It shows the men holding opened passports as an Arabic speaker demanded that the Chinese government declare it would not allow its citizens to work for Americans in Iraq.

CNN: Video:?8 Chinese?hostages?in Iraq

The video shows the men holding opened passports as an Arabic speaker demanded that the Chinese government declare it would not allow its citizens to work for Americans in Iraq.

CNN: Video?shows?8 Chinese held in Iraq

"It is time for Congress to pass legislation that will give the administration leverage in its bilateral and multilateral negotiations with the Chinese government, " House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday.

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Harner, a fluent Chinese speaker who has lived in Asia for 30 years, says China's opening the door to new foreign and private owners indicates that it has learned from Japan's decadelong mire in the 1990s.

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There are three South African Parliament members of Chinese descent, including two with the African National Congress (identified with former President Nelson Mandela, an isiXhosa-speaker) and one with the Nathan Freedom Party.

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