Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China under suspicion in U.S. for Lockheed hacking (Reuters)
• China's Li one win from history at French Open (AFP)
• China crackdown recalls Tiananmen: rights groups (AFP)
• Pentagon chief denies US wants to 'hold China down' (AFP)
• China says Lagarde proposes June visit (Reuters)
• Report: China to name bishop without pope approval (AP)
• Van plows into crowd at Beijing school; 3 killed (AP)
• Citigroup sets up China securities joint venture (AFP)
• Toyota says China sales down 35 percent in May from year ago (Reuters)
• Gates: Careful revamp of US national security team (AP)

China under suspicion in U.S. for Lockheed hacking (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT Reuters - Suspicion that some individual or entity in China was behind a recent cyber attack on Lockheed Martin is growing among experts and agencies looking into the incident.

China's Li one win from history at French Open (AFP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:15 AM PDT AFP - China's Li Na shattered Maria Sharapova's dream of completing a set of Grand Slam titles by defeating the double-fault prone Russian 6-4, 7-5 in the French Open semi-finals on Thursday.

China crackdown recalls Tiananmen: rights groups (AFP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:32 AM PDT AFP - China's current crackdown on dissent mirrors its crushing of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests in 1989, rights groups said on Thursday, calling on Beijing to account for its past and present actions.

Pentagon chief denies US wants to 'hold China down' (AFP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:28 AM PDT AFP - The United States is not looking to "hold China down" but is worried about its new weaponry and wants a stronger dialogue with its expanding military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.

China says Lagarde proposes June visit (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:11 AM PDT Reuters - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has proposed visiting China in early June, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, a visit during which she would discuss her candidacy to head the International Monetary Fund.

Report: China to name bishop without pope approval (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:26 AM PDT AP - China's government-controlled Catholic church is preparing to ordain a new bishop, and the leading candidate is a priest who lacks the Vatican's backing, potentially adding fuel to a long-running feud between Beijing and the Holy See.

Van plows into crowd at Beijing school; 3 killed (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:33 PM PDT AP - Chinese authorities say two students and a teacher were killed when a van plowed into a crowd outside a school on the outskirts of Beijing.

Citigroup sets up China securities joint venture (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:13 PM PDT AFP - Citigroup on Thursday announced a tie-up with Chinese securities firm Orient, giving the US bank a chance to compete with its foreign rivals in China's booming capital markets.

Toyota says China sales down 35 percent in May from year ago (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT Reuters - Toyota Motor (7203.T) said on Thursday that it sold 38,500 cars in China during May, 35 percent less than a year ago, due the part shortage caused by Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami in March.

Gates: Careful revamp of US national security team (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:39 PM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the reshaping of much of President Barack Obama's national security team — including the selection of Gates' own successor and the controversial search for a new Joint Chiefs chairman — was at least a year in the making.

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