Yahoo! News: World - China

---

• Chinese praise waitress held for stabbing official (AP)
• Taiwan-China business ties grow as barriers fall (AP)
• China says industrial output growth to jump in 2Q (AFP)
• 10 arrested in east China over brick kiln slavery (AP)
• US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit China (AP)
• China: rich nations must cut emissions by 40 pct (AP)
• China police free 32 forced labourers: state media (AFP)
• Factory owner held in China fire that killed 13 (AP)
• China arrests 10 in new brick kiln slave case (Reuters)

Chinese praise waitress held for stabbing official (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 03:24 AM PDT AP - A 21-year-old karaoke bar waitress in central China has earned broad public sympathy and support after she was arrested in the fatal stabbing of a communist official who allegedly cornered her in a hotel spa and demanded sex.

Taiwan-China business ties grow as barriers fall (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 01:34 AM PDT AP - China and Taiwan are seeking new business ventures in each other's territories like never before as investment and travel barriers fall between the once bitter enemies amid warmer political ties.

China says industrial output growth to jump in 2Q (AFP) Posted: 22 May 2009 12:38 AM PDT AFP - China said industrial output is expected to rise eight percent in the second quarter and exceed ten percent in the second half of the year as stimulus measures kick in.

10 arrested in east China over brick kiln slavery (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 12:29 AM PDT AP - Police in eastern China have arrested 10 men for allegedly enslaving mentally handicapped people who were forced to work at brick kilns and endure beatings, an officer said Friday.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit China (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 11:59 PM PDT AP - China's leadership will play host next week to one of its fiercest human rights critics — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi — in a visit that symbolizes the complex and deepening relations between the two countries.

China: rich nations must cut emissions by 40 pct (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 11:58 PM PDT AP - Wealthy nations, as history's biggest polluters, should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, China says in a policy document on climate change. The government also rolled out fresh help for solar power and other "green energy."

China police free 32 forced labourers: state media (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2009 11:33 PM PDT AFP - Police have freed 32 mentally handicapped people forced to work "like slaves" in brick kilns in eastern China and arrested 10 people suspected of holding them, state press said.

Factory owner held in China fire that killed 13 (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 08:56 PM PDT AP - Authorities in southeastern China have detained the owner of an unlicensed headphone factory after a dormitory fire this week killed 13 female workers and seriously injured four others, a local official said Friday.

China arrests 10 in new brick kiln slave case (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2009 08:51 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese police have arrested 10 people in an eastern province suspected of beating mentally handicapped people forced to work in brick kilns and treating them like slaves, state media said on Friday.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World - China To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Inbox too full? Subscribe to the feed version of Yahoo! News: World - China in a feed reader.
If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: Yahoo! News: World - China, c/o Google, 20 W Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610