Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Report says 2 Tibetans killed by security forces (AP)
• Summary Box: Holiday hits China Jan. auto sales (AP)
• Exclusive: U.S. squeezes French-led satellite maker over China (Reuters)
• Biden meets human rights advocates on China (Reuters)
• China skirting African corruption in direct aid (AP)
• China inflation spike pricks policy easing expectations (Reuters)
• Holiday hits China auto sales in January (AP)
• China: Syria veto won't hurt cooperation with US (AP)
• China's buffeted and ambitious Bo Xilai stays afloat (Reuters)
• US Embassy to improve processing visas to Chinese (AP)
• China swats away trouble before Xi's U.S. trip (Reuters)
• China says Syrian opposition visited, first such contract (Reuters)
• China says Syria opposition delegation visited (AP)
• US says missing Chinese top cop met US diplomats (AP)
• China's inflation rebounds in January to 4.5 pct (AP)

Report says 2 Tibetans killed by security forces (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:15 PM PST AP - A U.S.-funded broadcaster is reporting that two Tibetan brothers on the run since taking part in anti-government protests have been shot dead in China's Sichuan province.

Summary Box: Holiday hits China Jan. auto sales (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:56 PM PST AP - SALES DRAGGIN': Car sales in the world's biggest auto market fell 24 percent in January from a year earlier. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that 1.16 million passenger cars were sold in January, down from a monthly record 1.5 million a year earlier.

Exclusive: U.S. squeezes French-led satellite maker over China (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:36 AM PST Reuters - The United States has threatened action that could disrupt a French-led satellite maker's supply chain, spurred by suspicion that it illegally used U.S. know-how or parts in spacecraft launched by Chinese rockets.

Biden meets human rights advocates on China (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 08:46 AM PST Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden and a group of human rights advocates discussed the "deterioration" of the rights situation in China, the White House said on Thursday, signaling the issue is likely to figure in his talks with China's vice president next week.

China skirting African corruption in direct aid (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:59 AM PST AP - China last month sent a senior official to symbolically hand over the keys to a nine-story twin tower to house Uganda's president and prime minister, a gift from Beijing.

China inflation spike pricks policy easing expectations (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:52 AM PST Reuters - China's annual inflation spiked to a consensus-busting 4.5 percent in January as spending jumped during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday season, breaking a five-month softening trend and forcing a market rethink of policy easing expectations.

Holiday hits China auto sales in January (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:43 AM PST AP - The year of the dragon rolled in with a whimper instead of a roar for China's auto industry. Car sales in the world's biggest auto market fell 24 percent in January from a year earlier, industry figures show.

China: Syria veto won't hurt cooperation with US (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:42 AM PST AP - U.S. outrage over Beijing's veto of a U.N. Syria resolution won't affect cooperation on other international issues, a top Chinese diplomat said Thursday, as Beijing announced it had recently hosted a leading Syrian opposition figure.

China's buffeted and ambitious Bo Xilai stays afloat (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:31 AM PST Reuters - A bizarre consular drama in southwest China is just the latest to buffet Bo Xilai, the suave politician angling to join the Communist Party's inner circle, but on Thursday residents of the city he runs fancied his chances of surviving.

US Embassy to improve processing visas to Chinese (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:26 AM PST AP - The U.S. Embassy in China is promising to streamline visa requests and hire more people to process applicants as part of President Barack Obama's push to boost tourism to the United States.

China swats away trouble before Xi's U.S. trip (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:58 AM PST Reuters - China swatted away friction over Syria on Thursday to lay out an optimistic view of ties with the United States in the next decade when Vice President Xi Jinping, who visits the White House next week, is likely to lead the rising Asian power.

China says Syrian opposition visited, first such contract (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:46 AM PST Reuters - China said on Thursday that a Syrian opposition delegation had visited the country this week and met a vice foreign minister, the first contact reported by Beijing in the wake of its veto in the U.N. of a draft resolution on the country.

China says Syria opposition delegation visited (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:19 AM PST AP - China's Foreign Ministry says that a Syrian opposition delegation visited Beijing and met Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun.

US says missing Chinese top cop met US diplomats (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:07 PM PST AP - The celebrity top cop relieved of his duties in a major Chinese city met officials at a U.S. consulate amid unconfirmed reports of an asylum bid, but then left the building, the U.S. State Department said. His whereabouts were unclear Thursday.

China's inflation rebounds in January to 4.5 pct (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:50 PM PST AP - China's inflation rebounded in January as food prices soared, renewing pressure on Beijing to control living costs as it tries to boost slowing growth amid warnings of a looming global downturn.

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