Yahoo! News: World - China

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• U.S. needs to "take a look" at China yuan action: Sen. Reid (Reuters)
• China's super rich show doubt about country's economic future (The Christian Science Monitor)
• President pledges to keep China's birth rate low (AP)
• US, China in human rights talks amid clampdown (AFP)
• China, US begin human rights talks amid crackdown (AP)
• Australia PM to raise rights with China's Hu (AFP)
• China risks getting old before it gets rich (Reuters)
• China's Huawei sees $100 billion revenue in 10 years (Reuters)
• China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder (AP)
• China's industry plan could strengthen state firms (AP)
• Chinese couple hold 'royal wedding' with horses (AP)
• China seizes 26 tonnes of melamine-tainted milk powder (Reuters)
• Special report: Does corporate America kowtow to China? (Reuters)
• China growth seen resilient, inflation stubborn (Reuters)
• China in no mood to listen in U.S. rights talks (Reuters)
• China military chief of general staff to visit US (AP)

U.S. needs to "take a look" at China yuan action: Sen. Reid (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:55 AM PDT Reuters - Congress should consider passing legislation to prod China into letting its currency rise in value more quickly against the dollar, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday.

China's super rich show doubt about country's economic future (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A lot of foreigners seem to think that the world’s economic future belongs to China, but the Chinese super rich are not so sure. And their doubts could spell trouble for the Chinese economic miracle.

President pledges to keep China's birth rate low (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:53 AM PDT AP - China will maintain the strict family planning policy it imposed a generation ago to keep the birth rate low and the economy growing, President Hu Jintao said in remarks before new census data are released.

US, China in human rights talks amid clampdown (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:51 AM PDT AFP - US and Chinese officials met in Beijing on Wednesday for sensitive human rights talks, with the American side expected to press China to ease a major government crackdown on dissent.

China, US begin human rights talks amid crackdown (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:43 AM PDT AP - China and the U.S. opened what is likely to be a bruising meeting on human rights Wednesday amid a severe Chinese crackdown on dissent that has left dispirited rights advocates questioning the value of such diplomatic exchanges.

Australia PM to raise rights with China's Hu (AFP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:40 AM PDT AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday for talks in which she intended again to press China on human rights but also to urge military transparency.

China risks getting old before it gets rich (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:11 AM PDT Reuters - The harsh logic of China's one-child policy is starting to unravel, and census data to be released on Thursday may well stoke debate whether the aging nation should relax restrictions.

China's Huawei sees $100 billion revenue in 10 years (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:04 AM PDT Reuters - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , the world's No.2 network equipment maker, expects revenue to reach the $100 billion mark in a decade, driven by sales of telecom devices and smartphones, despite a slowdown in revenue growth this year.

China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:01 AM PDT AP - Authorities seized 26 tons of melamine-tainted milk powder from an ice cream maker in southern China three years after widespread use of the chemical in infant formula killed six babies, state media said Wednesday.

China's industry plan could strengthen state firms (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:53 AM PDT AP - Entrepreneurs could face new challenges under a government plan to modernize Chinese industry that would expand the dominance of state companies in coal mining, steel and other fields.

Chinese couple hold 'royal wedding' with horses (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT AP - A Chinese couple have tied the knot with a procession inspired by the British royal wedding, donning ceremonial garb and riding in a horse-drawn carriage flanked by guards in scarlet uniforms.

China seizes 26 tonnes of melamine-tainted milk powder (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:26 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese police have seized more than 26 tonnes of milk powder tainted with melamine from a ice cream maker in a southwestern city, state media said, three years after milk tainted with the industrial chemical killed six and made thousands ill.

Special report: Does corporate America kowtow to China? (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:33 PM PDT Reuters - China's rise as a manufacturing power has benefited American factory owners in at least one way.

China growth seen resilient, inflation stubborn (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:35 PM PDT Reuters - China's economy may grow by 9.6 percent in the second quarter of 2011, a government think tank said in a report on Wednesday, keeping pace with first quarter growth.

China in no mood to listen in U.S. rights talks (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:23 PM PDT Reuters - China's increasingly tough line against dissent suggests it will be in no mood to bend to U.S. demands to soften its approach when the two begin talks on human rights on Wednesday.

China military chief of general staff to visit US (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:09 PM PDT AP - The Chinese military's chief of general staff says he will visit the U.S. next month amid renewed calls for an end to American arms sales to Taiwan.

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