Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Brown presses China over death penalty case (AFP)
• Chinese bulk carrier hijacked in Indian Ocean: EU (Reuters)
• China builds quake monitoring station at Everest (AP)
• China to move residents, keep lead smelters going (Reuters)
• China growth more than 7 pct in January-September (AP)
• China begins resettling 330,000 for water project (AFP)
• China starts manhunt after jailbreak: state media (AFP)
• China's Nasdaq-style board late Oct trade: report (AFP)
• China could bend on Iran nuke sanctions: experts (AFP)

Brown presses China over death penalty case (AFP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 10:01 AM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown pressed a visiting Chinese minister Monday over the case of a Briton facing the death penalty for drug trafficking in China, the Foreign Office said.

Chinese bulk carrier hijacked in Indian Ocean: EU (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:40 AM PDT Reuters - A Chinese bulk carrier carrying 25 Chinese crew was hijacked in the Indian Ocean on Monday, the European Union's counter-piracy force in the region said.

China builds quake monitoring station at Everest (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 04:21 AM PDT AP - Chinese scientists have begun operating an earthquake monitoring station at the foot of Mount Everest in a bid to learn more about the world's highest peak, an official said Monday.

China to move residents, keep lead smelters going (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 03:50 AM PDT Reuters - China plans to move 15,000 residents in its biggest lead smelting area away from the plants in order to allow them to keep operating, after tests showed over 1,000 children had excessive lead in their blood.

China growth more than 7 pct in January-September (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 03:35 AM PDT AP - China's economy expanded more than 7 percent in the first nine months of the year and will certainly surpass the 2009 growth target of 8 percent, a top economic official said Monday.

China begins resettling 330,000 for water project (AFP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 03:30 AM PDT AFP - China has begun resettling up to 330,000 people to make way for a much-delayed multi-billion dollar project to divert water to meet growing demand in the parched north, state media said Monday.

China starts manhunt after jailbreak: state media (AFP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:43 AM PDT AFP - China has launched a massive manhunt for four prisoners who broke out of jail in the north of the country after kidnapping and killing a guard, state media reported Monday.

China's Nasdaq-style board late Oct trade: report (AFP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:20 AM PDT AFP - The first batch of 28 companies to list on China's long-awaited Nasdaq-style board, ChiNext, will make their trading debut on October 30, state media reported Monday.

China could bend on Iran nuke sanctions: experts (AFP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 07:30 PM PDT AFP - China has repeatedly said it opposes sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, but Beijing could make concessions to protect its wider interests, especially in terms of Sino-US ties, experts say.

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