Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Quake in western China kills 589, buries more (AP)
• U.S. business group welcomes China move on investment (Reuters)
• Chinese president arrives in Brazil for BRIC summit (AFP)
• China's economy grew 11.9 percent in first quarter: sources (Reuters)
• China's GDP up about 11.9 percent year over year: sources (Reuters)
• Chinese official sentenced to death in mafia trial (AFP)
• Former China police chief gets death in gang case (AP)
• China official sentenced to death in mafia trial (AFP)
• Two men arrested in China snake attack (AP)

Quake in western China kills 589, buries more (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing at least 589 people and injuring more than 10,000.

U.S. business group welcomes China move on investment (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. business group on Wednesday said it welcomed China's plans to ease restrictions on foreign investment, in a sign that tensions over currency have not blocked progress on all other trade issues.

Chinese president arrives in Brazil for BRIC summit (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 03:23 PM PDT AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Brazil late Wednesday to participate in bilateral meetings with the leaders of other emerging economies and a BRIC summit on Friday.

China's economy grew 11.9 percent in first quarter: sources (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 07:00 AM PDT Reuters - China's economy grew about 11.9 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, topping expectations and the fastest annual pace in nearly three years, according to two market sources.

China's GDP up about 11.9 percent year over year: sources (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 05:49 AM PDT Reuters - China's economy grew about 11.9 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, topping expectations and expanding at the fastest annual pace in nearly three years, according to two market sources.

Chinese official sentenced to death in mafia trial (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 04:59 AM PDT AFP - A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced to death a former top police and judicial official convicted of sheltering criminal gangs who ran rampant for years in the southwestern city of Chongqing.

Former China police chief gets death in gang case (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 04:42 AM PDT AP - A former Chinese police chief was sentenced to death Wednesday, state media said, in a sprawling gangland corruption case that has riveted the country.

China official sentenced to death in mafia trial (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2010 03:29 AM PDT AFP - A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced to death a former top police and judicial official who was accused of sheltering criminal gangs in the southwestern city of Chongqing, a court official said.

Two men arrested in China snake attack (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2010 11:59 PM PDT AP - Police say in southern China say they have arrested two brothers suspected of releasing poisonous snakes to seek revenge in a dispute with a local leader.

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