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For Obama, defining China is a challenge

When President Obama arrives in Shanghai and Beijing next week, he will face a prickly question: How exactly does the United States define its relationship with China?

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Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax rise on high earners

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation, officials said.