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Geithner: China backs efforts to fight downturn (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:48 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, is shown the way by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan upon arrival for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 1, 2009. Geithner said Monday that the global recession seemed to be losing force but that it will be critical for the United States and China to institute major economic reforms to put the world on a more sustained footing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)AP - The global economy is showing "early signs of stabilization" due to action by the United States and China to end its worst slump in decades, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday.

China rounds up dissidents, blocks Twitter (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 01:45 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Friday, May 29, 2009, a police car is parked in front of the Tiananmen Gate with the portrait of former leader Mao Zedong, monitoring the visitors at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. On Tuesday, June 2, 2009, Chinese authorities rounded up dissidents and shut down Internet chat and image sharing sites in an apparent clampdown ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bloody suppression of 1989's Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square this week, Chinese authorities have rounded up dissidents and shipped them out of town. Now, they've even shut down Twitter.

Analysis: Geithner's style less confrontational (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 01:39 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks to Chinese President Hu Jintao during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Geithner said Tuesday that he had found strong support among Chinese officials for the strategy the United States is employing to combat the worst global downturn in decades. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)AP - Rarely has a Cabinet agency seen such a dramatic change of style as the one that has occurred at the Treasury Department. Gone is Hank the hammer and in his place is Tim the mild bureaucrat.

US trade rep says China to de-emphasize exports (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 12:56 PM PDT

AP - The trade representative for the United States says that, because of the recession, China has determined it should become less dependent on exports and stimulate demand in its domestic market.

Tiananmen leader urges US to be firm (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 12:46 PM PDT

Wang Dan, pictured in May 2009, the leader of the Tiananmen democracy revolt crushed 20 years ago, appealed Tuesday for a firmer US line on human rights, deploring Western hesitation at upsetting Beijing.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - Wang Dan, the leader of the Tiananmen democracy revolt crushed 20 years ago, appealed Tuesday for a firmer US line on human rights, deploring Western hesitation at upsetting Beijing.

Trade with China could boost U.S. jobs: Kirk (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Enhanced trade with China could boost employment in the United States, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Tuesday, adding that the Obama administration hoped to ease friction in commercial ties with China.

China book on Sichuan quake counters gov't stance (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 4, 2009 file photo, Chinese public officials bow their heads facing what used to be Beichuan New Middle School, destroyed by last year's May 12th earthquake, during a memorial service for those who died in the quake, in Beichuan, Sichuan, China. Many more schools were severely damaged and left unusable after last year's earthquake in Sichuan compared with government buildings, Chinese experts say, a conclusion that is at odds with official statements about the politically sensitive issue. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - The publication is obscure and the language technical, but the findings are simple: schools in Sichuan collapsed more easily than government buildings in last year's massive quake because they were not as well built.

Geithner sees China backing U.S. policy, dollar (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 10:55 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivers a speech at the National School of Development in Peking University in Beijing June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Wong/PoolReuters - Chinese officials are giving U.S. efforts to pump up its ailing economy a vote of confidence and understand why higher budget deficits are a temporary necessity, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday.

Protester who threw shoe at China PM cleared in UK (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 10:43 AM PDT

AP - A German student who threw his shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a lecture a Cambridge University earlier this year was cleared of any crime Tuesday.

China's Hu gives Geithner vote of confidence (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:13 AM PDT

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (left) is greeted by China's President Hu Jintao upon arrival for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 2. Hu on Tuesday gave Geithner his stamp of approval, as Beijing pledged to work with Washington to battle the global financial crisis.(AFP/Pool/Andy Wong)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday gave visiting US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner his stamp of approval, as Beijing pledged to work with Washington to battle the global financial crisis.

China blocks Twitter service ahead of anniversary (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Access to the popular social networking service Twitter and email service Hotmail was blocked across mainland China late on Tuesday afternoon, two days before the twentieth anniversary of a bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square.

China detains ex-Tiananmen prisoner, eyes activists (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 11:51 PM PDT

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. A former Tiananmen prisoner has been detained and other Chinese dissidents placed under house arrest or tight surveillance ahead of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown, activists said.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - A former Tiananmen prisoner has been detained and other Chinese dissidents placed under house arrest or tight surveillance ahead of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown, activists said.

Tiananmen: A bereaved mother's never-ending pain (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 11:41 PM PDT

Twenty years on, Ding Zilin's, seen here, pain is still as raw as it was when her son was shot through the heart in the army crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters in China -- an event that she says broke her(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Twenty years on, Ding Zilin's pain is still as raw as it was when her son was shot through the heart in the army crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters in China -- an event that she says broke her.

Geithner says China backs U.S. pump-priming (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 08:31 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies about the Obama administration's budget proposals and goals for economic recovery and reform before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Financial Services on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jim BourgReuters - Chinese officials are giving U.S. efforts to prime its ailing economy a vote of confidence and understand why higher budget deficits are necessary, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday.

Tiananmen protesters still want to change China (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 07:09 PM PDT

Students and local people gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 14, 1989. Now entering middle age, many of the former Tiananmen protesters still believe they can make a difference, but now it is by using their skills as businessmen to contribute to China's economy, and avoiding any confrontation with the state(AFP/File/Catherine Henriette)AFP - Twenty years ago, they were young and eager, and thought their bold demonstrations in the heart of Beijing would change China.

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