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Yahoo! News: World - China

Senate bill would penalize China over yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:29 PM PDT

An employee counts yuan banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 10, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Members of the Congress on Tuesday threatened Beijing with duties on some of its exports if it fails to revalue its currency, pressuring the Obama administration to label China a currency manipulator.

White House presses China for "market-based" currency (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:08 AM PDT

Reuters - The White House said on Tuesday President Barack Obama wanted China to take a more market-based approach to its currency.

China more concerned about Iran, wary on sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:32 AM PDT

Reuters - China has become more concerned about international tensions over Iran's nuclear program, but remains doubtful sanctions can resolve the stand-off, the Chinese foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Senators say China currency bill likely to pass (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Bipartisan Senate sponsors of a bill that would slap duties on some Chinese exports to the United States if it does not realign its currency said on Tuesday the measure enjoyed strong support in Congress and would likely pass.

Britain presses China on well-known missing dissident (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday he had pressed China about the whereabouts of one of the country's best known activist lawyers, Gao Zhisheng, as confusion remained about his fate.

China dismisses US lawmakers on currency (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:33 AM PDT

Under election-year pressure over trade-driven jobs, US senators were to unveil legislation Tuesday that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency, the yuan (pictured).(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China on Tuesday dismissed calls from US lawmakers for Beijing to be labelled a currency manipulator, saying the value of the yuan was not to blame for global trade imbalances.

Family of world's shortest man shocked by his death (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:07 AM PDT

The world?s tallest man, Sultan Kösen (R) standing at 8 ft 1 in poses with the world's shortest man, He Pingping standing at 2 ft 5.37 in, during the launch of the Guinness World Records live roadshow in Istanbul in January. The family of He Pingping has said they are shocked by his unexpected death in Italy, saying he had shown no previous signs of bad health.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - The family of He Pingping, the world's shortest man, said Tuesday they were shocked by his unexpected death in Italy, saying he had shown no previous signs of bad health.

Artists in China compensated after daring protest (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:34 AM PDT

A worker uses a hammer on an old building to be demolished in China. A group of artists has received one million dollars in compensation from developers after they held a daring protest over the razing of their studio district.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - A group of artists who held a daring protest in Beijing over the razing of their studio district have received one million dollars in compensation from developers, their spokeswoman said Tuesday.

China warns Google to obey rules even if it pulls out (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:34 AM PDT

Reuters - Google should obey Chinese government rules even if it decides to retreat from the country over hacking and censorship complaints, a Chinese government spokesman said on Tuesday.

China shows no sign of budging on Iran sanctions (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:25 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, shakes hands with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in Beijing on Tuesday March 16, 2010. David Miliband is in China as part of a three-day visit to hold discussions with the country's political leaders. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)AP - China showed no sign Tuesday of throwing its support behind new sanctions against Iran following talks with Britain's foreign minister, who had hoped to persuade Beijing to join a growing international consensus for more stringent measures.

China criticizes US pressure over currency (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:02 AM PDT

AP - China on Tuesday rejected U.S. calls to ease currency controls and said criticism would not help efforts to end the global crisis.

Land prices smash records in Beijing property frenzy (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Two land sales in Beijing have shattered price records and both buyers were state-owned companies, sparking outrage and astonishment at the city's frothy property market.

China says missing lawyer sentenced for subversion (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2006 file photo, Gao Zhisheng, one of China's most daring lawyers, gestures during an interview at a tea house in Beijing, China. Missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on subversion charges, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday March 16, 2010. Yang Jiechi gave no details of the charges against Gao or the length of his sentence. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China's foreign minister added to the mystery surrounding missing lawyer Gao Zhisheng on Tuesday, saying he had been sentenced on subversion charges but offering no details on his present status or whereabouts.

Gov't pledges to improve strained China ties (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:14 AM PDT

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (right) exchanges a private word with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband at the foreign ministry in Beijing. The British and Chinese foreign ministers pledged to work together to strengthen ties after the two nations clashed over human rights, climate change and Iran's nuclear drive.(AFP/Pool/Feng Li)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi pledged Tuesday to work together to strengthen ties after the two nations clashed over human rights, climate change and Iran's nuclear drive.

China again tells Google to obey the law (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:04 AM PDT

A stand builder fixes a Google logo to a booth at the CeBit 2010 exhibition in Hanover, northern Germany in early March. China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.(AFP/DDP/File/Ronny Hartmann)AFP - China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.

China's Liu upbeat after athletics loss (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:33 PM PDT

China's Liu Xiang at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha on March 12. Liu has vowed to regain world-class form after finishing a lowly seventh in his international return at the emirate-hosted championships, state press has said.(AFP/File/Karim Jaafar)AFP - Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang has vowed to regain world-class form after finishing a lowly seventh in his international return at the World Indoor Championships, state press said Tuesday.

China without Google: 'a lose-lose scenario' (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:14 PM PDT

A woman rides a bicycle past the Google China headquarters in Beijing March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeAP - China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely — could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, eroding their ability to one day compete abroad.

China denies yuan behind U.S. trade gap (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:09 PM PDT

Reuters - China on Tuesday shunned mounting U.S. demands for a stronger yuan, saying again that its currency is not the cause of its big trade surplus and vowing to keep the currency stable to shore up exports.

Record number of Chinese unhappy over inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:55 PM PDT

A customer shops with children at a supermarket in Changzhi, Shanxi province March 11, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - More than one in two Chinese savers regard the current inflation rate as unacceptable, according to a central bank survey on Tuesday that is likely to fan official concern about deteriorating inflation expectations.

3 tigers very ill at Chinese zoo where 11 starved (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:55 PM PDT

AP - Zookeepers are scrambling to save three seriously ill Siberian tigers at a cash-strapped zoo in northeastern China where 11 of the big cats starved to death recently.

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