Yahoo! News: World - China

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• France announces $22.8B in deals with China (AP)
• China's Hu gives France G20 backing, signs deals (Reuters)
• China, France sign big contracts, unite for G20 (AFP)
• Summary Box: Strong demand for GM, Ford in China (AP)
• China pressures European governments over Nobel (AP)
• Maradona bemused by China's football failings (AFP)
• Hu bests Obama in Forbes power list (AFP)
• China Southern to buy 36 Airbus planes (AFP)
• U.S. dollar printing is huge risk: China central bank adviser (Reuters)
• China says consensus in U.S. is for good China ties (Reuters)
• Police cars torched in China land protest: report (Reuters)
• Tickets selling out for China's cricket tournament (AFP)
• Mountains of trash fished from China's Three Gorges Dam (AFP)
• UN food agency says NKorea children malnourished (AP)
• Police stop China environmentalist from seeking retrial (AFP)
• GM sees China sales growing strongly (AFP)
• GM, Ford report strong China sales in October (AP)
• GM making EV in China with prototype out at year-end (Reuters)

France announces $22.8B in deals with China (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - France announced euro16 billion ($22.8 billion) in deals Thursday to sell uranium, technology and more than 100 Airbus planes to China, and the two countries also agreed to a sweeping strategic partnership on nuclear power.

China's Hu gives France G20 backing, signs deals (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:59 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao and France's Nicolas Sarkozy voiced joint support on Thursday for reform of the global monetary system and pledged close cooperation as Paris prepares to take over the G20 presidency.

China, France sign big contracts, unite for G20 (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:31 PM PDT AFP - France and China signed major industrial deals worth 20 billion dollars on Thursday at the start of a lavish state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao, cementing previously strained ties.

Summary Box: Strong demand for GM, Ford in China (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:11 AM PDT AP - MOTOR CITY TO MAO: Sales of General Motors Co. vehicles in China rose 20 percent last month, while sales by Ford Motor Co. rose 33 percent.

China pressures European governments over Nobel (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:54 AM PDT AP - China is pressuring European governments to avoid the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for imprisoned democracy activist Liu Xiaobo and not make any statements in support of him, several diplomats said Thursday.

Maradona bemused by China's football failings (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:08 AM PDT AFP - Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received a royal welcome in Beijing Thursday, offering his services to the nation and expressing bemusement as to why Team China has failed to shine.

Hu bests Obama in Forbes power list (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:55 AM PDT AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has topped US President Barack Obama on the Forbes list of most powerful people, with the magazine pointing to Hu's sweeping powers and the stinging defeat of Obama's democrats in legislative polls.

China Southern to buy 36 Airbus planes (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:55 AM PDT AFP - China Southern Airlines said Thursday that it had agreed to buy 36 planes from Airbus for 3.78 billion US dollars, as it moves to meet soaring domestic travel demand in China.

U.S. dollar printing is huge risk: China central bank adviser (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:12 AM PDT Reuters - Unbridled printing of dollars is the biggest risk to the global economy, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said in comments published on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve unveiled a new round of monetary easing.

China says consensus in U.S. is for good China ties (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:34 AM PDT Reuters - The consensus for both major U.S. political parties is to maintain good relations with China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in the country's first official response to this week's mid-term U.S. elections.

Police cars torched in China land protest: report (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:29 AM PDT Reuters - Rampaging villagers in southwestern China overturned and torched dozens of vehicles in a mass protest over what they say is an illegal land grab for a construction project, Chinese media reported on Thursday.

Tickets selling out for China's cricket tournament (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:10 AM PDT AFP - Cricket might be a little-known sport in China but tickets for the Asian Games tournament are selling fast, the Asian Cricket Council said Thursday.

Mountains of trash fished from China's Three Gorges Dam (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:47 AM PDT AFP - Workers in central China have fished 3,800 tonnes of rubbish out of the Three Gorges Dam in just six days, state media said, as the trash threatened to jam up the massive structure.

UN food agency says NKorea children malnourished (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:43 AM PDT AP - The head of the World Food Program said Thursday she saw many children in North Korea who are "losing the battle against malnutrition" during a visit there.

Police stop China environmentalist from seeking retrial (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:53 PM PDT AFP - Plainclothes police prevented a prominent Chinese environmentalist convicted of extortion in 2007 from requesting a retrial Thursday, blocking him inside China's top court, the activist said.

GM sees China sales growing strongly (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:04 PM PDT AFP - US auto giant General Motors said Thursday it had become the first international carmaker to sell two million vehicles in a year in China, now the world's largest auto market.

GM, Ford report strong China sales in October (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:39 PM PDT AP - General Motors Co. says it is set to sell more than 2 million vehicles in China this year after posting record sales for October.

GM making EV in China with prototype out at year-end (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:37 PM PDT Reuters - General Motors has started making an electric version of its popular Chevrolet New Sail in China and will roll out prototypes before year-end, making it the first foreign automaker to build electric cars in the world's biggest auto market.

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