Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Geithner to testify at House hearing on China yuan (Reuters)
• Defense secretary may visit China this year (Reuters)
• Summary Box: China accused of trade violations (AP)
• China takeover not a good idea: minister (AP)
• Union: China violating trade rules in clean energy (AP)
• Myanmar leader thanks China for support (AFP)
• China's Great (Quantum) Leap Forward (Time.com)
• Chinese blind activist lawyer released from prison (AP)
• Myanmar says China top ally, vote won't affect ties (Reuters)
• China warns Japan ties at risk over boat incident (Reuters)
• China: Japan trial of boat captain will harm ties (AP)
• China shares fall on renewed property curb fears (AP)
• China anti-corruption boss sentenced to death (AP)
• State frees prominent China activist (AFP)
• China prepares further property tightening (Reuters)
• Japan to investigate China's bond buying motives (AFP)
• Chinese pilots who faked resumes back in the air (Reuters)

Geithner to testify at House hearing on China yuan (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:57 PM PDT Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will present the Obama administration's latest view of what the United States should do to press China to reform its exchange rate practices at a hearing next week, a key Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday.

Defense secretary may visit China this year (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates could travel to China this year, the Pentagon said Thursday, following signs from Beijing of a willingness to resume military ties suspended over an arms sale to Taiwan.

Summary Box: China accused of trade violations (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - UNION COMPLAINT: The United Steelworkers union asked the Obama administration on Thursday to crack down on various Chinese trade practices in the area of clean energy.

China takeover not a good idea: minister (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - A provincial minister says it probably isn't in the interest of Saskatchewan to support a possible bid for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. by a Chinese state-owned company.

Union: China violating trade rules in clean energy (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:07 PM PDT AP - A major U.S. union is asking the Obama administration to crack down on various Chinese trade practices that it says are robbing American workers of jobs in the burgeoning field of clean energy such as solar and wind power.

Myanmar leader thanks China for support (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:14 PM PDT AFP - Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe on Thursday thanked China for its support of his isolated state and pledged to work with Beijing to maintain stability on their sometimes troubled border.

China's Great (Quantum) Leap Forward (Time.com) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT Time.com - While China has been showing off its new hardware, a potentially more important military advancement has gone largely unnoticed -- a major breakthrough in quantum teleportation

Chinese blind activist lawyer released from prison (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:03 AM PDT AP - Blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng returned home Thursday after a four-year prison stint to find that very little had changed — he was cut off from communication, monitored by security agents, his family still harassed and intimidated.

Myanmar says China top ally, vote won't affect ties (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:30 AM PDT Reuters - Myanmar's reclusive leader on Thursday reassured Beijing that China is a vital ally and said an upcoming election and planned power transfer to a civilian government would not affect relations.

China warns Japan ties at risk over boat incident (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - China warned Japan on Thursday that ties would suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute over a Chinese boat seized in disputed seas, intensifying a territorial rift that could deepen discord between Asia's top two economies.

China: Japan trial of boat captain will harm ties (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:36 AM PDT AP - Japan will damage its relations with China if it decides to prosecute the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, Beijing warned Thursday.

China shares fall on renewed property curb fears (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:47 AM PDT AP - Chinese shares fell Thursday on fears of possible new government curbs on real estate as investors waited for monthly economic data.

China anti-corruption boss sentenced to death (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 01:02 AM PDT AP - A Chinese court has sentenced a top provincial official responsible for rooting out corruption to death for accepting more than $1 million in bribes.

State frees prominent China activist (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:52 PM PDT AFP - Blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who gained worldwide fame for exposing abuses in China's "one child" population policy, was freed Thursday after four years in prison, according to rights groups.

China prepares further property tightening (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:11 PM PDT Reuters - Some Chinese cities are preparing fresh property tightening steps as housing transactions and prices show signs of a rebound, reinforcing market expectations that Beijing will not ease its grip on the sector any time soon.

Japan to investigate China's bond buying motives (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT AFP - Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Thursday the government was closely monitoring China's ramped-up buying of Japanese government debt and would check with Beijing on its motives.

Chinese pilots who faked resumes back in the air (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:21 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese pilots who had lied about their flying experience have been allowed to return to work after they took remedial action to make up their hours, according to the country's aviation watchdog.

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