Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Obama, Hu discuss yuan on nuclear summit sidelines (Reuters)
• Obama, China discuss Iran at nuclear summit (Reuters)
• Obama presses Hu on yuan exchange rate (AFP)
• Amid warming ties, US, China to work together on Iran (AFP)
• Obama, China's Hu press for strong words on Iran (AP)
• Sinopec to pay $4.65 billion in oil sands deal (Reuters)
• U.S.-China, Obama-Hu Meeting: More Tension or Success? (Time.com)
• China bank lending slows as Beijing's curbs bite (Reuters)
• On nuclear summit sidelines, Obama and Hu may discuss China's currency (The Christian Science Monitor)
• China slaps duties on U.S., Russian silicon steel (Reuters)
• China says forex reserves hit record $2.447 trln (AFP)
• GM China: Sales by 2015 may exceed 3M units (AP)
• China bank lending down 43 percent in 1st quarter (AP)
• China rejects medical parole for jailed activist: wife (AFP)
• Medical parole rejected for jailed China dissident (AP)
• Toxic chives poison nine in China: media (AFP)
• China mine flood toll climbs to 35 (AFP)
• China's Hu heads to Washington (AFP)
• Setbacks lead China to tone down anti-US rhetoric (AP)
• Yuan rise still on cards despite rare trade deficit (Reuters)

Obama, Hu discuss yuan on nuclear summit sidelines (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:55 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama repeated on Monday his call for more yuan flexibility during a meeting with China's Hu Jintao, deploying careful diplomatic language while Beijing stressed dialogue.

Obama, China discuss Iran at nuclear summit (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:16 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's drive for tougher sanctions on Iran gained momentum on Monday in talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao that also focused on their countries' fractious economic relationship.

Obama presses Hu on yuan exchange rate (AFP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:29 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Monday called on China's President Hu Jintao to adopt a more "market-oriented" exchange rate for the yuan, a senior US official said after a face-to-face meeting of the leaders.

Amid warming ties, US, China to work together on Iran (AFP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:12 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed to work together on Iranian nuclear sanctions Monday, in an apparent breakthrough spurred by thawing US-China relations.

Obama, China's Hu press for strong words on Iran (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT AP - Amid a sudden upswing in relations, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao sought common ground Monday on Iran, agreeing that a set of potential sanctions should make clear to Iran the cost of continued nuclear defiance, a White House official said.

Sinopec to pay $4.65 billion in oil sands deal (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - China's state-owned Sinopec plans to buy ConocoPhillips' stake in the huge Syncrude project in Canada's oil sands for $4.65 billion, marking one of the Asian country's largest investments ever in North America.

U.S.-China, Obama-Hu Meeting: More Tension or Success? (Time.com) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:25 PM 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

China bank lending slows as Beijing's curbs bite (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - The pace of Chinese bank lending slowed in March, marking an initial victory by Beijing in its campaign to stop the world's third-largest economy from bubbling over.

On nuclear summit sidelines, Obama and Hu may discuss China's currency (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Though they are meeting in Washington on Monday for a nuclear summit, in their private talks President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, are likely to focus on their countries' trade imbalance amid economic recovery.

China slaps duties on U.S., Russian silicon steel (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:19 AM PDT Reuters - China has imposed countervailing duties on grain-oriented electrical steel produced in the United States, as well as anti-dumping duties against Russian and U.S. steel, its customs administration said.

China says forex reserves hit record $2.447 trln (AFP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:19 AM PDT AFP - China's foreign exchange reserves surged to a record 2.447 trillion dollars at the end of March, the central bank said on Monday.

GM China: Sales by 2015 may exceed 3M units (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:30 AM PDT AP - General Motors Co. said Monday demand in China is so strong that the company's annual sales may top 2 million vehicles this year — four years ahead of schedule — and could exceed 3 million by 2015.

China bank lending down 43 percent in 1st quarter (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:28 AM PDT AP - Lending by Chinese banks fell 43 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier as the government winds down its stimulus and tries to cool a credit boom while keeping its recovery on track, central bank data showed Monday.

China rejects medical parole for jailed activist: wife (AFP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:59 AM PDT AFP - Chinese authorities have turned down a request for medical parole for jailed activist Hu Jia, who is suffering from a serious liver disease that could lead to cancer, his wife said Monday.

Medical parole rejected for jailed China dissident (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:07 PM PDT AP - Chinese authorities have rejected a request for medical parole for a dissident who has championed AIDS victims and was imprisoned for sedition after being accused of plotting to disturb the Olympic Games, his wife said Monday.

Toxic chives poison nine in China: media (AFP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 09:45 PM PDT AFP - Authorities in China have destroyed nearly two tonnes of pesticide-tainted chives after nine people were poisoned by eating food containing the toxic herb, state media said Monday.

China mine flood toll climbs to 35 (AFP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 08:10 PM PDT AFP - The death toll from a coal mine flood in north China has risen to 35, the nation's work safety watchdog said Monday, as hopes of finding any more survivors faded two weeks after the disaster.

China's Hu heads to Washington (AFP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 07:15 PM PDT AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao headed to Washington on Monday for talks with US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of an international summit on nuclear security.

Setbacks lead China to tone down anti-US rhetoric (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 06:15 PM PDT AP - China is softening its recent muscular global posture, muting criticisms of the U.S. at a time of delicate negotiations with Washington and simmering economic troubles at home.

Yuan rise still on cards despite rare trade deficit (Reuters) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 06:04 PM PDT Reuters - China recorded its first monthly trade deficit in six years, but a customs official called the shortfall a blip and economists doubted it would stand in the way of a resumption in the yuan's rise before long.

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