Yahoo! News: World - China

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• For China's Xi, near-summit treatment and "Iowa Nice" (Reuters)
• US to raise human rights when China's Xi visits (AP)
• Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade (Reuters)
• China says top cop spent a day in US consulate (AP)
• Chinese dissident sentenced to 7 years — over poem (AP)
• Romney appeals to U.S. business with harsh China talk (Reuters)
• Dairy Queen opens its 500th location in China (AP)
• Canadian Wheat Board aims to expand sales to China (Reuters)
• Summary Box: China trade slows more than expected (AP)
• Summary Box: GM gets OK for new China plant (AP)
• GM gets environmental OK for new China plant (AP)
• China probes "bouncing" boiled eggs (Reuters)
• China economy shows strain as policy shift eyed (Reuters)
• Origin expects to grow China's first GMO corn in 2013 (Reuters)
• China jails dissident ahead of vice president's U.S. trip (Reuters)
• Hong Kong asserts identity to Beijing's dismay (AP)
• Myanmar refugees tell of violence despite peace calls (Reuters)
• China imports slump, raising demand concerns (Reuters)
• Analysis: China wrestles with role in Syria and beyond (Reuters)

For China's Xi, near-summit treatment and "Iowa Nice" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:24 PM PST Reuters - From the power centers of Washington to a soybean farm in Iowa and on to sunny Southern California, China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, will sample diverse slices of America during a major visit next week.

US to raise human rights when China's Xi visits (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST AP - The White House said Friday it won't recoil from raising grave human rights concerns during a getting-acquainted visit next week by China's likely future leader.

Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:55 PM PST Reuters - China said on Friday it would send a senior official to Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, and India indicated it would also weigh in, as Asia's two giants seek to head off new sanctions already playing havoc with trade.

China says top cop spent a day in US consulate (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:32 PM PST AP - Beijing says a celebrity police chief linked to one of the country's rising political stars spent a day in a U.S. consulate in southwestern China amid speculation that he sought political asylum.

Chinese dissident sentenced to 7 years — over poem (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:13 PM PST AP - A Chinese court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years in prison over a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to gather at a public square, a human rights group said Friday.

Romney appeals to U.S. business with harsh China talk (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 10:43 AM PST Reuters - Mitt Romney slammed China's "autocratic model" of capitalism in a speech to technology executives on Friday, keeping up attacks on the economic powerhouse days before a visit from a Chinese official expected to be the country's next leader.

Dairy Queen opens its 500th location in China (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 09:33 AM PST AP - Dairy Queen has opened its 500th store in China after a year of aggressive expansion there.

Canadian Wheat Board aims to expand sales to China (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 08:52 AM PST Reuters - The Canadian Wheat Board is aiming to expand the types of crops it sells to Chinese buyers, as Ottawa opens Western Canada's grain market later this year, the board's chief executive said on Friday.

Summary Box: China trade slows more than expected (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 08:22 AM PST AP - TRADING DOWN: China's trade data in January showed the biggest drop since 2008. Exports fell 0.5 percent from a year earlier to $149.9 billion. Imports were down 15 percent at $122.7 billion. The politically sensitive global trade surplus tripled to $27.3 billion.

Summary Box: GM gets OK for new China plant (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 08:10 AM PST AP - THUMBS UP: General Motors Co. won approval from environmental authorities in central China for a new $1.1 billion assembly plant, though the company says it has not yet decided on the plan. The go-ahead is one of many required a large project.

GM gets environmental OK for new China plant (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:59 AM PST AP - General Motors Co. has won approval from environmental authorities in central China for a new $1.1 billion assembly plant, though the company says it has not yet decided on the plan.

China probes "bouncing" boiled eggs (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:30 AM PST Reuters - Chinese authorities are investigating eggs which bounce after being boiled and may make men sterile, state media reported Friday, in the latest food safety scare to hit the country.

China economy shows strain as policy shift eyed (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:22 AM PST Reuters - China betrayed signs of spluttering domestic demand on Friday as imports crumbling to their lowest in more than two years and weaker-than-forecast bank lending signaled to investors that policymakers would soon make a fresh bid to bolster growth.

Origin expects to grow China's first GMO corn in 2013 (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:06 AM PST Reuters - Origin Agritech Ltd said it expects the Chinese government to approve its genetically modified organism (GMO) corn for production in 2013, China's first GMO strain in commercial production, its chairman Han Gengchen said on Friday.

China jails dissident ahead of vice president's U.S. trip (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:34 AM PST Reuters - A Chinese court jailed a veteran dissident to seven years in jail Friday, his son said, in the latest blow to challengers of the Communist Party's rule before its next leader, Xi Jinping, visits the White House.

Hong Kong asserts identity to Beijing's dismay (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:26 AM PST AP - The argument began over the seemingly minor offense of eating on the subway, which is banned in Hong Kong. A local commuter was outraged that a girl in a tour group from mainland China spilled noodles onto the floor.

Myanmar refugees tell of violence despite peace calls (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:20 AM PST Reuters - In an obscure part of southwest China, a refugee crisis from one of the world's longest running and least known conflicts in Myanmar is slowly unfolding, largely ignored by the outside world and denied by China.

China imports slump, raising demand concerns (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 01:24 AM PST Reuters - China's imports in January fell the most since the depths of the global financial crisis, raising concerns that demand may be weaker than previously thought even allowing for Lunar New Year factory shutdowns.

Analysis: China wrestles with role in Syria and beyond (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 01:04 AM PST Reuters - After bowing to Western pressure over Libya a year ago, China blocked a move pressing Syria's leader to step down, exposing the difficulties Beijing faces in deciding when to go along with and when to rebuff demands piling up at its door.

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