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Yahoo! News: World - China

China's yuan move too soon to judge: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:20 PM PDT

A Chinese bank worker arranging US currency next to stacks of 100-yuan notes at a bank in Suining, in southwest China's Sichuan province in March, 2010. US President Barack Obama on Thursday said China's pledge to make the yuan exchange rate more flexible was AFP - US President Barack Obama said Thursday China's pledge to make its currency more flexible was "positive" but warned it was premature to determine whether the limited reform would be sufficient.

Summary Box: China's Agricultural Bank IPO (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:06 PM PDT

AP - THE FORECAST: Market weakness means that Agricultural Bank of China's upcoming IPO likely won't raise as much as previously expected, but it still could end up being the world's largest initial public offering.

Sino-Canadian ties of 'growing strategic importance': Hu (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:45 PM PDT

China's President Hu Jintao, seen here in 2009, kicked off a state visit to Canada on Thursday, dining with Queen Elizabeth II's representative and later meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao kicked off a state visit to Canada on Thursday, dining with Queen Elizabeth II's representative and later meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Obama: US will monitor China's currency move (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:04 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says it's too early to tell whether China's decision to let its currency appreciate against the dollar will be sufficient over the long run.

Chinese-Canadians blast spy chief's comments (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:51 AM PDT

The logo of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, or CSIS. Remarks by Canada's spy chief that foreign powers, such as Beijing, control some Canadian politicians caused an uproar on Thursday as China's President Hu Jintao kicked off a state visit to Canada.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - Remarks by Canada's spy chief that foreign powers, such as Beijing, control some Canadian politicians caused an uproar on Thursday as China's President Hu Jintao kicked off a state visit to Canada.

Tibetan environmentalist gets 15 years in prison (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:35 AM PDT

AP - A Tibetan environmentalist once praised as a model philanthropist was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday on charges of grave robbing and dealing in looted antiquities, in a case supporters said was aimed at punishing his activism.

China marks anti-drug day with executions: state media (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT

A Chinese policeman lights a cauldron filled with illicit drugs during a ceremony to mark the UN's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Hami, farwest China's Xinjiang region in 2009. Six people were executed as China prepared to mark a global anti-drug day, state press said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Six people were executed as China prepared to mark a global anti-drug day, state press said Friday.

China says terror bust underscores enduring threat (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:46 AM PDT

A Chinese man talks on his mobile phone near a computer screen displaying photographic evidence of a gang of 'hardcore terrorists' which China said they have broken up during a press conference in Beijing, China Thursday, June 24, 2010. China said Thursday it had broken up the gang who plotted attacks in the western region of Xinjiang, where scores were killed in ethnic violence last year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China said Thursday its uncovering of a "terrorist" cell linked to a banned separatist movement in the country's far west underscored the enduring threat of attacks, a year after deadly ethnic riots rocked the traditionally Muslim Xinjiang region.

U.S. needs to keep China bill option open: lawmaker (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:12 AM PDT

Reuters - China's actions in coming weeks will determine whether the Congress passes legislation to pressure Beijing to raise the value of its currency, a top U.S. lawmaker said on Thursday.

More rain expected for flood-hit areas in China (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:44 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday June 23, 2010, a Chinese man paddles on wooden boards along the flooded streets of the Luozhen township of Fuzhou city in central China's Jiangxi province. The death toll from summer flooding across a wide swath of southern China climbed to 211 on Wednesday, as a river in Jiangxi province overflowed its banks but did not cause any additional casualties, authorities and state media said. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rallied rescuers and comforted victims in southern China's Jiangxi province on Thursday following widespread flooding that has killed more than 200 and caused $6.4 billion in damages.

More rains lash flood-hit south China (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Chinese children play in the floodwaters in Fuzhou, east China's Jiangxi province on June 23. China braced for more downpours as the government set up emergency reponse headquarters to combat floods and landslides that have killed over 200 people and forced more than two million from their homes.(AFP)AFP - Heavy rains lashed south China Thursday as the government set up emergency response headquarters to combat floods and landslides that have killed over 200 people and forced millions to evacuate.

Lawmakers renew focus on China after yuan stalls (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:29 AM PDT

A watermelon vendor looks at yuan banknotes at a market in Changzhi, Shanxi province June 21, 2010. C REUTERS/StringerReuters - Senators said on Wednesday they were unmoved by China's steps to partly free the yuan and vowed to push forward legislation to punish a Chinese currency misalignment they say distorts trade and steals jobs.

Flood-hit China battles rain, 365 dead so far (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:57 AM PDT

A local flood victim stands outside his house on a flooded street in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, June 23, 2010. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - Flood-battered parts of south China battled fresh downpours on Thursday after at least 365 people died as rivers broke their banks and landslides cut road and rail links in a week of torrential rain.

China busts 'terror' ring blamed for Xinjiang attacks (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:49 AM PDT

File photo shows Chinese paramilitary police standing guard in in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang region. Chinese police have said they have broken up a AFP - Chinese police said Thursday they had broken up a "terrorist cell" accused of carrying out lethal attacks in Xinjiang, as the restive region braced for the first anniversary of deadly ethnic unrest.

Taiwan and China agree terms of landmark trade deal (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:42 AM PDT

Reuters - A landmark trade deal between Taiwan and China will cut tariffs on more than 800 products and open up service industries, officials and sources said on Thursday, giving a major boost to around $100 billion in annual two-way trade.

China to send pregnant pandas into semi-wild areas (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:24 AM PDT

Tai Shan looks out of a specially designed crate on his way to Chengdu in China for a panda conservation and breeding programme. Researchers in China plan to send pregnant pandas bred in captivity into the semi-wilderness in an effort to introduce their cubs to a natural environment, state media said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - Researchers in China plan to send pregnant pandas bred in captivity into the semi-wilderness in an effort to introduce their cubs to a natural environment, state media said Thursday.

Toyota's China plant stays idle, Honda resumes (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:08 AM PDT

Toyota cars on show in Beijing in April, 2010. Toyota said two assembly lines in southern China remained idle for a third day Thursday, as rival Honda resumed production at its joint venture after a strike at an auto parts supplier ended.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Toyota said Thursday it expected two assembly lines in south China to stay idle for the rest of the week, as Honda resumed production at its joint venture after a strike at an auto parts supplier ended.

China says breaks up "terrorist" cell in Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:43 AM PDT

Reuters - China has broken up a "terrorist" cell in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, an official said on Thursday, nearly a year after ethnic violence in the regional capital left around 200 dead.

Taiwan, China finishing important trade pact (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:36 AM PDT

Cross-strait negotiator from China Zheng Lizhong, left, shakes hands with his Taiwan counterpart Kao Koong-lian at the start of a meeting aimed at putting the finishing touches on a bilateral trade deal between the two rivals Thursday, June 24, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan and China plan to sign the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) late June in China's southern city of Chongqinq opening the way to boost nearly $100 billion in annual trade across the strait. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Negotiators from China and Taiwan worked Thursday to finish a bilateral trade deal that seems destined to change the island's character in a way not seen since it split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war 61 years ago.

Toyota plant in China remains shut due to strike (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:35 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 22, 2010, workers take part in a strike at the Denso Corp., a Japanese car parts supplier to Toyota Motor Corp., in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province. Toyota said production at the one of its main factories in China remained halted Wednesday because of a strike at the supplier, the latest Chinese labor action to hit the Japanese carmaker in recent weeks. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - Toyota Motor Corp. said production at one of its main factories in China remained suspended Thursday due to a strike, while Honda Motor Co. resumed operations at a car assembly plant there following the end of a labor dispute.

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