Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China likely to reject Hummer acquisition: report (AP)
• U.S. subsidies "poison" emerging market talks: U.S. official (Reuters)
• China intellectuals call for release of dissident (AP)
• China marks anti-drug day with executions (AFP)
• China report: Hospital dumps 6 aborted fetuses (AP)
• China bank loans to top 1 trillion yuan in June (AFP)
• China hospital dumps 8 unclaimed bodies (AFP)
• China intellectuals seek release of dissident (Reuters)

China likely to reject Hummer acquisition: report (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 08:41 AM PDT AP - China's planning agency is likely to reject a Chinese company's bid to acquire General Motors Corp.'s Hummer unit, in part because its gas-guzzling vehicles conflict with Beijing's conservation goals, state radio reported.

U.S. subsidies "poison" emerging market talks: U.S. official (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 05:16 AM PDT Reuters - The United States' subsidies for failing industries risk "killing" American attempts to discuss trade with China and other developing nations, U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner William Kovacic said on Friday.

China intellectuals call for release of dissident (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:47 AM PDT AP - Dozens of China's most prominent writers and scholars are calling for the release of a dissident who was arrested after co-authoring a bold manifesto urging civil rights and political reforms.

China marks anti-drug day with executions (AFP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 01:03 AM PDT AFP - At least 20 people were executed, an equal number condemned and hundreds put on trial as China marked a global anti-drug day with stark warnings of rising illicit drug use, state press said.

China report: Hospital dumps 6 aborted fetuses (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:52 AM PDT AP - A hospital in central China dumped six aborted human fetuses and the bodies of two people at a construction site, state media said Friday.

China bank loans to top 1 trillion yuan in June (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:54 PM PDT AFP - Chinese banks are likely to hand out a total 1.2 trillion yuan (175.7 billion dollars) in new loans in June despite warnings by regulators against irresponsible lending, state media reported.

China hospital dumps 8 unclaimed bodies (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:24 PM PDT AFP - A hospital in central China is under investigation for dumping eight bodies at a construction site after being unable to locate the relatives of the dead, state media reported.

China intellectuals seek release of dissident (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 08:52 PM PDT Reuters - Dozens of China's most prominent liberal intellectuals have issued a petition urging the release of Liu Xiaobo, the veteran dissident facing subversion charges after promoting a petition demanding an end to one-party rule.

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