BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. senators leading an effort to force trade and currency "concessions" from China said here Thursday that they became more optimistic about China's currency reform.

  BEIJING, March 20 -- Central bank officials have reaffirmed China's position of gradually moving towards a freely traded currency, responding to two US senators who are threatening trade sanctions unless the yuan's value rises.

   BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's currency strengthened on Friday to its highest level against the U.S. dollar since its July 21 revaluation on heightened market forces, a weakened dollar and technical rebounds.

   BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China will introduce no more unexpected changes in reforming the exchange rate of its currency, the RMB yuan, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced here on Tuesday.