Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China says trade deficit proves yuan not to blame (AFP)
• Death toll rises in flooded China mine (AFP)
• 3 bodies recovered at China mine where 115 saved (AP)
• China's $7.24B March trade deficit 1st in 6 years (AP)
• South African woman faces death sentence in China (AP)
• Yuan rise still on cards despite rare trade deficit (Reuters)
• Virus outbreak causes 40 child deaths in China (AP)
• US slaps import duties on Chinese steel pipe (AFP)

China says trade deficit proves yuan not to blame (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:17 AM PDT AFP - China said on Saturday its first trade deficit in six years proved the nation's exchange rate did not play a decisive role in global economic imbalances amid pressure to allow the yuan to appreciate.

Death toll rises in flooded China mine (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:55 AM PDT AFP - Rescuers recovered a total of three bodies at a coal mine in northern China, bringing the death toll from a massive flood to 28, state media reported Saturday.

3 bodies recovered at China mine where 115 saved (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:43 AM PDT AP - Rescuers recovered the bodies of three miners Saturday at a flooded mine in northern China, bringing the death toll to 28, a state news agency said. Authorities continued pumping water with little hope of finding survivors in the pit where 115 were pulled out alive after more than a week.

China's $7.24B March trade deficit 1st in 6 years (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:02 AM PDT AP - China reported its first monthly trade deficit in nearly six years in March, a shift expected to be short-lived and one that may give Beijing only a slight respite from pressure to revalue its currency.

South African woman faces death sentence in China (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:52 AM PDT AP - South Africa says China has sentenced a South African woman to death for drug smuggling.

Yuan rise still on cards despite rare trade deficit (Reuters) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT Reuters - China recorded its first monthly trade deficit in six years, but a customs official called the shortfall a blip and economists doubted it would stand in the way of a resumption in the yuan's rise before long.

Virus outbreak causes 40 child deaths in China (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:06 PM PDT AP - A top Chinese leader called for stepped-up research into vaccines and drugs for hand, foot and mouth disease after 40 children died from outbreaks last month, a state news agency said Saturday.

US slaps import duties on Chinese steel pipe (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:37 PM PDT AFP - The United States has slapped trade sanctions on a billion dollars worth of Chinese pipes, the Commerce Department said Friday just days before Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington.

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