Yahoo! News: World - China

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• U.S. mulling financial services complaint vs. China (Reuters)
• China Lodging shares climb in IPO debut (AP)
• Environment problems 'pose health risk for China' (AFP)
• Rio China trial defendant says treated fairly: lawyer (Reuters)
• China makes its case for a steady yuan (Reuters)
• China says stock futures trading to begin April 16 (AP)
• China's Sinopec says Daimler allegedly paid bribes (AP)
• Could Hong Kong teach China to quit smoking? (AP)
• China foreign minister warns against protectionism (AP)
• Australian Rio Tinto exec made mistake: lawyer (AFP)
• China could resume flexible exchange rate: adviser (AFP)
• China VP due in Sweden as Volvo takeover nears (AFP)
• Chinese man gets death for killing snoring student (AP)

U.S. mulling financial services complaint vs. China (Reuters) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:35 PM PDT Reuters - The United States has talked with U.S. credit cards companies about barriers they face in China and is mulling the best step for cracking open that market, the top U.S. trade official said on Friday.

China Lodging shares climb in IPO debut (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:44 AM PDT AP - Shares of Chinese hotel chain China Lodging Group are rising in their trading debut, after the company's initial public offering raised $110.3 million.

Environment problems 'pose health risk for China' (AFP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 07:32 AM PDT AFP - Progress in hauling hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty over the past 15 years has come at a cost of environmental damage that remains a major peril to health, a review published in The Lancet said on Friday.

Rio China trial defendant says treated fairly: lawyer (Reuters) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 05:08 AM PDT Reuters - Stern Hu, the Australian citizen and Rio Tinto executive on trial in China this week on charges of bribery and stealing commercial secrets, said he has been treated fairly, his lawyer told Reuters on Friday.

China makes its case for a steady yuan (Reuters) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:46 AM PDT Reuters - China reaffirmed its determination on Friday to keep the yuan steady, rejecting U.S. arguments that a stronger exchange rate is needed to help iron out global trade imbalances.

China says stock futures trading to begin April 16 (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:15 AM PDT AP - China will launch trading of stock futures on April 16, regulators said Friday, in a move that could help boost stock prices and increase the role of China's securities markets in financing economic development.

China's Sinopec says Daimler allegedly paid bribes (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:13 AM PDT AP - China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia's biggest refiner, Friday acknowledged allegations that German automaker Daimler AG had paid bribes to one of its staff, and urged the government to tighten oversight of lawbreaking foreign companies.

Could Hong Kong teach China to quit smoking? (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:06 AM PDT AP - Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes — commonly given as gifts — are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it's an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys to quitting lie in the country's own backyard.

China foreign minister warns against protectionism (AP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:37 AM PDT AP - China's foreign minister warned against protectionism without mentioning the United States on Friday as trade tensions between two of the world's biggest economies remain high.

Australian Rio Tinto exec made mistake: lawyer (AFP) Posted: 26 Mar 2010 12:26 AM PDT AFP - An Australian mining executive charged with bribery and corporate espionage in China was an honest man who made a mistake, his lawyer said Friday, ahead of a verdict in the highly sensitive trial.

China could resume flexible exchange rate: adviser (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 11:52 PM PDT AFP - China could adopt a more flexible exchange rate policy once the global economy is back on a sure footing, a central bank adviser said Friday, as pressure intensifies on Beijing to let the yuan rise.

China VP due in Sweden as Volvo takeover nears (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PDT AFP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is due in Sweden this weekend, amid signs that Chinese carmaker Geely could soon formally seal a deal to buy troubled Volvo from US auto giant Ford.

Chinese man gets death for killing snoring student (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 07:16 PM PDT AP - A Chinese university student who stabbed his sleeping roommate to death because he snored too much was given a suspended death sentence, state media reported Friday.

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