Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Government sets duties on China, Indonesia coated paper (Reuters)
• China, US seek to put tensions behind them (AP)
• Rescuers try to save 31 trapped in China coal mine (Reuters)
• Rare tiger cub found in China dies of malnutrition (AP)
• US envoy visits China on fence-mending mission (AFP)
• Rare outspoken reform call from China state media (AP)
• Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo (AP)
• China's BYD and Daimler sign key deal on electric vehicle (AFP)
• China sticks to diplomatic approach on Iran (Reuters)
• China writer blocked from going to German festival (AP)
• 'Great moat' around Beijing for parliament (AFP)
• China official wanted toxic bean case hushed up (AP)
• China wealth gap widened in 2009: state media (AFP)
• Chinese man says he killed roommate over snoring (AP)

Government sets duties on China, Indonesia coated paper (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:36 PM PST Reuters - The United States on Tuesday imposed preliminary duties on two goods from China, glossy magazine-quality paper and certain salts used to make fertilizer, adding to a growing list of bilateral trade disputes.

China, US seek to put tensions behind them (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 08:38 AM PST AP - U.S. envoys hope to ease a two-month spike in tensions with China, but differences over the issue of new sanctions against Iran have emerged as a snag even before this week's talks in Beijing can begin.

Rescuers try to save 31 trapped in China coal mine (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 06:13 AM PST Reuters - Rescuers are desperately pumping water from a coal mine in northern China, after one miner died and 31 were trapped by a flood at a state-owned mine.

Rare tiger cub found in China dies of malnutrition (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:53 AM PST AP - A rare Siberian tiger discovered near the Russian border seemed an auspicious beginning to China's Year of the Tiger, but within days, the emaciated cub had died of malnutrition.

US envoy visits China on fence-mending mission (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:50 AM PST AFP - A senior US diplomat arrived in China Tuesday for talks aimed at putting Sino-US relations back on track, with tensions high over US arms sales to Taiwan and a White House visit by the Dalai Lama.

Rare outspoken reform call from China state media (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:50 AM PST AP - More than a dozen Chinese newspapers took a rare stand this week against a Mao Zedong-era system blamed for the wide gap between the country's rich and poor. Within hours, their jointly signed editorial had largely disappeared online.

Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:49 AM PST AP - Restaurants and office buildings in China's commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo.

China's BYD and Daimler sign key deal on electric vehicle (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:29 AM PST AFP - Chinese auto maker BYD (Build Your Dreams) and German giant Daimler have signed a preliminary agreement to build an electric car together, company executives said at the Geneva motor show on Tuesday.

China sticks to diplomatic approach on Iran (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:53 AM PST Reuters - China stood its ground that diplomacy was the best way to resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, as U.S. diplomats arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks on Tehran and North Korea's atomic ambitions.

China writer blocked from going to German festival (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:27 AM PST AP - An outspoken Chinese writer and government critic says he has been blocked from leaving China for a 13th time, this time taken off a plane as he was setting off for Europe's largest international literary festival.

'Great moat' around Beijing for parliament (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:27 AM PST AFP - More than 700,000 people will work to keep public order during China's upcoming 10-day parliamentary session, as police build a "great moat" of security around Beijing, state media said Tuesday.

China official wanted toxic bean case hushed up (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:52 PM PST AP - The discovery in Chinese markets of tons of beans treated with a highly toxic pesticide has prompted an indignant response from an official responsible for the safety of the produce, despite a public outcry over recent food safety scandals.

China wealth gap widened in 2009: state media (AFP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:34 PM PST AFP - China's rural-urban wealth gap was the widest last year since the nation launched its economic transformation three decades ago, state media said Tuesday, amid concerns the disparity could spark unrest.

Chinese man says he killed roommate over snoring (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 08:11 PM PST AP - A Chinese college student fed up with his roommate's snoring, has confessed to stabbing him to death in the middle of the night.

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