Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China gives U.S. assurances on rare earth minerals (Reuters)
• Clinton pressures China over territorial disputes (AP)
• Clinton in China for lightning visit (AFP)
• U.S. offers to host meeting to ease China, Japan row (Reuters)
• China assures Clinton on rare earth exports (AP)
• U.S. wants Japan-China tensions to cool down (Reuters)
• Japan, China leaders met informally: Japanese official (Reuters)
• China trials yuan investment settlement in Xinjiang (Reuters)
• China offers assurances on rare earths, says U.S. official (Reuters)
• Lawyers: China blocked US visit, citing 'security' (AP)

China gives U.S. assurances on rare earth minerals (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:22 PM PDT Reuters - China told the United States on Saturday it would not withhold rare earth minerals but the two nations did not appear to make headway on disputes over North Korea and regional territorial claims.

Clinton pressures China over territorial disputes (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2010 11:11 AM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday made a rare visit by an American official to a Chinese island once a flash point in relations between the powers and pressed Beijing to settle territorial disputes with its smaller, wary neighbors.

Clinton in China for lightning visit (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:27 AM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Chinese state councillor Dai Bingguo on the southern island of Hainan Saturday after wading into the maritime disputes simmering in Asia at a regional summit.

U.S. offers to host meeting to ease China, Japan row (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:47 AM PDT Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday the United States has proposed to host a meeting among China, Japan and the United States to try to ease Sino-Japanese tension over a territorial dispute.

China assures Clinton on rare earth exports (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:49 AM PDT AP - China assured U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday that it would be a "reliable supplier" of exotic metals key to the global high-tech industry, U.S. officials said.

U.S. wants Japan-China tensions to cool down (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:45 AM PDT Reuters - The United States told China on Saturday its wants Sino-Japanese tension over a territorial dispute to cool down and has proposed a U.S.-China-Japan meeting to help rebuild trust, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.

Japan, China leaders met informally: Japanese official (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:43 AM PDT Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held informal talks on Saturday morning, Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama told reporters.

China trials yuan investment settlement in Xinjiang (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 11:26 PM PDT Reuters - China will let some cross-border investment flows in the far western region of Xinjiang be settled in yuan, the country's first such trial after a scheme for yuan trade settlement was expanded this year, the Xinhua news agency said.

China offers assurances on rare earths, says U.S. official (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:43 PM PDT Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought clarification about China's policy on exporting rare earth minerals and received assurances from its foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

Lawyers: China blocked US visit, citing 'security' (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:42 PM PDT AP - Two prominent Chinese rights lawyers said security officials blocked them Saturday morning from flying to the United States for meetings with congressmen, judges and scholars.

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