Obama urged to step up yuan pressure in Hu meeting

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – When President Barack Obama meets China’s Hu Jintao this month, he might remind his guest of an old US proverb: owe $10,000 and you have a problem; owe $10 million and the lender has a problem.

The United States owes China at least $907 billion and needs to have a careful conversation with its largest creditor when the Chinese president visits the White House on January 19.

Obama wants Beijing to let its