Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China calls US tariff threats unacceptable (AP)
• Pressure growing on China to revalue currency (AP)
• China official rejects U.S. complaints on currency (Reuters)
• China becomes world's new diabetes capital (Reuters)
• 1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics, study finds (AP)
• Google deals in doubt amid spat with Beijing (AP)
• Google to phase out China search partnerships (Reuters)
• Afghan leader visits China, signs economic pacts (AP)
• Life 'meaningless' for China school attack suspect (AP)
• Afghanistan, China sign economic agreements (AFP)
• The Google Syndrome: China's Corporate Woes (U.S. News & World Report)
• China-Australia gas deal as Rio Tinto trial ends (AP)
• GM's EN-V concept car: auto redo for green future (AP)
• Rio Tinto awaits verdict as China trial ends (AFP)
• GM unveils electric concept car for mega-cities (Reuters)
• BofA looking to expand in China, CEO says (Reuters)
• Google users report erratic service in Beijing (Reuters)

China calls US tariff threats unacceptable (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - A senior Chinese official says it's unacceptable for U.S. lawmakers to threaten to slap punitive tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing doesn't change its currency policy.

Pressure growing on China to revalue currency (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - Pressure on China to allow its currency to rise in value against the dollar intensified Wednesday with a prominent economist telling Congress that the Obama administration should cite China and four other Asian economies as currency manipulators in a report due in April.

China official rejects U.S. complaints on currency (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - A Chinese official said on Wednesday China would reform its currency policy gradually and keep the exchange rate stable, rejecting mounting U.S. calls to allow the yuan to rise more quickly.

China becomes world's new diabetes capital (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PDT Reuters - China now has more people with diabetes than any other country, a new report shows, making it clear that the nation's soaring economic growth is taking a toll on public health.

1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics, study finds (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - After working overtime to catch up to life in the West, China now faces a whole new problem: the world's biggest diabetes epidemic.

Google deals in doubt amid spat with Beijing (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:39 AM PDT AP - China issued a blistering public attack against Google on Wednesday and appeared to quietly begin getting businesses to abandon the U.S. Internet giant after it moved its controversial Chinese search engine offshore.

Google to phase out China search partnerships (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - Two days after shutting its Chinese portal over censorship, Google Inc said it plans to phase out deals to provide filtered search services to other online or mobile firms in China.

Afghan leader visits China, signs economic pacts (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:13 AM PDT AP - Facing criticism in the West over corruption and electoral fraud, Afghan President Hamid Karzai found a receptive audience in Beijing on Wednesday, overseeing the signing of economic pacts and reaffirming warm traditional ties.

Life 'meaningless' for China school attack suspect (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:05 AM PDT AP - The suspect in a Chinese elementary school stabbing that left eight children dead and five wounded said he felt life was meaningless after romantic failures and a fruitless job search, reports said Wednesday.

Afghanistan, China sign economic agreements (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:42 AM PDT AFP - The leaders of Afghanistan and China on Wednesday signed agreements on trade and economic cooperation, and vowed to work harder to combat terrorism in Central Asia.

The Google Syndrome: China's Corporate Woes (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:38 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - When Google moved yesterday to extricate itself from Chinese censorship laws, it set in motion what could easily have passed for a prearranged choreography.

China-Australia gas deal as Rio Tinto trial ends (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:31 AM PDT AP - Australia and China signed a multibillion dollar natural gas deal Wednesday, pushing ahead with business as the trial of four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto ended in Shanghai with a verdict still to be announced.

GM's EN-V concept car: auto redo for green future (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:44 AM PDT AP - It's not quite as foldable as the space vehicle that cartoon figure George Jetson pops into his briefcase as he bops into the office.

Rio Tinto awaits verdict as China trial ends (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:28 AM PDT AFP - The trial of four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto ended in China without an immediate verdict on Wednesday as Australia warned the world was watching the outcome of the highly sensitive case.

GM unveils electric concept car for mega-cities (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:41 AM PDT Reuters - General Motors unveiled a new electric concept car in China on Wednesday , aiming to burnish its image as a supplier of non-polluting cars tailored to the crowded mega-cities of the future.

BofA looking to expand in China, CEO says (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:37 AM PDT Reuters - Bank of America Corp is keen to expand in China, Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday.

Google users report erratic service in Beijing (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:25 PM PDT Reuters - Users of Google Inc.'s search engines across Beijing reported erratic service on Wednesday, with the site sometimes failing to open, and some searches for even non-sensitive terms like "hello" returning error messages.

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