Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Senate, House eye action on China currency (Reuters)
• Summary Box: Blackouts in China (AP)
• Summary Box: Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)
• Two missing after China oil rig accident (AFP)
• Blind China activist due to be freed, his wife says (AFP)
• China demands Japan free skipper in tense maritime row (AFP)
• China's rich drag feet on Gates-Buffett charity meet (AFP)
• Blind activist lawyer set to be released in China (AP)
• China's Hu extols 'progress' in US ties (AFP)
• China's Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)
• Myanmar leader wants better China ties as polls loom (AFP)
• China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team (Reuters)
• China calls in Japan envoy over boat collision (AP)
• Beijing protests as Japan arrests China boat captain (Reuters)
• China blacks out towns to meet energy goal (AP)
• Taiwan to deploy new missile defense system by 2015 (Reuters)
• Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules (Reuters)
• Dollar to maintain its dominance: China minister (Reuters)
• 34 rescued from China oil platform accident (AP)

Senate, House eye action on China currency (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - A volatile political environment is boosting the possibility that U.S. lawmakers will pass legislation designed to prod China into letting its currency rise more rapidly against the dollar.

Summary Box: Blackouts in China (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:30 AM PDT AP - WHAT'S HAPPENING: Areas of China are hit by intentional daylong blackouts, leaving factories and homes without power.

Summary Box: Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT AP - OLIVE BRANCH: Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants healthy and stable ties between the two countries. The remarks come before a possible visit to Washington in January.

Two missing after China oil rig accident (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:18 AM PDT AFP - Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said Wednesday, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.

Blind China activist due to be freed, his wife says (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:18 AM PDT AFP - A blind activist jailed after uncovering rights abuses in China's "one child" population control policy could be freed this week after more than four years in prison, his wife said Wednesday.

China demands Japan free skipper in tense maritime row (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:02 AM PDT AFP - Beijing Wednesday demanded that Tokyo free the captain of a Chinese fishing trawler who was arrested after his vessel collided with two Japan Coast Guard vessels in disputed waters.

China's rich drag feet on Gates-Buffett charity meet (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:51 AM PDT AFP - Only two of China's super-rich have accepted an invitation to meet with US philanthropists Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, with others fearing they will be pressured to give to charity, a report said.

Blind activist lawyer set to be released in China (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:19 AM PDT AP - Police prepared Wednesday for the release from prison of a blind, self-taught activist lawyer in much the same way they treated him before his jailing four years ago: putting his family under surveillance and ringing his rural east China home with plainclothes security personnel.

China's Hu extols 'progress' in US ties (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:17 AM PDT AFP - President Hu Jintao on Wednesday extolled "fresh progress" in China-US ties as he met a White House delegation that held talks here on thorny issues including North Korea, Iran and trade.

China's Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:49 AM PDT AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the two countries.

Myanmar leader wants better China ties as polls loom (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:49 AM PDT AFP - Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe said Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham.

China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:28 AM PDT Reuters - China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an optimistic face on ties that have been jolted by economic and security tensions.

China calls in Japan envoy over boat collision (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:21 AM PDT AP - Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador for a second time after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands.

Beijing protests as Japan arrests China boat captain (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:54 AM PDT Reuters - Japan has arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese coast guard boats near disputed islets in the East China Sea, causing anger in Beijing and reigniting territorial tensions.

China blacks out towns to meet energy goal (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:36 AM PDT AP - Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing.

Taiwan to deploy new missile defense system by 2015 (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:20 AM PDT Reuters - Taiwan will deploy a new missile defense system by 2015 to protect bases from any attack by rival China, an official said on Wednesday, a sign that military distrust still runs deep despite a thaw in trade ties.

Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 01:36 AM PDT Reuters - China's "toughest" ever smoking ban which aims to stop people lighting up during November's Asian Games will carry fines of $7, state media said on Wednesday, a limited deterrent to smokers in one of China's richest cities.

Dollar to maintain its dominance: China minister (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:52 PM PDT Reuters - The dollar will remain the world's dominant currency for a long time, and the yuan will only gradually emerge as an alternative, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Wednesday.

34 rescued from China oil platform accident (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:13 PM PDT AP - Emergency teams with helicopters rescued 34 workers Wednesday from an oil drilling platform that was leaning dangerously in the East China Sea after a storm, and searched for two others still missing, officials said.

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