Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Arrests at demo against Chinese leader in Slovakia: report (AFP)
• US trade board rules against Chinese tire makers (AP)
• U.S. panel: Chinese imports hurting U.S. tire market (Reuters)
• Chinese gays step quietly toward progress (AP)
• Hu wraps up 'breakthrough' visit to Russia (AFP)
• World Bank raises China 2009 growth forecast (AP)
• China "may buy more US Treasuries" (AFP)
• World Bank sees faster China growth, slower FX reserve rise (Reuters)
• Boyle gently chides China for movie restrictions (AP)
• China Eastern orders 20 aircraft from Airbus (AFP)
• China aims to stop Tibet desertification by 2010 (AFP)
• China could yet buy more U.S. debt: former c.banker (Reuters)
• World - Wednesday (Investor's Business Daily)

Arrests at demo against Chinese leader in Slovakia: report (AFP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:43 PM PDT AFP - Slovak police detained nine people on Thursday after a scuffle broke out during a human rights protest against visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, a local news agency and witnesses said.

US trade board rules against Chinese tire makers (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:42 PM PDT AP - The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a ruling against China's tire manufacturers on Thursday, saying their increased exports are damaging U.S. tire makers.

U.S. panel: Chinese imports hurting U.S. tire market (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 10:40 AM PDT Reuters - A U.S. trade panel said on Thursday China was unfairly flooding the U.S. market with tires, the first step in a test case of how the Obama administration will handle trade disputes with Beijing.

Chinese gays step quietly toward progress (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 10:03 AM PDT AP - The first time director and movie buff Cui Zi'en tried to hold a gay and lesbian film festival in 2001, it was shut down by police before it even opened. When he tried to organize a gay cultural festival in 2005, five dozen police officers swarmed the venue, closing it.

Hu wraps up 'breakthrough' visit to Russia (AFP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 09:14 AM PDT AFP - China's President Hu Jintao on Thursday wrapped up a visit to Russia that has seen the two powers vow to beat the economic crisis and reverse plummeting trade by bolstering their strong ties.

World Bank raises China 2009 growth forecast (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:28 AM PDT AP - The World Bank raised its 2009 economic growth forecast for China from 6.5 percent to 7.2 percent due to its stimulus-driven investment boom but cautioned Thursday it was too soon to say a sustained recovery was on the way.

China "may buy more US Treasuries" (AFP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:27 AM PDT AFP - China may buy more US Treasury bonds but Washington must take action to ensure the safety of foreign countries' assets, a former Chinese central bank governor said.

World Bank sees faster China growth, slower FX reserve rise (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:24 AM PDT Reuters - Massive policy stimulus should keep China growing at a respectable rate this year and next, but a robust recovery is unlikely given global weakness and soft non-government investment, the World Bank said on Thursday.

Boyle gently chides China for movie restrictions (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:06 AM PDT AP - Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle on Thursday gently chided China for curbing free speech in cinema, but the British filmmaker said he would love to shoot a movie in the country.

China Eastern orders 20 aircraft from Airbus (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 11:35 PM PDT AFP - China Eastern Airlines, one of the country's top three carriers, has said it had signed an agreement with Airbus to purchase 20 A320 aircraft for delivery between 2011 and 2013.

China aims to stop Tibet desertification by 2010 (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:53 PM PDT AFP - Authorities in China aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and overgrazing, state media said.

China could yet buy more U.S. debt: former c.banker (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 09:48 PM PDT Reuters - China could still increase its holdings of U.S. Treasuries if the dollar is stable, even though the long-term trajectory is to diversify its foreign exchange reserves, a former central bank governor said in an essay.

World - Wednesday (Investor's Business Daily) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:38 PM PDT Investor's Business Daily - Russia and China have taken the unusual step of issuing a joint statement calling for North Korea to return to 6-nation negotiations. Chinese Pres. Hu Jintao joined Russia's Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin and urged the "swiftest renewal" of the now-frozen talks involving their countries as well as North and South Korea, Japan and the U.S.

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