Yahoo! News: World - China

Harper to discuss fiscal policy in China visit (Reuters)
Chinese minister: We aren't manipulating currency (AP)
China to try 58 accused of covering up mine deaths (AP)
Hawaii among several destinations luring Chinese (AP)
GM sees China market sales growth slowing (Reuters)
China shrugs off EU appeal for help on currency (AP)
China's Wen says yuan stability is vital (AFP)
China charges 58 over cover-up: state media (AFP)
Ex-judge facing China bribery charges kills self (AP)
Jailed China mafia trial judge kills self: report (AFP)
China tries to fix crumbling health care system (AP)

Harper to discuss fiscal policy in China visit (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 11:33 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will likely discuss fiscal policy with Chinese leaders during his first visit to the country later this week, but it was not clear if he would raise the issue of foreign exchange policy, an aide to Harper said on Monday.

Chinese minister: We aren't manipulating currency (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 08:23 AM PST

AP - China rejected Monday the charge that it was keeping the yuan artificially low against the dollar, but rather blamed another "major economy" for keeping its own currency weak.

China to try 58 accused of covering up mine deaths (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 06:31 AM PST

AP - Dozens of local Chinese officials and reporters have been charged with bribery in the cover-up of a coal mine accident that killed 35 people just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, a newspaper reported Monday.

Hawaii among several destinations luring Chinese (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:24 AM PST

AP - Hawaii, California and Las Vegas are among American tourist destinations vying fiercely for a vast and largely untapped new market segment.

GM sees China market sales growth slowing (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:37 AM PST

Reuters - General Motors expects sales growth for China's auto market to drop dramatically in 2010, as the carmaker nears the end of a year of government stimulus-fueled growth in the world's biggest car market, the head of the company's China operations said on Monday.

China shrugs off EU appeal for help on currency (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:30 AM PST

AP - Summit talks between Chinese and European leaders ended on an off key note Monday as Premier Wen Jiabao rejected calls for a stronger Chinese currency and accused critics of seeking to undermine his country's rise.

China's Wen says yuan stability is vital (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST

AFP - Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday said international pressure over China's currency policy was "unfair" and that a stable yuan is crucial to his nation's economic health.

China charges 58 over cover-up: state media (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:28 AM PST

AFP - China has charged 48 government and mining officials and 10 journalists with covering up a deadly mine accident to avoid embarrassing Beijing ahead of last year's Olympics, state media said Monday.

Ex-judge facing China bribery charges kills self (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:36 PM PST

AP - An ex-judge charged with taking bribes from gangsters committed suicide in his cell over the weekend in central China, a local government spokesman said Monday.

Jailed China mafia trial judge kills self: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:40 PM PST

AFP - A former senior judge awaiting trial in a massive organised crime crackdown in southwest China hung himself in jail using the drawstring of his underwear, state media said Monday.