Yahoo! News: World - China

China loan growth quickens (Reuters)
Huntsman defends working for Obama (AP)
North Korea to top agenda at Lee-Hu summit in China (Reuters)
China media: 2 Tibetans set themselves on fire (AP)
Chinese held for firebomb attack at Japan embassy in Seoul (Reuters)
Chinese premier pledges more entrepreneur loans (AP)
Huntsman, Romney battle over China (AP)
Philippines accuses China of maritime intrusions (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 08:42 AM PST

Reuters - China's banks ratcheted up lending in the last month of 2011 on the back of stronger money supply, reinforcing perceptions that the central bank is gently easing policy to cushion the impact of the global economic slowdown.

Huntsman defends working for Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 06:35 AM PST

AP - Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman isn't apologizing for taking a job in the Obama administration.

North Korea to top agenda at Lee-Hu summit in China (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 03:19 AM PST

Reuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will this week ask China to use its influence to lean on North Korea to show restraint amid a delicate transition to a new leadership in Pyongyang focused on projecting a militaristic image.

China media: 2 Tibetans set themselves on fire (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 01:58 AM PST

AP - State media confirmed Sunday that two former Tibetan monks set themselves on fire in far western China, in what an activist group said was the latest in a series of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.

Chinese held for firebomb attack at Japan embassy in Seoul (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:06 PM PST

Reuters - A Chinese man who reportedly said his grandmother was one of many thousands forced into prostitution for the Japanese army during World War Two was arrested on Sunday for a firebomb attack at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, police said.

Chinese premier pledges more entrepreneur loans (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:40 PM PST

AP - China's premier has pledged to tighten risk controls on its banks and see that they do more to help entrepreneurs to sustain economic growth in the face of a possible global slowdown.

Huntsman, Romney battle over China (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 07:52 PM PST

AP - Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman says his opponents' policies would start a trade war with China.

Philippines accuses China of maritime intrusions (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:58 PM PST

AP - The Philippines has protested to China over a Chinese navy ship and two other vessels that allegedly intruded into its waters last month.