Yahoo! News: World - China

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• American pleads guilty to trying to spy for China (Reuters)
• Typhoon weakens on path to China, kills 3 in Taiwan (Reuters)
• China against current account limits: G20 source (Reuters)
• Tibet language issue a new headache for China (AP)
• China milk scare exposes scandal-for-hire industry (AP)
• US envoy: Climate deal still possible in Mexico (AP)
• China says global recovery shaky, to spur yuan use (Reuters)
• Brother of missing Chinese lawyer appeals to police (AFP)
• Tokyo says Japan and China should avoid tit-for-tat (Reuters)
• China activists plan whistleblower site to spur reform (AFP)
• Chinese smelter found leaking thallium into river (AFP)
• Bank of China chief urges push overseas (AFP)
• Tibet language protests spread in China: rights group (AFP)

American pleads guilty to trying to spy for China (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:20 PM PDT Reuters - A Detroit man on Friday pleaded guilty to trying to get a job with the Central Intelligence Agency in order to spy for China and to hiding contacts and money he got from Chinese intelligence agents.

Typhoon weakens on path to China, kills 3 in Taiwan (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - A typhoon initially feared to be among the worst in 50 years weakened on a course to southern China after killing at least three people in Taiwan and stranding hundreds more.

China against current account limits: G20 source (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 08:34 AM PDT Reuters - China has made clear it will not agree to a G20 communique that explicitly binds countries to limits on current account balances or any other form of rules on currency policy, a G20 source told Reuters on Friday.

Tibet language issue a new headache for China (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 08:17 AM PDT AP - Two years after a wave of anti-government violence spread across China's Tibetan regions, there is a new source of friction in Beijing's relationship with one of its most restive minorities — students marching in protest against reported plans to impose Chinese as the sole language of instruction at schools.

China milk scare exposes scandal-for-hire industry (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:24 AM PDT AP - Rumors on the Web that a major Chinese dairy company's baby formula might harm infants played on the worst fears of jittery parents after a string of scandals over tainted milk.

US envoy: Climate deal still possible in Mexico (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:57 AM PDT AP - A global agreement to curb carbon emissions is possible at an upcoming U.N. climate conference but hinges on the efforts and political will of countries, the U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern said Friday in Beijing.

China says global recovery shaky, to spur yuan use (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:46 AM PDT Reuters - The global economy has yet to find its feet, with the U.S. recovery slowing and imbalances within the euro zone worsening, a Chinese central banker said in comments published on Friday.

Brother of missing Chinese lawyer appeals to police (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:05 AM PDT AFP - The brother of missing prominent Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said Friday he had travelled to Beijing to ask police about his sibling's whereabouts but was turned back without any news.

Tokyo says Japan and China should avoid tit-for-tat (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:01 AM PDT Reuters - Japan and China should focus on the big picture and avoid tit-for-tat recriminations, Japan's chief cabinet secretary said on Friday, as public protests and sharp comments by senior officials suggested mounting tensions between Asia's two biggest economies.

China activists plan whistleblower site to spur reform (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:37 AM PDT AFP - Chinese activists are planning to launch a whistleblowing website modelled on WikiLeaks in a bid to expose state secrets and spur political reform, the South China Morning Post reported Friday.

Chinese smelter found leaking thallium into river (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:38 AM PDT AFP - A major state-owned industrial conglomerate in China said Friday it had been ordered to stop production at one of its smelters after it was found to be leaking highly toxic thallium into a river.

Bank of China chief urges push overseas (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:32 PM PDT AFP - The head of a major Chinese bank has urged the country's financial sector to step up its expansion overseas, in a sign Beijing may allow banks to resume offshore activities, a report said Friday.

Tibet language protests spread in China: rights group (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:43 PM PDT AFP - Protests by Tibetan students demanding the right to study in their language have spread to other areas of northwestern China, a London-based Tibet rights group said.

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