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• Geithner China visit likely to spur currency shift (AP)
• Geithner in Beijing talks as yuan speculation mounts (Reuters)
• Judge awards families $2.6M over Chinese drywall (AP)
• Jailed China activist seeks medical parole: wife (AFP)
• Geithner visits Beijing amid currency dispute (AP)
• Nepal, China recognize two heights of Mount Everest (Reuters)
• China mine toll hits 20 after 'miracle' rescue (AFP)
• Geithner, Wang exchange views on U.S.-China concerns (Reuters)
• Bush says US should not fear China's rise (AFP)
• Imprisoned Chinese activist seeks medical parole (AP)
• Jailed China activist Hu Jia may have cancer: wife (Reuters)
• Death toll rises at flooded Chinese coal mine (Reuters)
• Stern Hu will not appeal China Rio Tinto verdict (AFP)
• How to Think About China (Time.com)
• Lawyer: Rio Tinto exec not to appeal sentence (AP)
• Chinese man gets death for slaying 8 children (Reuters)
• US author says China media can't cover Google book (AP)
• Chinese man gets death sentence in child murders (AP)
• Rescuers in fading bid to save 26 from China mine (AP)
• Geithner to meet top HK official as yuan talk mounts (Reuters)

Geithner China visit likely to spur currency shift (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:33 PM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's surprise visit Thursday to China yielded no immediate change in China's currency policy. But analysts predicted the Obama administration's efforts to mend frayed relations will result in a currency change, possibly within weeks.

Geithner in Beijing talks as yuan speculation mounts (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:12 PM PDT Reuters - The Chinese yuan and other Asian currencies rose briskly on Thursday as speculation intensified that China might soon revalue its currency and unveil a long-awaited shift in its exchange-rate regime.

Judge awards families $2.6M over Chinese drywall (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:25 AM PDT AP - A New Orleans federal judge on Thursday awarded seven Virginia families $2.6 million in damages for homes ruined by sulfur-emitting drywall made in China, a decision that could affect how lawsuits by thousands of other homeowners are settled.

Jailed China activist seeks medical parole: wife (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:12 AM PDT AFP - The wife of jailed human rights activist Hu Jia appealed Thursday to prison authorities for his early release, claiming he is suffering from a serious disease that could develop into liver cancer.

Geithner visits Beijing amid currency dispute (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:17 AM PDT AP - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with a Chinese vice premier Thursday and discussed economic ties in a sign the two sides might be trying to cool their rhetoric in a dispute over China's currency controls.

Nepal, China recognize two heights of Mount Everest (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 08:06 AM PDT Reuters - Nepal and China have agreed to recognize the snow and rock heights of Mount Everest, ending a long-standing debate about the height of the world's tallest mountain, officials said Thursday.

China mine toll hits 20 after 'miracle' rescue (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:17 AM PDT AFP - The death toll from the flooding of a massive Chinese coal mine rose to 20 on Thursday, official media reported, as rescue efforts stalled during the day due to fresh water leaks in the pit.

Geithner, Wang exchange views on U.S.-China concerns (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:11 AM PDT Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, facing pressure from Congress to name China a currency manipulator, met Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan in Beijing on Thursday but there was no word on whether they discussed a possible yuan revaluation.

Bush says US should not fear China's rise (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:15 AM PDT AFP - Former US president George W. Bush said Thursday that Americans should not fear China's rise and should look for the opportunities presented by the growth of the world's third-largest economy.

Imprisoned Chinese activist seeks medical parole (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:29 AM PDT AP - The wife of jailed Chinese dissident Hu Jia has appealed to prison authorities for her husband's release, saying he has a serious disease that she fears might turn into liver cancer.

Jailed China activist Hu Jia may have cancer: wife (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:27 AM PDT Reuters - Imprisoned Chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia is suffering from a serious disease, possibly liver cancer, his wife said Thursday after making a formal appeal to security forces to release him on medical parole.

Death toll rises at flooded Chinese coal mine (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:14 AM PDT Reuters - The death toll at the flooded Wangjialing coal mine in China's Shanxi province has risen to 12, while high water levels are hampering efforts to rescue those still trapped.

Stern Hu will not appeal China Rio Tinto verdict (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:22 AM PDT AFP - Australian former Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu will not appeal against a 10-year jail term handed down by a Chinese court for accepting bribes and stealing trade secrets, his lawyers told AFP Thursday.

How to Think About China (Time.com) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:00 AM PDT Time.com - As Barack Obama prepares to meet China's leader, Hu Jintao, the U.S. needs to find a fresh way of dealing with the new superpower. Here's how to do it

Lawyer: Rio Tinto exec not to appeal sentence (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:32 AM PDT AP - A jailed Australian former Rio Tinto executive has opted not to appeal his 10-year sentence for bribery and commercial spying, his lawyer said Thursday, in a case that rattled foreign businesses and prompted Australia to criticize secrecy surrounding the trial.

Chinese man gets death for slaying 8 children (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:09 AM PDT Reuters - A court in southeastern China sentenced a former doctor to death on Thursday for murdering eight children who were on their way to school, state news agency Xinhua reported.

US author says China media can't cover Google book (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:01 AM PDT AP - The author of a new book about Google will not promote it in China next month because he says the government is restricting the Chinese media's writings about the company since it moved its search engine off the mainland to avoid censorship.

Chinese man gets death sentence in child murders (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 11:34 PM PDT AP - A Chinese court sentenced a former medical worker to death Thursday for the stabbing murders of eight children as they waited with their parents to enter their elementary school a little more than two weeks ago.

Rescuers in fading bid to save 26 from China mine (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 09:46 PM PDT AP - Rescuers pumped water Thursday in a fading bid to find more survivors in a flooded mine in northern China where 115 workers were dramatically rescued this week after being trapped for eight days.

Geithner to meet top HK official as yuan talk mounts (Reuters) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 07:29 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet the top Hong Kong government official on Thursday before heading to Beijing for talks, with speculation swirling that the diplomacy presaged a change in China's currency policy.

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