increasingly frank coverage in state media in a sign China's new leaders are attempting to address growing quality-of-life concerns by ordinary Chinese.
Beijing insists its auto industry needs protection as it forms conglomerates, but there is little sign China's 120 auto-makers want to join hands, linked as many are to local interests.
Some China watchers think the disclosure disputes and audit reports are actually a positive sign that China is transforming itself into a capitalist economy in tune with Western standards.
There is no surer sign in China of political disunity than such a persistent media campaign.
It is also a welcome sign that China's authorities are willing to let prices, not politics, allocate capital.
It may be a sign that China is holding back until the U.S. presence in Pakistan is dialed down.
However, it would be a mistake to interpret this as a sign that China's control over Tibet and Xinjiang are unraveling.
Another sign that China is slowing is the easing of inflationary pressures.
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But there is no sign that China's alarm over these developments will lead to greater confrontation between it and the West over Africa.
Odd as it might seem, the best sign that China is reaping the benefits of the new standards would be a few very public corporate failures.
In a sign of China's rising pique, the Foreign Ministry recently took an unusual swipe at North Korea for spending on defense, rocket and nuclear programs instead of the economy.
Even now, there is little sign that China, worried that upheaval in North Korea could spill over its borders, will exert enough pressure to get Mr Kim to start the disarmament he agreed to under a deal in 2005.
Her detention is a sign of how closely China's government scrutinises comment on the internet.
Is this a sign of progress in China, or a signal that things are not working correctly?
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The move is the first real sign that detente with China has transcended purely trade and economics.
Has there been any sign at all that China might be more willing to embrace sanctions in light of the IAEA report?
On a related note, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke in France on Friday, pressing China to sign-off on United Nations sanctions against Iran.
Peru and China to sign Free Trade Agreement.
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In a city that scrutinises every move by China, a six-second handshake given by Mr Hu to Mr Tsang in December was seen as a sign that he was China's choice to be confirmed in the post.
The customers that jumped ship due to the absence of a China Mobile deal are definitely a lost opportunity for Apple to gain market share, putting additional pressure on the company to sign a deal with China Mobile soon.
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The headlines are buzzing today with news that Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) will formally close its China-based email service, in the latest sign that the company may soon withdraw from China completely.
To sign up new subscribers, China Mobile and China Unicom are having to reach out to poorer people.
That is why the recent string of self-immolations in Tibetan parts of China is a sign that this could be changing.
The Coke rejection is undoubtedly a sign of troubling developments inside China.
On its handling of dissent, however, China shows no sign of compromise.
But the problem (quelle surprise) is that Russia still appears unwilling to offer the kind of discounts China wants to sign on the line.
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