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WORLD NEWSThursday 19 November 2015

Xi says China will keep economic growth on track

Philippines President Benigno Aquino III and his sister Maria Elena Aquino-Cruz, right, welcome na’s vital signs are a con- and around the world.
cern and that it is facing At the APEC business con-
Chinese President Xi Jinping to the welcome dinner at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation “difficulties and challeng- ference, Obama urged
es.” But he also alluded to business leaders to reduce
(APEC) summit in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) the fact China is growing their own emissions and
much faster than Western pressure governments to
E. KURTENBACH conference on the side- tries to shift the economy countries even as it slows. sign on to an international
Associated Press lines of the Asia-Pacific away from reliance on “China’s positive econom- carbon-cutting pact to be
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Economic Cooperation trade and investment. The ic fundamentals and long discussed beginning Nov.
— Chinese President Xi summit, Xi said China is slowdown, which has been term trajectory remain 30 in Paris.
Jinping on Wednesday committed to overhauling unfolding for several years, unchanged,” he said. “Your businesses can do
sought to reassure regional its economy and raising has rippled around the “China’seconomy has right by your bottom lines
economic and political the living standards of its world, crimping growth in strong resilience, great po- and by our planet and fu-
leaders that his govern- people. countries such as South Ko- tential and ample room for ture generations,” Obama
ment will keep the world’s China’s growth fell to a six- rea and Australia that were maneuvering.” said. “The old rules that
No. 2 economy growing. year low of 6.8 percent in big exporters to China. He also said Beijing is step- said we can’t grow our
In a speech to a business the latest quarter as Beijing Xi acknowledged that Chi- ping up efforts to counter economy and protect our
climate change and clean economy at the same time
up its environment, which — those are outdated.”
has been heavily polluted The 21-member APEC bloc
by years of breakneck accounts for about 60 per-
economic growth. cent of the global econ-
“We will make ecological omy. It groups the United
progress part and parcel States and China with mid-
of the entire process of our dle powers such as Austra-
economic and social de- lia as well as developing
velopment,” Xi said. nations in Asia and South
Weeks away from a dead- America.
line for an agreement All the events at the sum-
to limit global warming, mit are tightly scripted and
President Barack Obama security has been extreme-
sought to build momentum ly heavy. Thousands of po-
for the pact on Wednes- lice and military personnel
day, reasoning that bold are deployed in Manila
climate action will be a and some downtown thor-
boon for businesses in Asia oughfares are closed to all
but official vehicles.
Vietnam wants good relations with China; sovereignty About two hundred pro-
testers trying to march on
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Tan Dung told the Nation- Vietnam and Chi- from China, saying that APEC venues Wednesday
Vietnam’s prime minis- al Assembly. “At the same makes it harder to nego- were blocked by riot po-
ter said Wednesday that time, I want to emphasize, na along with several oth- tiate with China over ter- lice. The anti-globalization
the communist country we are determined to de- ritorial disputes. protesters waved “Junk
will do its best to develop fend our independence, er countries are locked in Relations between the APEC” banners, jostled with
good relations with Chi- territorial sovereignty and two communist neighbors police and burnt a mock
na, but at the same time national interests ... espe- territorial disputes in the plunged to their lowest U.S. flag. Xi did not com-
will defend its sovereignty cially the United Nations point in years following ment on territorial disputes
in the disputed SouthChi- Convention on the Law South China Sea, where the parking of a Chinese in the South China Sea,
na Sea. of the Sea in 1982.” giant oil rig near the Para- which are not part of the of-
“We sincerely do our ut- The prime minister also recent Chinese land rec- cels islands last year. ficial APEC agenda but are
most to strengthen friend- called for a boost in na- The incident sparked hanging over the summit.
ship, mutual beneficial tional defense and secu- lamation projects have widespread anti-China On Wednesday, Obama
cooperation and mutual rity, and international sup- protests in Vietnam, and called on China to halt fur-
development with Chi- port for its national con- raised concerns. several Chinese nationals ther land reclamation and
na in all fields,” Nguyen struction and defense. were killed in the riots.q new construction in the dis-
On Tuesday, National As- puted waters.q

sembly member Truong

Trong Nghia challenged

the prime minister about

Vietnam’s economic

dependence on China,

and said Vietnam should

not receive loans or aid