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China will impose punitive duties of up to 22 percent on large cars and SUVs exported from the United States, China's Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two largest economies.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao chastised President Barack Obama for raising the issue during an Asia-Pacific leaders summit, hours after Obama told Wen the United States wants the sea lanes kept open and peaceful, capping two weeks of Sino-U.S. tensions.

In unusual praise for China, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that Beijing deserved credit for its relatively mild response to Washington's announcement last month of a $5.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan.

Is China on course to surpass the United States as the world's space superpower and stake a claim on the moon in the next 15 years? Billionaire space executive Robert Bigelow is deeply worried about that scenario — and he says Americans need a "kick in the ass" to respond to the challenge.

The Senate on Tuesday approved a bill aimed at pushing China to let its yuan currency rise in value in the hope of saving American jobs, sending it to the House of Representatives where its fate is uncertain.

China’s foreign ministry spokesman said Monday that Beijing “firmly opposes” the Obama administration’s plans to upgrade Taiwan’s aging fleet of F-16 fighter jets, but the measured tone suggested Chinese leaders may want to avoid sparking a full-scale confrontation with Washington over the issue.

Vice President Biden mistakenly claimed Americans own 85% of U.S. Treasury securities during his visit to China.

US Vice-President Joe Biden, on a visit to China, seeks to allay concerns over US debt, saying America has never defaulted on and never will.

A basketball match between an American and Chinese basketball game ended in a brawl on Thursday in Beijing, overshadowing a visit to the country by the US Vice President Joe Biden. Officials abandoned the match between the Georgetown University men's basketball team and the Bayi Rockets after a foul led to punches and chairs being thrown.

U.S. officials suspect Pakistan let the Chinese military see secret technology the U.S. helicopter that crashed in the bin Laden raid.