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WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will go to China next week, becoming the highest-ranking administration official to visit the country since Beijing’s harsh crackdown in Tibet. The Treasury Department said Thursday that Paulson will meet with Chinese leaders and follow up on an agreement the two countries reached last …

BEIJING – The no-tell motels in Beijing’s university districts pulsate with sex. Every weekend, lusty college couples make a beeline past greasy spoon restaurants and bootleg video game shops for the dim hotel lobbies to book three-hour blocks of privacy. Students fill half the simple but tidy rooms at the …

WASHINGTON – Iran is still training, funding and providing weapons to insurgents in Iraq, the former No. 2 U.S. military commander in Iraq said Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno said Iran must be more helpful to its neighbor, and stop supporting surrogate militias that are destabilizing Iraq. And, he said …