Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with a relative of Qian Xuesen during the farewell ceremony for Qian in Beijing, China, Nov. 6, 2009. (20:2)    Model Wang Min displays the creation of Chinese designer Qi Gang during the ongoing China Fashion Week in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 5, 2009. (15:2)   

China mulls new measures in cooperation with Africa amid global downturn_English_Xinhua (26:1)    MONROVIA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China may come up with new measures to help African countries at the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the Chinese ambassador to Liberia has disclosed. (26:2)   

Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun (2nd L) and Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ali Hassan (2nd R), co-preside over the Senior Officials Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov. 6, 2009. (9:2)    China opposes U.S. antidumping duties on oil well pipe _English_Xinhua (24:1)   

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) consolidates and deepens relations and cooperation between the African countries and China, said African diplomats ahead of a ministerial meeting of the forum. (8:2)    BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- United States President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to China was of great importance to the development of China-U.S. relations in the new era, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said here Friday. (30:2)   

China hopes EC summit conducive to global economic recovery_English_Xinhua (29:1)    BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China hoped the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore would help boost global economic recovery, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said here Friday. (29:2)