Yahoo! News: World - China

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• US supports Philippines over China executions (AFP)
• Government critics pressured in China crackdown (AFP)
• Missing Australia writer resurfaces in China (AP)
• US, France call for flexible exchange rates at G20 (AFP)
• Australia blogger in China says 'free', to head home (AFP)
• G20 meeting highlights conflicts over currency (AP)
• China military seeks to build trust with neighbors (AP)
• China report claims Google-linked firms broke tax rules (Reuters)
• China military policy paper lays out worries about U.S. (Reuters)
• Geithner: inflexible currencies are biggest monetary problem (Reuters)
• China's army chief of staff to visit US in May (AFP)
• Paramilitary troops defuse large China protest (AP)
• Beijing bomber says foreigner was a target (AP)
• Geithner at G20 urges more flexible forex policies (AFP)
• China reports wider outbreak of wheat diseases (Reuters)

US supports Philippines over China executions (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:46 PM PDT AFP - The United States on Thursday voiced support for the Philippines after China executed three Filipinos on drug charges in defiance of repeated appeals.

Government critics pressured in China crackdown (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT AFP - Rattled by Arab unrest and the growing power of the Internet, China has launched its harshest crackdown on dissent in years, which rights groups say has wiped out years of effort by dogged activists.

Missing Australia writer resurfaces in China (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:59 AM PDT AP - A Chinese-born Australian writer missing for several days in southern China has resurfaced, saying he is OK and apologizing for causing trouble.

US, France call for flexible exchange rates at G20 (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:44 AM PDT AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for more flexible exchange rate regimes as G20 nations met on global monetary reform in China.

Australia blogger in China says 'free', to head home (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:50 AM PDT AFP - An Australian writer and blogger said Thursday he was "free" and planned to leave China this weekend after he disappeared in strange circumstances, sparking fears he was in police custody.

G20 meeting highlights conflicts over currency (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PDT AP - Financial leaders of the Group of 20 top economies appeared to reach informal agreement Thursday on the need for China's currency to have a wider role in global finance, but not as a substitute for the U.S. dollar.

China military seeks to build trust with neighbors (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:30 AM PDT AP - China's military on Thursday promised to work at building trust with neighboring countries following months of tensions with the U.S. and other nations over Beijing's increasingly assertive behavior.

China report claims Google-linked firms broke tax rules (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese authorities found three companies linked to Google Inc broke tax rules and are investigating possible tax avoidance, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday, raising the risk of fresh pressure on the Internet search giant.

China military policy paper lays out worries about U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:48 AM PDT Reuters - China said on Thursday it faced an increasingly "volatile" Asian region where the United States has expanded its strategic footprint, maintaining that better military ties between Beijing and Washington rested on respect for each other's interests.

Geithner: inflexible currencies are biggest monetary problem (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:22 PM PDT Reuters - Tightly controlled exchange rate regimes are the main flaw in the international monetary system and the solution is simple, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a G20 meeting on Thursday.

China's army chief of staff to visit US in May (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:17 PM PDT AFP - China said Thursday its army chief of staff would visit the United States in May, as the two countries try to bolster military relations amid their growing rivalry.

Paramilitary troops defuse large China protest (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:53 PM PDT AP - Media reports and eyewitnesses say paramilitary troops and riot police have defused a large-scale, five-day protest by thousands of farmers who were upset about being moved off their land in central China.

Beijing bomber says foreigner was a target (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:55 PM PDT AP - A Chinese state newspaper says a 22-year-old man charged with setting off a homemade bomb that injured an American student in central Beijing was targeting foreigners.

Geithner at G20 urges more flexible forex policies (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:10 PM PDT AFP - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for more flexible exchange rate policies at a Group of 20 meeting in China, saying it was crucial to global monetary system reform.

China reports wider outbreak of wheat diseases (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT Reuters - China's wheat crop is suffering from a serious outbreak of disease and the spread of pests this year due to the dry spring, the ministry of agriculture said.

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