Yahoo! News: World - China

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• US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit (AP)
• Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong (AP)
• '2012' a home run with patriotic fans in China (AP)
• US urges release of citizen held in China for two years (AFP)
• U.S. seeks release of geologist in China secrets case (Reuters)
• China raises nonresidential electricity rates (AP)
• China vows to punish H1N1 death cover-ups (Reuters)
• China activists say detained after seeking to meet Obama (Reuters)
• China to punish those concealing swine flu info (AP)
• AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist (AP)

US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:14 PM PST AP - Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.

Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:21 AM PST AP - A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.

'2012' a home run with patriotic fans in China (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 07:56 AM PST AP - When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world.

US urges release of citizen held in China for two years (AFP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:43 AM PST AFP - The United States called Friday for the release of Xue Feng, a China-born US citizen who has been held in the Asian nation for two years on state secrets charges.

U.S. seeks release of geologist in China secrets case (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:10 AM PST Reuters - The United States is seeking the release of an American citizen detained in Beijing for two years, in a case similar to the detentions of Rio Tinto staff which launched an international debate over China's secrets laws.

China raises nonresidential electricity rates (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:26 AM PST AP - China raised electricity rates for businesses and industries Friday, part of a long-term effort to adjust prices to reflect costs and promote energy saving as the country struggles to meet soaring demand.

China vows to punish H1N1 death cover-ups (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST Reuters - China has promised severe punishment for officials caught concealing deaths from H1N1 swine flu after a medical expert said suspect cases may have been held back by local governments.

China activists say detained after seeking to meet Obama (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 09:54 PM PST Reuters - Two Chinese rights activists who sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hours before he left Beijing said on Friday they were briefly detained by police, and one said Washington's sway over rights in China had eroded.

China to punish those concealing swine flu info (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 09:44 PM PST AP - China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.

AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 08:48 PM PST AP - Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where his interrogators pressed lit cigarettes into his arm.

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