CHINA

Taiwan director Leon Dai's harsh real-life drama No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti won best feature over the weekend at the Golden Horse Film Awards, regarded as the Oscars for Chinese-language movies.

General Motors expects sales growth for China's auto market to drop dramatically in 2010, as the carmaker nears the end of a year of government stimulus-fueled growth in the world's biggest car market, the head of the company's China operations said on Monday.

Corrects headline, second bullet point, first and second paragraphs to clarify the 10-15 percent sales growth forecast for 2010 is for the overall China market, not for GM's sales

Corrects first paragraph to show 2010 sales growth forecast is for entire China auto market, not GM's sales

Honiton Energy Group has hired Morgan Stanley to advise the China-focused wind power developer on luring a new investor, in a deal that could value the entire company at up to $250 million, sources said on Monday.

Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp might still be interested in buying General Motors' Saab unit, according to the Chinese car company's general manager.

Toto, Japan's No.1 toilet maker, expects to meet its earnings forecasts despite the yen's recent surge by capitalizing on an earlier-than-expected demand recovery in China and cost cuts, its president said on Monday.

Sands China's weak debut in Hong Kong on Monday signals fading investor appetite for a casino company with a high valuation and an uncertain outlook, and cooling interest in what was a red-hot sector.

Dubai's debt crisis could be China's opportunity to snap up gold and oil assets, a senior Chinese official said in remarks published on Monday.

Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp might still be interested in buying General Motors' Saab unit, Wang Dazong, the Chinese car company's general manager, said on Monday.

Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said I do to each other in the same month that they said we do to their real estate agent.

The euro zone's top economic officials pressed China on Sunday to let the yuan resume its rise but said they were not counting on immediate results.

Lawmakers urged Iran's government on Sunday to prepare a plan on reducing cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after the U.N. body rebuked Tehran for secretly building a uranium enrichment plant.

The euro zone does not risk the sort of debt problems plaguing Dubai, senior European Union officials said on Sunday.

The yuan's link to the dollar is problematic for some sectors in the European economy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Sunday, ahead of a summit with Chinese leaders.

A gradual, orderly rise in the yuan against all major floating currencies is in the interest both of China and of the world economy, senior euro zone officials said on Sunday.

China will expand schemes that give consumers a discount if they trade in old cars and household appliances for new ones, according to Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei.

A Zimbabwean-registered cargo plane en route to Kyrgyzstan crashed on take-off in Shanghai on Saturday, killing three U.S. crew on board and triggering a fire, state media and a U.S. spokesman said.

The White House gave a mixed reaction on Friday to China's plans to cut its carbon intensity levels, welcoming the proposal but saying the world would watch whether Beijing kept its promises to tackle climate change.

Iraq aims to install four new floating oil terminals and three new undersea oil pipelines that will boost export capacity to 8 million barrels per day from a current 1.9 million bpd, a top oil official said.

The world is losing patience with Iran's behavior over its nuclear program and Tehran will be responsible for the consequences if it fails to meet its obligations, the White House said on Friday.