| Obama says Washington not trying to contain China (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:17 AM PST  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama told Chinese students on Monday he did not fear their nation's rise, ahead of talks on trade imbalances and currency strains that underline the sometimes tense embrace between the two giants.
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| Obama visit arouses mistrust in China's Internet populace (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:17 AM PST  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's call on Monday for Internet freedom in China met with wariness and cynicism from many Chinese Internet users, suggesting his effort to win over the country's youth has some way to go.
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| Spelling Obama in Chinese not an easy task (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:12 AM PST  AFP - US President Barack Obama's first visit to China will undoubtedly be marked by difficult talks on trade and climate change, but another thorny issue has emerged: how to write "Obama" in Mandarin.
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| China detains activists as Obama arrives (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:51 AM PST AP - Police detained dozens of activists and petitioners in Beijing and elsewhere in China as President Barack Obama arrived on his first state visit to the country, friends, family members and a human rights group said Monday. |
| Obama arrives in Beijing (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:23 AM PST  AFP - US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday from Shanghai, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China, an AFP photographer said.
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| Landslide buries about 20 in northern China (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:42 AM PST Reuters - A landslide in northern China has buried about 20 people from one village, though two people have already been pulled out alive, a government official said on Monday. |
| On the Internet in China, Obama presses for freedom (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:51 PM PST  AFP - US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and political freedoms as he starred in a live streaming webcast from China on the first day of his visit to the Asian giant.
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| U.S. officials defend enforcing WTO safeguard vs. China (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST Reuters - The safeguard provision that China agreed to as a condition for joining the World Trade Organization in 2001 should be enforced, U.S. trade officials said on Monday, despite Chinese pressure for the U.S. to reduce trade actions on its products. |
| China cool to stronger yuan as IMF calls for rise (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:11 PM PST Reuters - China's Commerce Ministry on Monday rebuffed calls for the yuan to appreciate, signaling resistance to change in a controversial foreign exchange policy that loomed over U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to the Asian giant. |
| Obama: No need to change China, Taiwan policy (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:59 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he sees no need to change Washington's "one-China" policy, which views Taiwan as part of China. |
| Obama says al Qaeda still greatest threat to U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:18 PM PST  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the greatest threats to the United States continued to be terrorist networks like al Qaeda.
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| Obama says hopes for better China-Taiwan ties (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:51 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he hoped for improved China-Taiwan ties and said economic links had helped lower tensions over Taiwan. |
| Obama: US, China must cooperate on global issues (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:41 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says there are very few global challenges that can be solved unless the U.S. and China cooperate. |
| China calls for responsible global monetary policies (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 07:13 PM PST Reuters - China on Monday made a fresh, thinly veiled criticism of the United States for running lax monetary and fiscal policies that risk undermining the dollar. |
| China should keep yuan stable: commerce ministry (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 06:45 PM PST  Reuters - China should keep the yuan stable, in part because that is beneficial for a global economic recovery, a Commerce Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
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| IMF chief again says Chinese yuan should rise (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 06:18 PM PST  AFP - International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Monday reiterated that a stronger yuan would help bolster China's economy, amid mounting pressure on Beijing to let the currency rise.
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| Stronger yuan needed for rebalancing: IMF chief (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 05:46 PM PST  Reuters - A stronger Chinese yuan is part of the reforms that Beijing needs to implement to increase domestic consumption and help ease global imbalances, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
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| China 2010 GDP growth seen at 8.5 percent (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST Reuters - China's economy is expected to grow by a modest 8.5 percent next year while inflation will be subdued at about 2.5 percent, indicating that monetary policy should remain appropriately loose to solidify the basis of the recovery, a key government think-tank said on Monday. |
| China corners rare earths market (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 04:27 PM PST  AFP - As resource-hungry China scours the world for crude oil and natural gas supplies, it has managed to corner the global market for a group of obscure metals used to make iPods, wind farms and electric cars.
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| GE forms China JV to make airplane electronics (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:52 PM PST  AP - General Electric's aviation unit is teaming with Aviation Industry Corp. of China to develop and market electronic systems for commercial aircraft customers, including the C919 narrow-body aircraft that China hopes will compete with jets made by industry giants Boeing and Airbus.
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