But her trip to Japan,Indonesia,South Korea and China makes her the first in almost fifty years to visit Asia first.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The Pacific Rim, especially areas in China and Japan, they've run out of wood, but we have an abundance of it."

VOA: special.2011.07.22

China's export prices may rise, but an American diplomat said the action "takes an irritant off the table in the U.S.-China relationship."

VOA: special.2010.06.25

She explains that some people in China may celebrate Valentine's Day, but China also has its own version.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

But this alliance ended when China became a communist country in the nineteen fifties.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

But Dennis Jin disagrees: For high school students in China, we must reach class at six-twenty in the morning and be back home sually at ten in the evening.

VOA: special.2010.10.14

But the biggest problem was the civil war in China.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

But Morrell called the effort to convince China to be even more open about such things "a work in progress."

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

But China owns all 14 giant pandas living in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

But some economists say the higher wages will not affect China's competitiveness, in the long term, as companies are likely to move inland to tap cheaper labor markets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"China has reduced extreme poverty through economic growth, but until very recently has overlooked the growing inequalities in health and health determinants like access to clean air,water, and sanitation."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

But he said China's sharp increases in military spending in recent years are defensive in nature, and still leave its spending and military capability far behind the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"But then,at the top of the pyramid, you have a small-but-growing group of entrepreneurs in China who see that greening their business is not just a legal requirement, nor a responsible act to do.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

China grew at a blistering pace of 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009, but the government has since placed curbs on lending to reduce inflation and cool down an overheated economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21