Attracting a crowd

A store "greeter" dressed as a historical figure tries to attract customers to a candied fruit store in the Qianmen hutong area of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100602011286" title="Beijing (China)" href="/topic/intl/china/beijing-%28china%29-PLGEO100100602011286.topic">Beijing</a>. China has no intention to "buy out <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEOREG0000014" title="Europe" href="/topic/intl/europe-PLGEOREG0000014.topic">Europe</a>", Premier <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEHST002087" title="Wen Jiabao" href="/topic/politics/government/wen-jiabao-PEHST002087.topic">Wen Jiabao</a> recently commented ahead of a major summit with the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV000067" title="European Union" href="/topic/economy-business-finance/economy/european-union-ORGOV000067.topic">European Union</a> in Beijing. The Chinese government has in recent weeks sought to calm concerns in Europe that a wave of investment by Chinese companies and government-backed funds will give Beijing too much influence over struggling European economies.

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( Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images / February 13, 2012 )

A store "greeter" dressed as a historical figure tries to attract customers to a candied fruit store in the Qianmen hutong area of Beijing. China has no intention to "buy out Europe", Premier Wen Jiabao recently commented ahead of a major summit with the European Union in Beijing. The Chinese government has in recent weeks sought to calm concerns in Europe that a wave of investment by Chinese companies and government-backed funds will give Beijing too much influence over struggling European economies.

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