NEWS ON CHINA

Shanghai GM overtakes VW joint ventures to become China market ...
Forbes - USA
... joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC), has overtaken Volkswagen's two joint ventures to become the market leader in China with car sales ...

China-US relations have broad prospects: Ambassador
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
Chinese Ambassador to the United States of America Zhou Wenzhong recently accepted an interview by People's Daily, expressing his view on the China-US relations ...

World benefits from China's growth: senior press officer
Xinhua - China
4 (Xinhuanet) -- China's senior press officer Liu Jianchao said in an article published Monday in the World News Journal that China's development is a "good ...

AMD Signs China Accord
TheStreet.com - USA
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD:NYSE - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) said Tsinghua Tongfang, China's third-largest computer maker, will offer a series of ...

China accelerates pace on FTA establishment in 2005
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
The past year has witnessed China's readiness to establish free trade areas (FTAs) with various trade partners, said sources with the Ministry of Commerce on ...

Taiwan's Chen Says Island Should Give Up Its `China Fantasy'
Bloomberg - USA
5 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, whose support for separate statehood has strained relations with China since he was elected in 2000, urged ...

China has 573,000 orphans: official
Xinhua - China
5 (Xinhuanet) -- China currently has 573,000 orphans, among whom 66,000 have been adopted by government-sponsored orphanages, said Li Liguo, China's vice ...

China snubbed as Australia, Japan, US discuss security
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A SECURITY summit between the US, Japan and Australia in Sydney next week is expected to sharpen tensions with China, with deteriorating relations between ...

China hints at shift away from dollar
Financial Times - London,England,UK
China indicated on Thursday it could begin to diversify its rapidly growing foreign exchange reserves away from the US dollar and government bonds -- a ...

Japan,China economic ties still hot despite chilly politics
Financial Express - Bombay,India
TOKYO, JAN 5: Economic ties between Japan and China remain robust despite chilly political relations, though a long-term chill could lead to a serious situation ...

Snow says US trade action against China won't work
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - US Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Thursday the United States was not satisfied with China's move toward currency reform but ...