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China 'worried' about US Treasury holdings (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - China's premier didn't say it in so many words, but the implied warning to Washington was blunt:

Dissident lawyer's family flees China to US asylum (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 11:51 AM PDT AP - Geng He said she put herself and her two children in the hands of human traffickers rather than stay in China, where her husband's relentless activism had made them the targets of endless police harassment.

White House: No safer investment than US (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 11:29 AM PDT AP - The White House says there is no safer investment in the world than in the United States.

China defends Tibet policies ahead of riot date (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 11:10 AM PDT AP - China's premier defended Beijing's policies in Tibet on Friday and ignored questions about a massive security buildup in the Himalayan region, a day before the anniversary of deadly rioting that sparked the biggest anti-government protests among Tibetans in decades.

China says willing to meet Dalai Lama's envoys (Reuters) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 11:09 AM PDT Reuters - Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday that China was open to more talks with envoys for the Dalai Lama as long as the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader renounces what Beijing describes as separatism.

Economic wall casts shadow across Tibetan highland (Reuters) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 08:53 AM PDT Reuters - Hammers clinked against copper sheets beside the Kumbum monastery, one of the holiest in Tibetan Buddhism, as workers shaped ornaments to crown the prayer halls at the center of Tibetan culture.

Chinese premier defends Tibet policies (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 08:30 AM PDT AP - Beijing is willing to hold talks with the Dalai Lama if Tibet's exiled spiritual leader abandons his separatist cause, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday, as he defended his government's hard-line policies toward the region.

China expresses worry over its U.S. assets (Reuters) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - Premier Wen Jiabao held out the prospect of extra stimulus spending if needed to hit China's 8 percent growth goal this year and called on Washington to ease worries Beijing has about the safety of its vast U.S. assets.

China's Wen defends Tibet policies (AFP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 01:04 AM PDT AFP - Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday Tibet was prospering under Chinese rule, as he hit back at the Dalai Lama who this week said his Himalayan homeland had turned into "hell on earth".

What would you ask the premier? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:54 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - It’s not just Americans worried about the stability of the U.S. banking system. China’s “a little bit worried,” too. So says Premier Wen Jiabao.

China dissident's family flee to U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:23 AM PDT Reuters - The wife and two children of one of China's most prominent dissidents have fled to the United States and the wife said on Friday that police pressure had made life in Beijing unbearable.

Premier says China ready with new stimulus (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:38 PM PDT AP - China is ready to expand its stimulus if the impact of the global slowdown worsens, its top economic official said Friday, and he appealed to Washington to safeguard the value of Beijing's U.S. assets.

China's premier worries about US Treasury holdings (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:19 PM PDT AP - China's premier said Friday he is worried about the safety of the enormous holdings of U.S. Treasuries and other debt and called on Washington to maintain a credible economic policy.

China wraps up annual parliament session (AFP) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 08:44 PM PDT AFP - Nearly 3,000 Chinese lawmakers have wrapped up their full session of parliament, an annual exercise of the largely rubber-stamp legislature that this year focused on the global economic crisis.

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