Yahoo! News: World - China

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• LRA approves $5M plan to fix Chinese drywall ills (AP)
• China Automotive Systems sees profit rise (AP)
• Snow wreaks havoc in north China: state media (AFP)
• Report: Chinese who complain to gov't risk kidnap (AP)
• China cautions Obama over meeting Dalai Lama (AP)
• BMW, Chinese partner to invest in expansion (AFP)
• China warns Obama about Dalai Lama, citing Lincoln on slavery (Reuters)
• China carefully navigates ties with Straits Chinese (Reuters)
• Abuse in China's 'black jails': rights group (AFP)
• China's Wen reiterates loose policy stance (Reuters)

LRA approves $5M plan to fix Chinese drywall ills (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:15 PM PST AP - Some homeowners would get help fixing problems caused by trouble-plagued Chinese drywall under a $5 million plan that is being sent to state lawmakers after winning the unanimous backing Thursday of the Louisiana Recovery Authority.

China Automotive Systems sees profit rise (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:54 AM PST AP - China Automotive Systems Inc., which makes power steering components, said Thursday that third-quarter profit rose sharply on a boost in sales of components for passenger vehicles.

Snow wreaks havoc in north China: state media (AFP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:56 AM PST AFP - Heavy snows in northern China wreaked havoc for the third day running on Thursday, killing at least eight people, stranding thousands of motorists and disrupting air travel, state media reported.

Report: Chinese who complain to gov't risk kidnap (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:30 AM PST AP - Kidnapping villagers who have traveled to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government and keeping them in unofficial jails to silence them has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that police refuse to crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday.

China cautions Obama over meeting Dalai Lama (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:25 AM PST AP - On the eve of President Barack Obama's first visit to Asia, China floated a potentially provocative comparison, likening serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the U.S. — an apparent attempt to gain support for its policies in the Himalayan region.

BMW, Chinese partner to invest in expansion (AFP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 02:04 AM PST AFP - BMW and its Chinese partner will invest five billion yuan (732 million dollars) to expand production capacity in the world's biggest car market, the German auto maker said on Thursday.

China warns Obama about Dalai Lama, citing Lincoln on slavery (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:30 AM PST Reuters - A Chinese government spokesman said Barack Obama should be especially sympathetic to China's opposition to the Dalai Lama and Tibetan independence, as a black president who lauded Abraham Lincoln for helping abolish slavery.

China carefully navigates ties with Straits Chinese (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST Reuters - When Chinese president Hu Jintao arrived in Singapore for a state visit this week, he announced China's favorite diplomatic gift -- two pandas -- but chose his words very carefully.

Abuse in China's 'black jails': rights group (AFP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:40 AM PST AFP - Chinese state agents regularly abduct citizens and detain them for days or months in secret, illegal "black jails", subjecting them to physical and psychological abuses, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

China's Wen reiterates loose policy stance (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 06:48 PM PST Reuters - China will stick to its active fiscal policy and loose monetary measures even though its economic recovery is now on more solid footing, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday.

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