China has agreed with the United States to release crude from its strategic reserves around the Lunar New Year holiday on February 1, as part of the broader U.S.-led effort for strategic releases to bring oil prices down, sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Friday. "China agreed to release a relatively bigger amount if oil is above $85 a barrel, and a smaller volume if oil stays near the $75 level," one of the sources told Reuters, without offering additional details about the amount to be released. China will be celebrating the Lunar New Year with an official holiday between January 31 and February ... (full story)