President Obama plans China trip
US President Barack Obama is planning a visit to China in November. Topics planned to be discussed are the global economy, North Korea and climate change. Washington's new envoy to Beijing, Jon Huntsman Jr., told reporters Obama "is going to be visiting in the middle of November," but he did not give specific dates.
"By the end of the year, we should be in better shape than ever before between the United States and China," he said, in a speech that switched between English and fluent Mandarin Chinese.
China has chided Washington for policy failings exposed by the financial meltdown, has resisted US calls to pressure Pyongyang with tougher sanctions, and said rich countries must lead the way in greenhouse gas emissions cuts.
China will spend billions of dollars to arrest massive environmental problems along the Yangtze river and its Three Gorges reservoir.
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The biggest traffic jam in the world sits outside Beijing, China stretching 65 miles and taking 9 days to navigate.
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China Unicom will introduce the iPad and iPhone4 to markets in China next month.
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Torrential rains and flooding in northwestern China have caused massive landslides and the deathtoll is still rising.
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Recent torrential rains have washed tons of trash down the Yangtze River threatening to jam the locks of the Three Gorges Dam.
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