Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China aims to 'strengthen' coordination with US: Hu (AFP)
• Obama invites China's Hu for state visit (Reuters)
• Britain, China agree need for deficit cuts: statement (AFP)
• China vows not to bow to currency pressure (AP)
• Thousands of Taiwanese protest China trade pact (AP)
• Rain drenches China as rivers threaten to burst (AFP)
• Thousands protest in Taiwan against China trade deal (Reuters)
• Death toll in flood-stricken south China nears 400 (Reuters)
• China bans military from blogging (AFP)
• Global financial regulations also fit China: central banker (Reuters)

China aims to 'strengthen' coordination with US: Hu (AFP) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:31 PM PDT AFP - China hopes to "strengthen" coordination with the United States on major issues, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Saturday as he met US leader Barack Obama.

Obama invites China's Hu for state visit (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:04 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama has invited Chinese President Hu Jintao to a formal state visit at a date to be determined, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

Britain, China agree need for deficit cuts: statement (AFP) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:43 PM PDT AFP - Britain and China agreed on the need for "fiscal consolidation" to shore up the global economic recovery, Downing Street said Saturday, after the two nations' leaders met ahead of a G20 summit.

China vows not to bow to currency pressure (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 12:12 PM PDT AP - China is vowing not to bow to outside pressure for more currency reform, which the United States and others say is crucial to global economic recovery.

Thousands of Taiwanese protest China trade pact (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 08:06 AM PDT AP - Tens of thousands of opposition supporters chanted anti-communist slogans as they marched in Taiwan's capital Saturday to protest a planned trade agreement with rival China that they say will undermine the island's self-rule and harm its economy.

Rain drenches China as rivers threaten to burst (AFP) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 05:15 AM PDT AFP - Relentless rains were swelling rivers to record levels in south and central China on Saturday as the nation braced for more flood-related disasters that have already taken the lives of 235 people.

Thousands protest in Taiwan against China trade deal (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:57 AM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands of Taiwanese decried a landmark trade deal with rival China in a protest on Saturday that will not stop their government from signing the agreement to boost around $100 million in annual two-way trade.

Death toll in flood-stricken south China nears 400 (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:19 AM PDT Reuters - Workers struggled to repair a broken dyke in south China where persistent heavy rains and devastating floods have so far left at least 379 people dead, state media and government agencies said.

China bans military from blogging (AFP) Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:14 AM PDT AFP - China has issued regulations banning its 2.3 million soldiers from creating web sites or writing web blogs, adding to the nation's existing Internet curbs, state press said Saturday.

Global financial regulations also fit China: central banker (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jun 2010 08:59 PM PDT Reuters - Most principles embodied in a new set of financial regulatory rules proposed by the United States and Europe also fit China, and embracing them early would help it strengthen financial stability, the country's deputy central bank governor said on Saturday.

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