Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China shops for Latin American oil, food, minerals (AP)
• China's growth, and weakness, on show at IT fair (AFP)
• China says its military no threat to peace in Asia (AP)
• In China, soaring food prices mean leaner diets (AFP)
• Chinese VP in Cuba to meet on economic ties (Reuters)

China shops for Latin American oil, food, minerals (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 11:43 AM PDT AP - Latin America is blessed with a wealth of natural resources such as oil, copper and soy, and seeks investment and loans to capitalize on them. China needs the commodities to keep its economy growing and has about $3 trillion in reserves to burn.

China's growth, and weakness, on show at IT fair (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:31 PM PDT AFP - More Chinese companies than ever took part in Asia's largest IT fair, which ended this weekend in Taipei, but their growing numbers could not disguise their lingering weaknesses, observers said.

China says its military no threat to peace in Asia (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:15 PM PDT AP - The strength of China's armed forces is 20 years behind the U.S. and although the military is developing new capabilities, it is not a threat to peace in Asia, the Chinese defense minister said Sunday.

In China, soaring food prices mean leaner diets (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:31 PM PDT AFP - Li Ping and her husband, both retirees, pick over the offerings at a Beijing market to prepare traditional dumplings for the Dragon Boat festival. Rocketing food prices are limiting their options.

Chinese VP in Cuba to meet on economic ties (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 06:57 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Cuba on Saturday for a three-day visit expected to accelerate fast-growing economic relations between the two communist-run countries.

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