Yahoo! News: World - China

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• After U.S. oil snub, Canada focuses on China (Reuters)
• China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985 (AP)
• No way China can sustain its growth: Biden (Reuters)
• Citi gets approval to issue credit card in China (AP)
• Syria protesters hurl rocks at China embassy in Libya (Reuters)
• China defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions (Reuters)
• China growth could halve if Europe crisis worsens: IMF (Reuters)
• China says Tibet facing "urgent" task to maintain stability (Reuters)
• China defends its veto of UN measure on Syria (AP)
• Citi gets approval to issue credit cards in China (Reuters)
• China stresses need to keep Tibet stable (AP)
• Sudanese rebels say to release Chinese workers "soon" (Reuters)
• IMF warns Europe downturn could cut China growth (AP)
• China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax (AP)
• China detains Wenzhou exec in city's debt crisis: report (Reuters)

After U.S. oil snub, Canada focuses on China (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:44 PM PST Reuters - Canada will focus on exporting oil and other goods to China and other booming Asian economies even if Washington overturns its decision to block a pipeline that would have sent more Canadian crude to the United States.

China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985 (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:31 PM PST AP - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa.

No way China can sustain its growth: Biden (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:31 AM PST Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden warned on Monday that there is no way that China will be able to sustain its current level of economic growth because of what he called its "God-awful" one-child policy.

Citi gets approval to issue credit card in China (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST AP - Citigroup Inc.'s Chinese subsidiary is set to become the first U.S.-based bank to issue its own credit cards in China.

Syria protesters hurl rocks at China embassy in Libya (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:33 AM PST Reuters - Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

China defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:25 AM PST Reuters - China defended its rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, with a top state newspaper saying Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq exposed the risks of forced regime change.

China growth could halve if Europe crisis worsens: IMF (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:19 AM PST Reuters - China's annual economic growth could be cut nearly in half this year if Europe's debt crisis tips the world economy into a recession, putting pressure on Beijing to unveil "significant" fiscal stimulus, the International Monetary Fund said.

China says Tibet facing "urgent" task to maintain stability (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:08 AM PST Reuters - China's mountainous region of Tibet is facing an urgent task to maintain stability and all government workers must be on their highest guard ahead of the Tibetan New Year and the fourth anniversary of riots, a newspaper said on Monday.

China defends its veto of UN measure on Syria (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:02 AM PST AP - China said Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged, but denied playing spoiler and said it wants to see an end to violence there.

Citi gets approval to issue credit cards in China (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:21 AM PST Reuters - The China unit of Citigroup Inc said on Monday that it has received regulatory approval to issue credit cards in China, the first non-Asian bank to receive permission.

China stresses need to keep Tibet stable (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:03 AM PST AP - China on Monday warned government officials in Tibet that failing to maintain stability could result in job loss or criminal prosecution, the latest sign of heightened ethnic tensions in the remote Himalayan region.

Sudanese rebels say to release Chinese workers "soon" (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 01:56 AM PST Reuters - Sudanese rebels said on Monday they will release "soon" 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting insurgents for months.

IMF warns Europe downturn could cut China growth (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:26 AM PST AP - A sharp downturn in Europe could cut China's economic growth rate nearly in half, the International Monetary Fund said Monday, adding to warnings about a possible severe global slowdown this year.

China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 09:07 PM PST AP - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.

China detains Wenzhou exec in city's debt crisis: report (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 05:21 PM PST Reuters - Police in China's eastern province of Zhejiang have detained a Wenzhou educational company boss for allegedly failing to repay large debts, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday, the latest fallout from a credit crunch in the entrepreneurial hub.

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