But if China is in no mood to be lectured, is there anything the EU can do?

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For now, however, China is in no mood to give more ground.

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Xian's judo joy lifted the mood for China on a day when basketball icon Yao warned his days in the national team could be numbered after losing to Spain.

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But even Barack Obama delayed a meeting in the White House until February, to avoid spoiling the mood for his trip to China last year.

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Indeed, the issue soured the mood at a ministerial-level China-Arab forum held in Tianjin in northern China.

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American sentiment about China is changing, and Chinese firms have sensed the new mood.

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Accordingly, the mood in the property sector is maximum bullish, with China property stocks recovering almost all the ground they lost since April.

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