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  • Chinese politician who became premier of China in 2003.

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  • TOKYO—When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met in December, a deal by Tokyo to buy Chinese government bonds was hailed by the two as way to bring the major trading partners even closer together.

    Japan Hopes China Bond Buying Speeds Market Reforms Tatsuo Ito 2012

  • Shortly after the attack in Shaanxi, Premier Wen Jiabao, in an interview with a Hong Kong television station, made an uncharacteristically direct call to "tackle the deeper causes behind these problems."

    Six Die in Chinese Ax Attack Brian Spegele 2011

  • China has joined previous United Nations efforts aimed at getting Tehran to curtail any nuclear-weapons ambitions, and on a trip to the Middle East earlier this month Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated that China opposes Iran's alleged nuclear-weapons program.

    China Chides EU Over Iran Ban Carlos Tejada 2012

  • AFP/Getty Images Liberalization under Wen Jiabao has been much more cautious.

    China's Trade-off Razeen Sally 2011

  • In a sign of growing international pressure, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to raise the issue during meetings beginning Wednesday with Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao.

    China Weighs Sending Envoys to Syria Brian Spegele 2012

  • Last fall, amid reports of trouble among small businesses in a number of areas, Premier Wen Jiabao called for stepped-up lending to smaller companies.

    Minsheng Banks on Small Borrowers William Kazer 2012

  • Wen Jiabao, the premier, said China and Pakistan would remain friends "forever" when he met Mr. Gilani on Wednesday.

    China to Fast-Track Jets for Pakistan Jeremy Page 2011

  • Associated Press Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Thursday The agreement to accelerate supply of the jointly developed jets, the first 50 of which are being assembled in Pakistan, came as Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani held talks in Beijing during a visit that he has used to portray China as an alternative source of military and civilian aid.

    China to Fast-Track Jets for Pakistan Jeremy Page 2011

  • The summit meeting will also give Japan a chance to directly brief Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on the plan to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant back to a stable condition.

    East Asian Leaders to Visit Japan's Fukushima Disaster Site 2011

  • Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday said the country should resolutely continue with its property tightening, and that local governments should take the responsibility to strictly carry out existing policies to achieve a reasonable correction in property prices.

    China Residential Prices Fall in October Esther Fung 2011

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