Yahoo! News: World - China

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• GM, Chinese partner join forces in India (AP)
• Chinese smoking deaths seen doubling in 10 years (Reuters)
• Uighurs using missionary railway to flee China (AP)
• China sentences 3 more to death over Xinjiang riots: Xinhua (AFP)
• GM and China's SAIC to launch India auto venture (AFP)
• Harper warns G20 on protectionism, cites China (Reuters)
• China sentences 3 more to death over ethnic riots (AP)
• China dissident set to mark one year in legal limbo (AFP)
• China jails officials over dam collapse cover-up (Reuters)
• China sentences 3 more to death for Xinjiang riots (Reuters)
• Chinese official raps foreign banks on derivatives (AP)
• Sinopec, Exxon sign deal for Papua New Guinea gas (AP)
• China, Canada seek 'new era' in relations (AFP)
• China's costly climate goals: report (AFP)
• China's Xi'an Aircraft acquires FACC (AFP)
• China hints sticking to dollar despite worries (Reuters)
• Chinese mob bosses sentenced to death in crackdown (AP)
• China, World Bank African factory plans: Zoellick (AFP)

GM, Chinese partner join forces in India (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:37 PM PST AP - General Motors Co. and its main Chinese partner announced a venture Friday to sell vehicles in India, uniting in the two fastest-growing car markets in a deal that reflects GM's reduced status as a global automaker.

Chinese smoking deaths seen doubling in 10 years (Reuters) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:26 PM PST Reuters - Smoking deaths in China, home to the world's largest smoking population, will double to two million a year by 2020 if the country does not do more to reduce tobacco use, health experts predict.

Uighurs using missionary railway to flee China (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:09 AM PST AP - An underground network of Christian missionaries that usually works with North Korean refugees says it has helped smuggle nearly two dozen Muslim Uighurs out of China following last summer's deadly ethnic violence and the subsequent government crackdown.

China sentences 3 more to death over Xinjiang riots: Xinhua (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:01 AM PST AFP - A court in China's restive Xinjiang sentenced three more people to death Friday for their roles in July ethnic violence, state media said, raising the total condemned to die or executed to 17.

GM and China's SAIC to launch India auto venture (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:44 AM PST AFP - General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp will expand their China partnership overseas starting with plans to tap India's burgeoning car market in a move analysts hailed as good for both sides.

Harper warns G20 on protectionism, cites China (Reuters) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:39 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged G20 member states on Friday to avoid protectionism, taking aim specifically at China's restrictions on imports of Canadian canola.

China sentences 3 more to death over ethnic riots (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:24 AM PST AP - China sentenced three more people to death Friday for murder and other crimes committed in riots in the western region of Xinjiang in July.

China dissident set to mark one year in legal limbo (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:05 AM PST AFP - Supporters of top Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo on Friday urged continued international pressure on Beijing as they prepare to mark the first anniversary of his detention.

China jails officials over dam collapse cover-up (Reuters) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:25 AM PST Reuters - China has sentenced 13 low-level officials to jail for an iron mine dam collapse just before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing last year, which was hushed up despite killing at least 43 nearby villagers.

China sentences 3 more to death for Xinjiang riots (Reuters) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:03 AM PST Reuters - A Chinese court sentenced three more people to death on Friday for murder and other crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region, state media reported.

Chinese official raps foreign banks on derivatives (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:03 AM PST AP - A senior Chinese official criticized foreign banks for selling derivatives with "fraudulent characteristics" that led to heavy losses for state-owned airlines and other companies.

Sinopec, Exxon sign deal for Papua New Guinea gas (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 11:24 PM PST AP - State-owned Sinopec Corp. said Friday it has signed a 20-year contract with Exxon Mobil Corp. to buy gas from Papua New Guinea, in the latest of a flurry of foreign deals to secure fuel for China's booming economy.

China, Canada seek 'new era' in relations (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:58 PM PST AFP - Canada and China agreed to avoid disputes on contentious issues and seek a "significant new era" in relations, as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set for more talks in Beijing Friday.

China's costly climate goals: report (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:56 PM PST AFP - China will need to invest up to 30 billion dollars a year to meet its goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the state press said Friday, citing an academic study.

China's Xi'an Aircraft acquires FACC (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:53 PM PST AFP - Chinese plane maker Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company has purchased a majority stake in Austrian aircraft parts maker Future Advanced Composite Components AG, the companies said.

China hints sticking to dollar despite worries (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:52 PM PST Reuters - China has maintained a consistent allocation of its foreign exchange reserves across different currencies, a senior official said on Friday, suggesting that any diversification away from the dollar has been gradual.

Chinese mob bosses sentenced to death in crackdown (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 08:47 PM PST AP - Two mob bosses — nicknamed the "Hammerhead" and "Spicy Qin" — have been sentenced to death for murder and illegally running a business empire involving underground casinos, cement factories and poultry markets in southern China, a court official and local media said Friday.

China, World Bank African factory plans: Zoellick (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 06:58 PM PST AFP - China and the World Bank are in talks on setting up low-cost factories in new industrial zones in Africa to help nations achieve higher economic growth, bank president Robert Zoellick said Friday.

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