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The two countries agree to a swap deal worth up to US$ 30 billion in their respective currencies. China is thus imposing the yuan as a global currency on emerging countries.

After a drop in the first part of the year, imports from Iran jump to 524,000 barrels a day. A new contract is signed a few days after the failure of talks between Tehran and 5+1 group on Iran's nuclear programme. New sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States are set to kick in on 1 July.

Unlawful bishop of Kunming, Ma Yinglin is the president of the Chinese Catholic Bishops' Conference (which is not recognised by the Catholic Church), and vice president of the CPCA (which is incompatible with the Catholic Church). For some time, Hilarion has been trying to convince Chinese authorities to recognise the country's small Orthodox communities and boost the influence of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Far East. Two plates with watermelon are placed in front of the picture of the pope.

In June the PMI fell to 48.1 (in May it was at 48.4), domestic demand is rising very slowly, although there are many promises made by leadership

Ngawang Norpel, 22, and Tenzin Khedup, 24, set themselves on fire in Trindu County, Qinghai province. The two invoked the independence of Tibet and wished "long life" to the Dalai Lama. The conditions of the young man who survived are uncertain. In a brief video, images of the fire.

Speaking to the European parliament, the great dissident accuses Western powers of shortsightedness vis-à-vis the Asian juggernaut. "China's human rights situation has been rapidly deteriorating" and "Shortsighted policies of the Western democratic countries" are contributing to the trend. For Wei, the latter has six aspects.

For the last two years, Mao Qiping had sought redress after his house was demolished. He had also led a fight with fellow residents against illegal land grab. After following him, unidentified men beat him with metal rods and injected him with a chemical substance. He died after two days of agony. Like in Li Wangyang's case, police said it was an "accident".

The Buddhist Jogye Order, one of the oldest and most respected in South Korea and in the world, attacked the Chinese delegation, which left the 26th conference organized by the Friendship of the Worldwide Buddhists in protest against the presence of the Tibetan delegation: "Now they must apologize."

Karwang, 36, was accused of hanging posters glorifying independence. The police stopped him last May; during the interrogation he suffered torture and violence. His relatives received no compensation for his death. The operation to recover the remains and the burial under the strict supervision of the authorities.

The Chinese Vice-Premier, who in October should become the Prime Minister, emphasizes the need to change the national economy: "Do away with waste, of money and of energy." But the country today needs a real internal market and a labor reform that puts the worker at the center. The estimated GDP for 2012 drops again, and will be the lowest since 1990.

The Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have announced contributions totaling $75 billion, to participate in the establishment of the $430 billion "firewall" wanted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). New Delhi hopes to contain the fallout from the European crisis on its economy, while 360 ​​million Indians (out of 1.2 billion people) still live on $1 a day.

In yet another step backwards from the Maoist dictates, the Disciplinary Committee of the CCP has 4 volumes of studies published on the practices of good governance in ancient and contemporary China. The text quotes Confucius and Taoism, and asks the communist cadres to "act according to conscience." But experts warn: "We need rule of law and freedom of speech, otherwise it will be useless."