Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Obama under pressure to lay out China strategy (Reuters)
• Chinese leader urges North Korea to better US ties (AP)
• Analysis: Dragon tail risk: The cost of a China crash (Reuters)
• China urges EU to reach debt deal without delay (Reuters)
• Beijing's growing pains mirror global population boom (Reuters)
• China sentences two officials to jail for leaking data (Reuters)
• KKR bets on China slowdown, expands debt unit to HK: report (Reuters)
• Chinese officials jailed for leaking economic data (AP)
• China urges North Korea to build on U.S. dialogue (Reuters)
• China flash PMI rebounds to ease hard-landing fears (Reuters)
• China inflation seen below 5 percent by November: report (Reuters)

Obama under pressure to lay out China strategy (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:26 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. lawmakers critical of China's trade policies will use a hearing on Tuesday to press the White House to lay out plans to confront Beijing, even as Republicans resist a bill to punish the world's second-largest economy for its currency policies.

Chinese leader urges North Korea to better US ties (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:42 AM PDT AP - China urged ally North Korea to improve its strained ties with longtime foes the United States and South Korea, state media reported Monday, as U.S. and North Korean diplomats began talks about restarting negotiations on the North's nuclear programs.

Analysis: Dragon tail risk: The cost of a China crash (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:10 AM PDT Reuters - The China hard-landing debate is a classic tail risk story -- an unlikely scenario, but if it materializes the consequences could be catastrophic.

China urges EU to reach debt deal without delay (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:49 AM PDT Reuters - China urged the European Union on Monday to deal with its debt crisis as soon as possible and prevent contagion from spreading, as the country's number four-ranked leader arrived for a visit of the continent, including Greece.

Beijing's growing pains mirror global population boom (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:32 AM PDT Reuters - Fourteen years after Beijing's planned satellite city of Tongzhou rose from a small town with many scattered fields, it still lacks decent schools, hospitals and entertainment complexes that residents need to make it feel like home.

China sentences two officials to jail for leaking data (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:09 AM PDT Reuters - China has sentenced two officials to jail terms of up to six years for leaking economic data, the Supreme People's Procuratoriate said in a statement on Monday, citing the need to protect the government's credibility.

KKR bets on China slowdown, expands debt unit to HK: report (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:01 AM PDT Reuters - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is placing an early bet on a slowdown in the Chinese economy and plans to expand into Hong Kong in the next six to nine months with its $2 billion special situations unit, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Chinese officials jailed for leaking economic data (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:58 AM PDT AP - Two Chinese officials have been jailed for leaking key economic data that can move global financial markets, in a breach that triggered a government crackdown to tighten secrecy, officials said Monday.

China urges North Korea to build on U.S. dialogue (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:51 AM PDT Reuters - China wants North Korea to deepen talks with South Korea and the United States in the hope of restarting nuclear negotiations, the visiting Chinese vice premier told his North Korean counterpart, state media reported on Monday.

China flash PMI rebounds to ease hard-landing fears (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:58 PM PDT Reuters - China's vast manufacturing sector expanded moderately in October to snap three months of contraction, reflecting the resilience of robust domestic demand that is likely to soothe fears of an abrupt slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

China inflation seen below 5 percent by November: report (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2011 06:18 PM PDT Reuters - China's consumer inflation is likely to ease below 5 percent by November and December, a senior official at the country's economic planner said in remarks published on Monday, raising hopes Beijing can contain prices that have held near three-year highs.

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