Blaming the US for "serious disruption" in bilateral ties, Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday accused it of violating China's sovereignty and territorial integrity by selling arms to Taiwan and hosting Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House

China's premier expressed concern about the US dollar and called on Washington on Sunday to take "concrete steps" to reassure Beijing about the safety of its huge Treasury bond holdings.

China's top parliamentary adviser said Saturday that keeping the economy stable and steady must remain the government's biggest priority this year.

US today slammed China for its "poor" human rights record of repressing Tibetans and other ethnic minorities, prompting an angry reaction from Beijing, which accused Washington of hypocrisy and blamed it for the global economic crisis.

Despite the Centre's reported reluctance, the Arunachal Pradesh government has asked it to continue seeking loans from the World Bank for projects in the border state in spite of objections from China.

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that Chinese authorities had rebuffed all his efforts to reach a compromise over Tibet and had instead engaged in systematic repression as part of a plan to "annihilate Buddhism" there.

China said on Sunday that it is up to the United States to improve relations that soured over US arms sales to Taiwan and a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama.

China, the most populous country in the world, today said it would continue with its over three-decade-old one-child policy to maintain low birth rate and pledged to intensity its "strategic research" on coping with an ageing population.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao promised strong growth this year, and said the government will combat inflation and risks to banks to keep the rebound in the world's third-largest economy on track.

National People's Congress spokesman Li Zhaoxing said Thursday the increase will be used to enhance China's ability "to meet various threats."

Officers on motorcycles and in armored vans circled Tiananmen Square in the heart of the capital, adjacent to the Great Hall of the People where members of the legislature's advisory body begin meeting Wednesday.

China has issued an urgent order to local authorities to strengthen safety measures, after an explosion triggered by Lunar New Year fireworks killed 21 people and injured 48 in a southern village.

Toyota says its president Akio Toyoda will speak to reporters in Beijing on Monday about the company's recent quality problems.

An explosion triggered by residents setting off fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year tore through a village in southern China, killing 19 people and wounding more than 30 as the country neared the end of its biggest holiday.

At least 29 people were injured and hundreds of buildings damaged in an earthquake in southwestern China's Yunnan province, reports said today.

Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once symbolized America's love for hulking Sports Utility Vehicles, faces a shutdown after its sale to a Chinese heavy equipment maker collapsed.

Indian tigers, whose numbers have dwindled to 1,411, are facing poaching threat from demand in China where parts of wild big cats are preferred over those sourced from official breeding farms.

Ahead of the Indo-Pak foreign secretary-level talks, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday briefed the Chinese leadership on Islamabad's efforts to develop friendly relations with India.

Banking regulators in China have ordered institutions to tighten controls on risk and carefully scrutinize borrowers' ability to pay their debts in a new step to rein in lending.

The US is keen to work with India to conclude the Doha round of trade talks this year, a top Obama administration official said in Chicago.

The Chinese military today dismissed as "irresponsible" reports which pointed to its involvement in cyber attacks on Internet search giant Google.

President Barack Obama has said the US, being the world leader, cannot afford to lag behind in clean energy technologies amid the fast growth of India, China and Germany in the field and sought efforts to prevent any country from "out-competing" America in future.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the region where China, Russia and North Korea meet Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

China moved to curtail bank lending on Friday for the second time in a month in the latest effort to cool down its supercharged economy.

The Internet search leader is still censoring its results in China a month after Google's leaders took a public stand against Chinese laws that require the removal of links to Web sites that the government deems subversive or offensive.