Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Senators threaten currency bill ahead of Hu visit (Reuters)
• China starts U.S. trade trip with $600 million in deals (Reuters)
• UN atomic expert downplays China nuclear 'breakthrough' (AFP)
• New China pollution targets inadequate: Greenpeace (AFP)
• US senators renew China forex penalty effort (AFP)
• China's Hu upbeat, resists U.S. pressure on yuan (Reuters)
• Protesters halt China tourist island project: report (Reuters)
• US, China clash on energy, environment (AP)
• China rebuffs Indian concerns on visa policy (Reuters)
• Beijing plans tunnels to ease traffic gridlock (AFP)
• China tried 376 defendants in 2010 for Xinjiang unrest (Reuters)
• Survey: Most Chinese see ties with US worsening (AP)
• China denies N. Korea troop plan (AFP)
• China property prices higher in December (AFP)

Senators threaten currency bill ahead of Hu visit (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 05:03 PM PST Reuters - Beijing announced $600 million in deals with U.S. companies on Monday, while senior U.S. senators pressed for Congress to get tough with China over "manipulating" its currency, underlining tensions over trade issues on the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao's arrival.

China starts U.S. trade trip with $600 million in deals (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 01:50 PM PST Reuters - The Chinese government kicked off a four-day U.S. trade mission on Monday by signing six deals in Houston with undisclosed U.S. companies worth $600 million, according to Chinese state media reports.

UN atomic expert downplays China nuclear 'breakthrough' (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:10 AM PST AFP - China has become one of only a handful of countries that can reprocess spent nuclear fuel but is not yet capable of doing so on an industrial scale, a UN atomic expert said Monday.

New China pollution targets inadequate: Greenpeace (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:49 AM PST AFP - Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday praised China for setting new pollution targets but said the measures fell well short of what was needed to curb the country's world-beating carbon emissions.

US senators renew China forex penalty effort (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 09:38 AM PST AFP - Three US senators announced plans Monday to renew their effort to penalize China for what they term currency "manipulation," on the eve of a state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao.

China's Hu upbeat, resists U.S. pressure on yuan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 07:58 AM PST Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged an end to a "zero sum" Cold War relationship with the United States and proposed new cooperation, but resisted U.S. arguments about why China should let its currency strengthen.

Protesters halt China tourist island project: report (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 07:36 AM PST Reuters - Thousands of villagers angry at government plans to build an artificial island in southern China forced the project's suspension last week, clashing with workers and smashing vehicles, state media said on Monday.

US, China clash on energy, environment (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 02:48 AM PST AP - In late 2009, President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao announced an ambitious array of joint clean energy research projects touted as a mark of a maturing relationship and an alliance to fight climate change.

China rebuffs Indian concerns on visa policy (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2011 01:15 AM PST Reuters - China said on Monday that India is aware of its stance on a long-running border row, rebuffing Indian concerns over its decision to give separate visas to people living in areas disputed by the two sides.

Beijing plans tunnels to ease traffic gridlock (AFP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 11:20 PM PST AFP - Huge underground roads are to be built in the Chinese capital, state media said Monday, in the latest effort to relieve the chronic gridlock paralysing Beijing.

China tried 376 defendants in 2010 for Xinjiang unrest (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 11:16 PM PST Reuters - Courts in China's far western region of Xinjiang tried 376 people last year for "crimes against national security" and their involvement in violence that left at least six dead, the People's Daily website said, citing a high court official.

Survey: Most Chinese see ties with US worsening (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 11:05 PM PST AP - Just over half of the Chinese public believe relations with the U.S. worsened last year, and the overwhelming majority blame Washington for the decline, according to a survey published Monday.

China denies N. Korea troop plan (AFP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 10:44 PM PST AFP - Beijing denied Monday that it was in talks with North Korea about stationing Chinese troops in the isolated state.

China property prices higher in December (AFP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 09:09 PM PST AFP - Property prices in China's major cities posted their fourth straight month-on-month rise in December, as sales also picked up pace, official data showed Monday.

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