Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China leader-in-waiting Xi woos and warns U.S. (Reuters)
• Xi wraps up highly scripted visit to US capital (AP)
• Obama, on Midwest trip, chides China on trade practices (Reuters)
• Analysis: New China landing vessels point to Pacific rivalry (Reuters)
• China to keep investing in euro zone debt: China c.bank (Reuters)
• Court halts sale of New Zealand farms to Chinese (AP)
• Obama friendly but firm with China heir apparent (Reuters)
• Costs, property rights top issues for U.S. firms in China:survey (Reuters)
• Insight: Suns rise and set rapidly in China leadership opera (Reuters)
• China taps law enforcer to run uneasy Tibetan area (AP)

China leader-in-waiting Xi woos and warns U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:29 PM PST Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Wednesday offered deeper cooperation with the United States on trade and security, citing Iran and North Korea, but called on Washington to heed Beijing's demands on contentious "core interests" such as Tibet.

Xi wraps up highly scripted visit to US capital (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST AP - For Americans looking at the U.S. visit of China's likely future leader for a clue about where relations between the two nations might be headed, the signal has been clear: No change in substance, but perhaps a change in style.

Obama, on Midwest trip, chides China on trade practices (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:57 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama took aim again at China's trade practices during a campaign-style visit to the Midwestern heartland on Wednesday, saying he will not stand by while America's foreign competitors "don't play by the rules."

Analysis: New China landing vessels point to Pacific rivalry (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:56 AM PST Reuters - As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power.

China to keep investing in euro zone debt: China c.bank (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST Reuters - China will continue to invest in euro zone government debt and it remains confident in the euro, the country's central bank governor said on Wednesday, while calling on Europeans to produce more attractive investment products for China.

Court halts sale of New Zealand farms to Chinese (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:14 AM PST AP - A New Zealand court Wednesday halted the first ever sale of dairy farms to Chinese investors, the latest twist in a saga that's dividing a country reliant on agriculture for much of its export earnings.

Obama friendly but firm with China heir apparent (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:01 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play by the same trade rules as other major world powers and vowed to keep pressing China to clean up its human rights record.

Costs, property rights top issues for U.S. firms in China:survey (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:40 AM PST Reuters - Rising costs, an uncertain regulatory environment and intellectual property rights violations are among the top challenges for U.S. companies in China, a survey showed.

Insight: Suns rise and set rapidly in China leadership opera (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:52 AM PST Reuters - Leaders battling for promotion in China's Communist Party are using pages out of an old manual for negotiating the rungs of power, with the launch of separate probes that have tarnished the chances of one rising star and burnished those of another.

China taps law enforcer to run uneasy Tibetan area (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:51 PM PST AP - A career law-and-order official has been tapped to run a Tibetan area at the center of protests against Chinese rule, and is calling for his subordinates to take a hard line against unrest while trying to raise local living standards.

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