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Beijing-Based IMF? Lagarde Ponders China Gaining on U.S. Economy The International Monetary Fund’s headquarters may one day shift to Beijing from Washington, aligning with… U.S. envoy to hold talks in Beijing amid N. Korea’s charm offensive BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) — The U.S. special envoy for North Korea… U.S. executive Chip Starnes enters his sixth day of captivity over a pay dispute at a Beijing factory. Full Story: A U.S. businessman being… Asian leadership shift to affect U.S. Lost in the backbiting between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney over Beijing is their general… Tim Layden: Phelps, U.S. fail to recreate Beijing magic, grab silver in 400 relay It was in Beijing on a Monday morning four years… LONDON — To the outside, the U.S. women’s volleyball team should have looked across the net Monday evening, seen the green-and-yellow kits — that’s… LONDON — The cities are more than 5,000 miles apart, separated by a vast cultural gulf. Yet Beijing and London are Olympic brothers and… WASHINGTON — The State Department on Wednesday released its latest sober diagnosis of human rights abuses in China, along with some gentle encouragement to… BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China will open investigations into imported U.S. and South Korean solar-grade polysilicon, the country’s trade ministry said on Friday, in…