Global investors have been scrutinizing CIC's investment strategy lately because of frequent market talk about the potential for China to aid the debt-laden euro bloc by purchasing European debt.
Expect China to aid these positions once again.
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Since then, Japan's prime ministers and the emperor have offered official apologies on many occasions and the government has continued to offer development aid to China.
Poor countries around the world need foreign aid from China.
The Bank, for instance, cites success stories for individual countries, notably the spectacular reduction of poverty in China, as evidence that aid works.
China has also been pouring aid and investment into the Caribbean over the last decade as part of a long-term strategy to cultivate diplomatic support at the United Nations and to establish a strategic foothold in parts of the world long dominated by the West.
As far as China is concerned, cutting off aid is not an option.
Angola, to the south, has been receiving so much aid and investment from China that in 2006 it decided it had no need of the International Monetary Fund's billions and all the tiresome requirements for transparency and sound economic management that come with them.
But Mr Mitchell, perhaps fretting about emerging, rival aid-givers such as China, shows no sign of doing so.
While Japan and South Korea indicated they might support a regional initiative to sway Pyongyang, China -- a key ally and aid donor to the North -- appeared to remain unconvinced.
There has been significant progress in development in a number of African countries in recent years, mainly because of big investments from China, cheap anti-retroviral drugs, increased aid and the cancellation of debt which enabled better spending in schools and health care systems.
According to Katharina Zellweger, the former head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation who worked in North Korea for 15 years, there are rumors that China already has or is planning to send food aid and fuel, though the amount is unclear.
The U.S. is adamant that North recommit itself to giving up nuclear weapons, as it did in a 2005 agreement arising from the so-called six-party talks: aid-for-disarmament negotiations hosted by China, and also joined by Japan, Russia and South Korea, that have been suspended for four years.
Numerous countries around the world were offering aid, including Belize, Brazil, Britain, China, Chile, Spain, Canada, Israel, Iceland, Ireland and Morocco.
America, China, Russia and South Korea have agreed to supply the aid.
China says it has also provided tens of millions of dollars in food aid.
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Aid from the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) more than doubled.
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However, Prof Zhu predicts that China will not let Mr Choe leave empty-handed and is likely to provide economic aid.
For Europe and the U.S., realpolitik means understanding they can never outbid China, Russia or any other conscience-free competitor in supplying investment-as-aid to Southern Africa.
China has moved quickly to mobilise, but has yet to respond to offers of foreign aid from the governments of Japan, the Czech Republic and others.
She details investment and aid in a large number of countries that have no obvious mineral or resource wealth that China would want to export.
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"The successful maiden flight of the Y-20 is important in promoting China's economic and national defense buildup, as well as improving its emergency response and humanitarian aid abilities, " the Ministry of National Defense said on its website.
China and Indonesia are the two biggest borrowers. (At the May meeting, China expressed concern about the new thrust's heavier funding requirements and the de-emphasis on aid to speed up economic growth.) ADF money is used exclusively by the poorest member-countries, including Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
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