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Yahoo! News: World - China


China warns against Obama-Dalai Lama meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:10 PM PST

Reuters - China warned President Barack Obama on Wednesday that a meeting with the Dalai Lama would further erode ties between the two powers, already troubled by Washington's arms sales to Taiwan.

On China, Obama says U.S. must address currency rates (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:02 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to address currency rates with economic partners such as China and to get tougher with them on trade to ensure that U.S. goods do not face a competitive disadvantage.

One year on, China stays silent on missing lawyer (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:32 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 file photo, Gao Zhisheng gestures during an interview at a tea house in Beijing, China. The Chinese human rights lawyer missing for almost a year has been judged by legal authorities and 'is where he should be,' a Foreign Ministry official said in China's first public comment on the case. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - One of China's most daring activist lawyers disappeared a year ago Thursday, and the government that so closely monitored him has not explained where he is, infuriating even those used to Beijing's indifference to outside pressure on human rights.


China to beef up security in restive Xinjiang (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 09:17 AM PST

Hundreds of elite police and soldiers attend a send-off ceremony as they prepare for the security during China's 60th anniversary celebration in Beijing in 2009. China is recruiting 5,000 elite police officers to prevent further unrest in restive Xinjiang, the government said Wednesday as the nation's security minister vowed a more AFP - China is recruiting 5,000 elite police officers to prevent further unrest in restive Xinjiang, the government said Wednesday as the nation's security minister vowed a more "tenacious" approach in the region.


China's Panchen Lama voted VP of state Buddhism body: report (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 09:11 AM PST

China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure, the 19-year-old Panchen Lama, pictured in 2009, was voted vice president of the nation's Buddhist Association Wednesday, state media reported.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure, the 19-year-old Panchen Lama, was voted vice president of the nation's Buddhist Association Wednesday, state media reported.


Corrected: Senator presses tech firms on practices in China (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:30 AM PST

Reuters - Corrects first graph to make clear not all 30 firms are U.S.

Corrected: Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warnings (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:27 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama still plans to meet the Dalai Lama, the White House said on Tuesday, despite China's warning that such a meeting would hurt ties already strained by U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan.

Dairy managers arrested in China milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:40 AM PST

AP - Three dairy plant managers and one milk powder dealer in central China have been arrested for allegedly selling milk products tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, shortly after the government launched a 10-day crackdown.

China arrests four amid new milk scare (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:55 AM PST

A child drinks milk in Chengdu in China's southwestern province of Sichuan in 2008. Police have arrested four people in northern China amid a new crackdown on milk products tainted with melamine, the same chemical responsible for six deaths in 2008, state media reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Police have arrested four people in northern China amid a new crackdown on milk products tainted with melamine, the same chemical responsible for six deaths in 2008, state media reported Wednesday.


China police boss says Xinjiang getting better (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:56 AM PST

AP - The situation in western China's Xinjiang region is stable more than six months after deadly ethnic riots, but "hostile forces" are still looking for ways to foment unrest there, the country's public security minister said Wednesday.

Chinese language tutor sought for US-born panda (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:53 AM PST

File- In this Aug. 27, 2007 file photo, Mei Lan, the only giant panda cub to be born in a U. S. zoo in 2006 is shown at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Ga. Chinese zookeepers are advertising for a tutor to teach Chinese to the American-born giant panda arriving this week in her parents' homeland. The language lessons, a special diet and even blind dates are also part of the red-carpet welcome being rolled out for 3-year-old Mei Lan, or Beautiful Orchid, by Chinese caretakers ahead of her arrival Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)AP - Ni hao — hello — Mei Lan! Chinese zookeepers are advertising for a tutor to teach Chinese to an American-born giant panda arriving this week in her parents' homeland.


China opposed to Obama-Dalai Lama meeting (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:53 AM PST

Graphic map of Taiwan and the Chinese coast, plus details of the US arms sale. It is too early to speculate on the impact of any Chinese sanctions on US companies as a result of arms sales to Taiwan, a senior Boeing official said Tuesday. China is Boeing's biggest international market, and the company is working hard to grab the lion's share of the booming demand(AFP/Graphic)AP - China on Wednesday again urged President Barack Obama not to hold a planned meeting with Dalai Lama, saying it would further hurt already strained bilateral relations.


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