<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - China</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/eastasia/china?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><description>China</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[China Hosts a 2nd Taiwan Party Head]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41542-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41542-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BEIJING, May 5  --  China extended its campaign to woo public opinion in Taiwan on Thursday by welcoming a second opposition party leader from the island, less than a week after hosting the leader of the opposition Nationalist Party in a historic visit.]]></description><author> Philip P. Pan  and Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Spite of Prosecutors, Scholar May Be Deported]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41491-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41491-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  U.S. immigration officials are moving forward with the deportation of a former American University researcher who pleaded guilty to selling sensitive technology to the Chinese government, despite a request by federal prosecutors that she be allowed to stay.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taiwan Nationalist Cites 'Consensus' With Chinese on Ending Hostilities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35516-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35516-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SHANGHAI, May 3  --  The leader of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, wrapping up a historic visit to mainland China, said he had achieved a "fundamental consensus" with the country's Communist Party leadership to end hostilities that have enveloped the Taiwan Strait for more than half a century.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Drain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32877-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32877-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING  --  Robert Anderson thought he and his energy company had everything covered.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taiwan  Proposes Peace Talks With China]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32788-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32788-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 2  --   President Chen Shui-bian on Monday offered peace talks with Beijing, apparently seeking to regain the initiative from a political rival who is on a high-profile visit to China.]]></description><author> William Foreman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Enemies Meet in Beijing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26977-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26977-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BEIJING, April 29  --  The leader of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party and Chinese President Hu Jintao met here Friday and pledged to work together to end hostilities between the Taipei and Beijing governments. It was the highest-level meeting between the two sides since they fought a civil war six decades ago.]]></description><author> Joe McDonald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Seeks Improved SE Asia Ties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26978-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26978-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The United States, building on the massive humanitarian effort after the Indian Ocean tsunami in December, plans an aggressive effort to build economic, political and security links with Southeast Asian nations, Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick said yesterday.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brief Rise In Chinese Currency Stirs Markets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27069-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27069-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Tantalizing hints surfaced yesterday that China might be on the brink of letting its currency rise in value  --  and although the evidence was tenuous, it was enough to send foreign exchange markets into a lather.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationalists Return To Chinese Mainland]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18550-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18550-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, April 26  --  The head of Taiwan's Nationalist Party came to China for history-making talks with Communist Party officials Tuesday, the first Nationalist leader welcomed here since Mao Zedong's forces drove Chiang Kai-shek from the mainland in 1949.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short-Lived Strike Reflects Strength of Japan-China Ties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16465-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16465-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SHENZHEN, China, April 25  --  On the face of it, the 10,000 fired-up workers at Uniden Electronic Products seemed to have a lot going for them when they went on strike.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 Arrested in Anti-Japan Protests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16519-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16519-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, April 26  --  Chinese authorities announced Tuesday that 16 youths had been formally arrested and 26 others temporarily jailed in connection with violent anti-Japanese protests that erupted 10 days ago in Shanghai.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koizumi, Hu Meet to Address Tensions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12397-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12397-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 23  --  Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Japan to translate its remorse over wartime atrocities into "actual action" during a much-anticipated meeting here Saturday that both sides said they hoped would ease dangerously heightened tensions between the two countries.]]></description><author> Ellen Nakashima</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hu Jintao Tightens Party's Grip on Power]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12427-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12427-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chinese president is emerging as an unyielding leader determined to preserve the Communist Party's monopoly on power and willing to impose new limits on speech and other civil liberties to do it.]]></description><author> Philip P. Pan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan's Observance Opens Wounds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10450-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10450-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/china</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 22:03:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The observance was central to the roiling dispute over history that has engulfed Japan and its primary wartime victims, China and South Korea.]]></description><author> Anthony Faiola</author></item></channel></rss>