Twist in Sale of Relics Has China Winking

The bidder for two prized Chinese sculptures surfaced, saying it was his patriotic duty to refuse to pay the $40 million winning bid.

China Fails to Halt the Sale of Looted Relics at a Paris Auction

Anonymous bidders bought two bronze animal heads from the 18th century that had been in the collection of the French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

China to Investigate French Company Over Claims of Tainted Formula

Government officials said they would investigate whether infant formula by French beverage giant Danone was tainted with melamine.

A Joker Woos a President, and Keyboards Clatter

She opened what she calls a “love hotel,” outfitted with opium beds. She’s a perennial gossip-magnet, and sometimes it seems as if all of China either loves her or loves to hate her.

Truce Reached in Fight Over Chinese Beverage Company

Group Danone and the Wahaha Group, one of China’s biggest beverage makers, pledged to “suspend all lawsuits and arbitrations” to revive a troubled joint venture.

Sarkozy calls on China to revalue Yuan

Nov. 26 - French president tell fast-growing nation it also has a growing responsibility to on economic matters

The French president's first official trip to China is flush with business deals including an agreement for China to buy 160 Airbus aircraft. But Sarkozy called publicly on Chinese President Hu Jintao to let the yuan rise more swiftly against the euro.

China Deal Gives Lift to Revival of Fission

Areva, the French nuclear power giant, signed the largest deal in the industry’s history Monday, with China’s leading nuclear power company.