Yahoo! News: World - China

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• On China's Streets, Grisly Attempts to Cover-up Traffic Accidents (Time.com)
• U.S. and China spar on rights (Reuters)
• Republicans press for results from US-China talks (Reuters)
• Four killed, 17 missing in China landslide: report (AFP)
• Obama "likely" to bring up rights with Chinese (Reuters)
• U.S. hopes to build on Hu-Obama progress: Geithner (Reuters)
• Biden and Clinton lecture China on human rights (AP)
• Biden, Clinton bluntly press China on rights (Reuters)
• US says human rights in China's own interest (AFP)
• Clinton says rights improvement in China's own interest (AFP)
• Clinton presses China on rights, welcomes dialogue (Reuters)
• More than 20 workers buried in China landslide (AP)
• Former China mayor gets tough sentence for graft (AFP)
• China blocks outspoken author's Australia trip (AP)
• China to boost atomic safety standards: report (AFP)
• Hong Kong arrests pair over Ai Weiwei graffiti (AFP)
• China driver kills child after hit-and-run: report (AFP)
• China banks must restrict "shadowing" activities: regulator (Reuters)

On China's Streets, Grisly Attempts to Cover-up Traffic Accidents (Time.com) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - In recent months the Chinese public has been shocked by multiple cases of drivers killing accident victims in hopes of evading legal responsibilities

U.S. and China spar on rights (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:32 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. officials on Monday toughly criticized China for a crackdown against dissidents but took a softer tone on the need for cooperation to boost global growth at the start of two days of talks.

Republicans press for results from US-China talks (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - Congressional Republicans on Monday urged the Obama administration to hold China's feet to the fire over currency and industrial policies they said are hurting American companies.

Four killed, 17 missing in China landslide: report (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 02:59 PM PDT AFP - Rescue workers have recovered four bodies after a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in south China but 17 people are still missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.

Obama "likely" to bring up rights with Chinese (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - It is "possible, even likely" that President Barack Obama will bring up the human rights issue when he meets with Chinese officials, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday.

U.S. hopes to build on Hu-Obama progress: Geithner (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 09:16 AM PDT Reuters - The United States hopes high-level talks this week with China will build on a commitment to fairer trade that President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao made earlier this year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday.

Biden and Clinton lecture China on human rights (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 09:04 AM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton both expressed concerns on Monday about the recent security crackdown that has occurred in China.

Biden, Clinton bluntly press China on rights (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 08:56 AM PDT Reuters - Vice President Joseph Biden warned China Monday the United States would press hard on human rights, over which the two sides have a "vigorous" disagreement and criticizing Beijing's latest crackdown on dissent.

US says human rights in China's own interest (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 07:42 AM PDT AFP - Top US leaders urged China on Monday to improve its human rights record, saying it was in the rising power's own interest, but a visiting official insisted Beijing was making progress.

Clinton says rights improvement in China's own interest (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 06:48 AM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday encouraged China at high-level talks to improve its human rights record, saying that progress would boost its own prosperity.

Clinton presses China on rights, welcomes dialogue (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 06:43 AM PDT Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday the participation of Chinese military representatives at strategic talks between the two big powers would help avoid potentially dangerous misunderstandings.

More than 20 workers buried in China landslide (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 03:09 AM PDT AP - A landslide buried more than 20 workers in a makeshift dormitory at a quarry Monday in southern China where heavy rain fell over the weekend, state media reported.

Former China mayor gets tough sentence for graft (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 12:59 AM PDT AFP - The former mayor of China's Shenzhen city was given a suspended death sentence for bribery on Monday, state media said, in a case that tarnished the image of the southern economic zone.

China blocks outspoken author's Australia trip (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 12:24 AM PDT AP - China has banned an outspoken writer and government critic from leaving the country to attend a literary festival in Australia, and warned him not to publish any of his controversial works overseas, event organizers said Monday.

China to boost atomic safety standards: report (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 12:04 AM PDT AFP - China will improve emergency procedures and construction standards at its nuclear power plants, state media said Monday, two months after a quake and tsunami in Japan triggered an atomic crisis.

Hong Kong arrests pair over Ai Weiwei graffiti (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 11:38 PM PDT AFP - Hong Kong has arrested two activists for spraying graffiti images of detained outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in an action condemned by a pro-democracy group Monday as "selective persecution".

China driver kills child after hit-and-run: report (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 11:06 PM PDT AFP - Police in southeast China have detained a motorist for allegedly killing a child he had first hit by accident, in the latest suspected murder of a hit-and-run victim, state press said Monday.

China banks must restrict "shadowing" activities: regulator (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 10:38 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese banks must restrict "shadowing" activities and bring off-balance-sheet trust loans back onto their books to help ward off possible risk, the country's top banking regulator said on Monday.

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