Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Sudanese leader Bashir to meet with China's Hu (AFP)
• Wen spreads China's billions in Europe but can't buy goodwill (The Christian Science Monitor)
• China premier's call for reform draws accolades and barbs (Reuters)
• Chinese rescuers use saw, sledgehammer to free boy (AP)
• China denies ship active in Japan waters (AFP)
• China rejects US Senate criticism over sea dispute (AP)
• Beijing seeks nearly $2 million from Ai Weiwei (AP)
• China demands Ai Weiwei pay $1.85 million in taxes, fines (Reuters)
• Germany, China stress support for euro (AP)
• 1.34B people, how many pandas? China is counting (AP)
• China welcomes Sudan leader wanted on war crimes (AP)
• China stops short of backing warrant for Gadhafi (AP)
• China's CNPC says Iraqi oil field now onstream (AFP)
• First Chinese solo tourists head to Taiwan: Xinhua (AFP)
• Senate deplores China's use of force at sea (Reuters)
• First individual Chinese tourists arrive in Taiwan (AP)

Sudanese leader Bashir to meet with China's Hu (AFP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT AFP - Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, will be given a red-carpet welcome Wednesday by Chinese President Hu Jintao, in defiance of criticism of the visit by rights groups.

Wen spreads China's billions in Europe but can't buy goodwill (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:49 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today said China may give Europe “a helping hand” with its current debt crisis â€" but warned in uncharacteristic tones for a second successive day against European officials and media that “meddle” in China’s affairs.

China premier's call for reform draws accolades and barbs (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:58 AM PDT Reuters - A vain "screen idol" or a prophet of Chinese political change?

Chinese rescuers use saw, sledgehammer to free boy (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 08:45 AM PDT AP - A 5-year-old boy who fell into a crevice while playing hide-and-seek has been freed by Chinese rescuers who used a sledgehammer and saw to break through a wall.

China denies ship active in Japan waters (AFP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:43 AM PDT AFP - China denied claims on Tuesday that one of its marine research vessels had been active inside Japan's exclusive economic zone, after Tokyo launched a formal diplomatic protest with Beijing.

China rejects US Senate criticism over sea dispute (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT AP - A U.S. Senate resolution critical of Beijing's actions in the South China Sea "doesn't hold water" and its sponsors should promote peace in other ways, China said Tuesday.

Beijing seeks nearly $2 million from Ai Weiwei (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:34 AM PDT AP - Beijing tax authorities are seeking nearly $2 million in back taxes and fines from outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was released last week from nearly three months in detention, his close friend said Tuesday.

China demands Ai Weiwei pay $1.85 million in taxes, fines (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT Reuters - Beijing's tax authorities have asked the dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, released recently from more than two months in detention, to pay 12 million yuan ($1.85 million) in back taxes and fines, a friend of his said on Tuesday.

Germany, China stress support for euro (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:32 AM PDT AP - Premier Wen Jiabao has underlined China's support for Europe and the euro as it grapples with its debt crisis, insisting that Beijing has confidence in the 17-nation currency.

1.34B people, how many pandas? China is counting (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:05 AM PDT AP - China has counted its 1.34 billion people; now it's the pandas' turn.

China welcomes Sudan leader wanted on war crimes (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 03:10 AM PDT AP - China said Sudan's president will be warmly welcomed on his delayed state visit Tuesday and it would reserve opinion on the international warrant that accuses him of war crimes.

China stops short of backing warrant for Gadhafi (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2011 02:07 AM PDT AP - China stopped short Tuesday of backing an international arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that accuses him of crimes against humanity for killing civilians who rose up against his rule.

China's CNPC says Iraqi oil field now onstream (AFP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:41 PM PDT AFP - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's top oil producer, has said operations have begun at Iraq's Al-Ahdab oil field, with an initial annual capacity of three million tonnes.

First Chinese solo tourists head to Taiwan: Xinhua (AFP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:27 PM PDT AFP - Nearly 300 solo Chinese travellers on Tuesday headed to Taiwan, state media said, days after Taipei lifted a decades-old ban on trips to the island by individual tourists from the mainland.

Senate deplores China's use of force at sea (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:11 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution on Monday that deplored China's use of force against Vietnamese and Philippine ships in the South China Sea.

First individual Chinese tourists arrive in Taiwan (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:52 PM PDT AP - The first individual Chinese tourists have begun arriving in Taiwan amid steadily warming ties between the two sides.

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