Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Obama says world urgently watching US-China talks (AP)
• CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt (AFP)
• Obama presses Internet freedoms in China (AFP)
• Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web (AP)
• Hawaii showroom may open in China (AP)
• Obama will huddle privately with China's President Hu (McClatchy Newspapers)
• China builds centre to ease pandas into wild (AFP)
• Clinton appeals for funding at Shanghai Expo site (AFP)
• China hits out at US 'protectionism' (AFP)
• Obama visit arouses mistrust in China's Internet populace (Reuters)
• Spelling Obama in Chinese not an easy task (AFP)
• China detains activists as Obama arrives (AP)
• Obama arrives in Beijing (AFP)
• Landslide buries about 20 in northern China (Reuters)
• U.S. officials defend enforcing WTO safeguard vs. China (Reuters)
• China cool to stronger yuan as IMF calls for rise (Reuters)
• Obama: No need to change China, Taiwan policy (AP)
• Obama says al Qaeda still greatest threat to U.S. (Reuters)
• Obama says hopes for better China-Taiwan ties (Reuters)

Obama says world urgently watching US-China talks (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:16 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama declared Monday the world is urgently watching for a "meeting of the minds" between the U.S. and China as he meets with President Hu Jintao on the globe's biggest issues — climate change, economic recession, nuclear proliferation and more.

CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST AFP - A CNN correspondent said Monday she was detained byChinese security guards in Shanghai for two hours for displaying a T-shirt on camera depicting US President Barack Obama as Mao Zedong.

Obama presses Internet freedoms in China (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and expanded political freedoms, seeking to get around China's media curbs with a webcast town hall event in booming Shanghai.

Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:36 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel.

Hawaii showroom may open in China (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:49 AM PST AP - Hawaii and China may reach an agreement by the end of the year to open a new retail warehouse showcasing island products.

Obama will huddle privately with China's President Hu (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:46 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BEIJING — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet Tuesday to talk privately about issues ranging from North Korea's nuclear threat to currency and trade disputes. U.S. policy advocates also expect the leaders to announce new joint projects on clean energy.

China builds centre to ease pandas into wild (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 08:28 AM PST AFP - China has started construction on a research centre to help captive pandas adapt to the wild with a view to releasing them into nature, state media reported.

Clinton appeals for funding at Shanghai Expo site (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:44 AM PST AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday appealed to American firms to sponsor the US pavilion for next year's World Expo in Shanghai, saying their support would strengthen Sino-US ties.

China hits out at US 'protectionism' (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:06 AM PST AFP - China on Monday accused the United States of increasing protectionism and said American calls to let the yuan rise were "unfair", as US President Barack Obama visited the Asian giant.

Obama visit arouses mistrust in China's Internet populace (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:17 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's call on Monday for Internet freedom in China met with wariness and cynicism from many Chinese Internet users, suggesting his effort to win over the country's youth has some way to go.

Spelling Obama in Chinese not an easy task (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:12 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama's first visit to China will undoubtedly be marked by difficult talks on trade and climate change, but another thorny issue has emerged: how to write "Obama" in Mandarin.

China detains activists as Obama arrives (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:51 AM PST AP - Police detained dozens of activists and petitioners in Beijing and elsewhere in China as President Barack Obama arrived on his first state visit to the country, friends, family members and a human rights group said Monday.

Obama arrives in Beijing (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:23 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday from Shanghai, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China, an AFP photographer said.

Landslide buries about 20 in northern China (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:42 AM PST Reuters - A landslide in northern China has buried about 20 people from one village, though two people have already been pulled out alive, a government official said on Monday.

U.S. officials defend enforcing WTO safeguard vs. China (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST Reuters - The safeguard provision that China agreed to as a condition for joining the World Trade Organization in 2001 should be enforced, U.S. trade officials said on Monday, despite Chinese pressure for the U.S. to reduce trade actions on its products.

China cool to stronger yuan as IMF calls for rise (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:11 PM PST Reuters - China's Commerce Ministry on Monday rebuffed calls for the yuan to appreciate, signaling resistance to change in a controversial foreign exchange policy that loomed over U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to the Asian giant.

Obama: No need to change China, Taiwan policy (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:59 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he sees no need to change Washington's "one-China" policy, which views Taiwan as part of China.

Obama says al Qaeda still greatest threat to U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:18 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the greatest threats to the United States continued to be terrorist networks like al Qaeda.

Obama says hopes for better China-Taiwan ties (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:51 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he hoped for improved China-Taiwan ties and said economic links had helped lower tensions over Taiwan.

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