China News: China lodges solemn representations over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- China has raised solemn representations to the United States government and urged it to cancel and cease arms sales to Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday. Jiang made the remarks at a regular news briefing in response to a question on China-U.S. relations in 2010. The Obama administration is reportedly expected to approve the sale of arms to Taiwan early this year and President Barack Obama is also preparing to meet the Dalai Lama.
Taiwan and Tibet-related issues were China's core interests as they related to China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Jiang said.
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China should dampen its citizens' enthusiasm in learning American English in response to America's arrogant attitude on the Taiwan issue. The United States recently sold a large batch of weapons to Taiwan and claimed the deal was for security reasons.Not long ago, president Barack Obama came to China, wearing his charming smile and winning the approval of Chinese people. ...

China News: A fast-moving winter storm across the U.S. is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, while Eurostar scrambled to get tens of thousands of passengers home for the holidays. The storm is expected to dump more than a foot (30 centimeters) of snow on parts of Colorado and Southern Utah by midday Wednesday, and blow east into the Plains states through Christmas Day. Blizzard warnings were likely on Christmas Eve in Kansas. ...

Iran's armed forces have rejected claims that they have taken control of an oil well within Iraqi borders, stressing that the well in question is in Iran, the local English language satellite Press TV reported on Sunday.
"Based on internationally recognized borders, the disputed oil well belongs to Iran as it is on Iran's soil," a spokesman for Iran's Armed Forces Headquarters, whose name was not publicized, told Press TV, adding that "Iran's troops have not crossed over into Iraq." ...