Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Gates hopes to bolster U.S.-China military dialogue (Reuters)
• MasterCard buys naming rights to Beijing arena (AP)
• Schumer says Obama should push China on trade (Reuters)
• US envoy seeks Chinese help to ease Korea crisis (AP)
• China tobacco industry foils anti-smoking efforts (Reuters)
• China expels drug safety official from party: report (AFP)
• Al Gore urges China, US to build greener cities (AFP)
• China pledges to enhance yuan flexibility (AFP)
• China improves energy efficiency 20 pct in 5 years (AP)
• Battery factory poisons 24 children in China (AP)
• China backs policy of no pre-emptive nuke strikes (AP)
• China steps up safety requirements for dairy firms (AP)
• More than 200 Chinese children poisoned by lead (Reuters)
• China's Youku streams Hollywood hit in film deal (AFP)
• China says yuan not main cause of Sino-U.S. trade imbalance (Reuters)
• Hacked iTunes accounts for sale online in China (AFP)
• China tobacco profits undermine anti-smoking push (AP)
• Study: China traffic deaths higher than police say (AP)
• Siberian tiger attacks, kills bus driver in China (AP)

Gates hopes to bolster U.S.-China military dialogue (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday he hoped to deepen U.S.-China military cooperation on issues like North Korea and Iran when he visits Beijing next week, which could help ease Pentagon concerns about Chinese military intentions.

MasterCard buys naming rights to Beijing arena (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST AP - It's the place where LeBron James played on his first team with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Where they joined teammates like Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd in a giant circle at center court to celebrate the U.S. men's reclamation of Olympic basketball gold in 2008.

Schumer says Obama should push China on trade (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:06 PM PST Reuters - A top Democrat in the Senate said on Thursday that President Barack Obama should back a bid to crack down on China's trade practices -- or get Beijing to take action on its own.

US envoy seeks Chinese help to ease Korea crisis (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:04 PM PST AP - A top U.S. envoy had "useful" talks with Chinese officials Thursday on easing the threat of war on the Korean peninsula, hoping to gain insights about a senior Chinese official's recent meeting with North Korea's absolute leader, Kim Jong Il.

China tobacco industry foils anti-smoking efforts (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 09:04 AM PST Reuters - China's tobacco industry is foiling efforts to control smoking and Chinese leaders must give stronger support to measures to control tobacco use, an international panel of experts said in a report on Thursday.

China expels drug safety official from party: report (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:04 AM PST AFP - A former top food and drug official caught up in a corruption probe has been expelled from China's ruling Communist Party, state media said Thursday, a move that typically paves the way for prosecution.

Al Gore urges China, US to build greener cities (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:11 AM PST AFP - Former US vice president Al Gore said Thursday China and the United States -- the world's biggest polluters -- should work on designing greener cities as part of their efforts to tackle climate change.

China pledges to enhance yuan flexibility (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:47 AM PST AFP - China's central bank pledged on Thursday to increase the flexibility of its yuan exchange rate, ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States where the currency issue will be raised.

China improves energy efficiency 20 pct in 5 years (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:47 AM PST AP - China met a five-year target to improve energy efficiency by cutting power to industry and imposing rolling blackouts, even though a massive economic stimulus increased energy use.

Battery factory poisons 24 children in China (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:46 AM PST AP - Twenty-four children have been hospitalized with lead poisoning caused by an illegal battery factory in their east China village, state media said Thursday, in the latest in a string of battery-related poisonings in recent years.

China backs policy of no pre-emptive nuke strikes (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:50 AM PST AP - China Foreign Ministry on Thursday reaffirmed the country's commitment to not pre-emptively using nuclear weapons.

China steps up safety requirements for dairy firms (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:41 AM PST AP - China's domestic dairy companies must renew their production licenses this year or will be closed, the government said Thursday in the latest safety measure after melamine-tainted milk products killed six children.

More than 200 Chinese children poisoned by lead (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:53 AM PST Reuters - More than 200 Chinese children have been poisoned by lead from battery plants located too close to houses in the east of the country, state media said on Thursday, the latest in a string of heavy metal pollution cases.

China's Youku streams Hollywood hit in film deal (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:17 AM PST AFP - Chinese online video company Youku.com said Thursday it had begun streaming the Hollywood thriller "Inception" online as part of a deal with Warner Bros.

China says yuan not main cause of Sino-U.S. trade imbalance (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:38 PM PST Reuters - The yuan exchange rate is not the main cause of the trade imbalance between China and the United States, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Hacked iTunes accounts for sale online in China (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:19 PM PST AFP - Hacked user accounts for Apple's iTunes Store are for sale on China's largest retail website Taobao, providing illegal access to credit card details for music and TV downloads, state media said Thursday.

China tobacco profits undermine anti-smoking push (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:10 PM PST AP - China's addiction to huge revenues from its state-owned tobacco monopoly is hindering anti-smoking measures, potentially costing millions of lives in the country with the world's largest number of smokers, experts warned Thursday.

Study: China traffic deaths higher than police say (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:34 PM PST AP - A new study says traffic deaths in China are far higher than what police have been reporting.

Siberian tiger attacks, kills bus driver in China (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:02 PM PST AP - A rare Siberian tiger attacked and killed a tour bus driver in northern China while the man's horrified passengers watched, Chinese media reported.

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