Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Geithner to discuss Iran in China, Japan visit (Reuters)
• China bus slides off snow-covered bridge, 16 dead (AP)
• China downplays effect of new US sanctions on Iran (AP)
• US envoy visits China after Kim Jong Il's death (AP)
• China says Xinjiang kidnappers were on "holy war" (Reuters)
• Police think poisoned cat meat killed China tycoon (AP)
• China claims success in curbing racy entertainment (Reuters)

Geithner to discuss Iran in China, Japan visit (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 10:46 AM PST Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will travel to China and Japan next week to discuss U.S. sanctions on Iran and the state of the global economy with top government officials, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.

China bus slides off snow-covered bridge, 16 dead (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 07:45 AM PST AP - A bus went out of control and slipped from a snow-covered bridge in southern China on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people, state media reported.

China downplays effect of new US sanctions on Iran (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:36 AM PST AP - China says new U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and its ability to sell petroleum abroad won't affect its business dealings with Tehran.

US envoy visits China after Kim Jong Il's death (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:24 AM PST AP - China and the United States will maintain "very close contact" concerning developments in North Korea following the death of leader Kim Jong Il, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.

China says Xinjiang kidnappers were on "holy war" (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:22 AM PST Reuters - China said on Wednesday that seven people killed by police in the restive far western region of Xinjiang last week had been trying to leave the country to wage "holy war" and had kidnapped some herders on their way to the border.

Police think poisoned cat meat killed China tycoon (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:55 PM PST AP - The sudden death of a billionaire in southern China is causing police to ask: Was it murder by cat meat?

China claims success in curbing racy entertainment (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:15 PM PST Reuters - A campaign to curb "excessive entertainment" by slashing the number of racy programs on Chinese satellite television channels has been successful, state media reported, after President Hu Jintao warned Western culture was out to attack China.

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