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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to accelerate maritime aid to Vietnam amid its territorial standoff with China.
China’s anti-monopoly regulator handed down record fines to six global milk powder companies last year.
The US Federal Reserve has begun to discuss options to raise interest rates as the economy improves.
China's Defence ministry said Japanese planes had carried out "dangerous" actions during its joint maritime exercises with Russia.
China clocked a growth of 7.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2014.
Putin called the Chinese “serious negotiators” but “reliable partners” who drove a hard bargain during Putin’s two-day visit to China this week.
More than 300000 people have been affected, seven killed in the torrential downpour.
Among the 30 major cities measured, Beijing ranks second in "economic power", with a slim margin to the top spot claimed by London.
Putin said he would push for "further strengthening cooperation between Russia and China in combatting all types of terrorism and extremism”.
More than 90 people are injured after explosions at an open air market in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's restive Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
