China sent 80 trucks carrying paramilitary police to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa Thursday to quell anti-government protests, while the Dalai Lama offered to meet with Chinese leaders.

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal Wednesday - the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow - despite opposition from China's government. Experts examine the Dalai Lama's iconic legacy and assess China's reaction.

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Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed to make communist rule more inclusive and improve intra-party oversight in a speech to delegates at the opening of the Communist Party's 17th Congress on Monday.

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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday reaffirmed his refusal to allow U.N. peacekeeping troops in the Darfur region of the country.

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In a historic move, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Taiwanese opposition leader Lien Chan met Friday in Beijing to discuss a roadmap to reconciliation after nearly six decades of hostility between communist China and democratic Taiwan.

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Chinese President Hu Jintao assumed control of the military from former president Jiang Zemin on Monday, completing the orderly transfer of power in the communist country.

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Capping more than a decade of service to the China's Communist Party, Vice President Hu Jintao was named the party's new general secretary Friday, making him the highest ranking political leader in Asia's fastest growing economic power.

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