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(news.bbc.co.uk) - China has warned that ties with the US would be undermined if US President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama. There is speculation that Mr Obama will meet the Tibetan spiritual leader in Washington later this month, but no date has been confirmed.

(digital.venturebeat.com) - Going to be interesting to see how this all plays out.

(time.com) - China's swipes at the U.S. dollar have been spilling out of Beijing with almost mundane regularity. Every time there is an international economic summit, it seems that some Chinese mandarin reiterates the now familiar complaint that the greenback needs to be replaced as the world's de facto reserve currency. China More...

(usni.org) - With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned. After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a "kill weapon" developed by the Chinese to target and destroy U.S. aircraft carriers.

(news.bbc.co.uk) - Chinese officials say that potentially deadly radioactive material lost in north-western Shaanxi province may have been found at a steel mill.

(mcclatchydc.com) - I didn't even know there was a condom factory in Alabama.

(news.bbc.co.uk) - Five Chinese ships have manoeuvred dangerously close to an unarmed US navy surveillance vessel in the South China Sea, the US government says. US officials said the incident on Sunday came after days of "increasingly aggressive" acts by Chinese ships.