Yahoo! News: World - China

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• PBOC can't hit both inflation and yuan goals: adviser (Reuters)
• S.Korea, China to hold summit in Shanghai (AFP)
• China mayor told to resign after villagers kneel (AP)
• Heavy snow, sandstorm hinder China quake relief (AP)
• Shanghai World Expo showcases China's soft power (AP)
• Sandstorm, snow close air link to China quake zone (Reuters)
• Three dead as sandstorms blanket northwest China (AFP)
• "Butcher of Beijing's" son to get promotion: sources (Reuters)
• Long-hated one-child rule may be eased in China (AP)

PBOC can't hit both inflation and yuan goals: adviser (Reuters) Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:19 PM PDT Reuters - The People's Bank of China must choose between preserving domestic price stability and defending the yuan's fixed exchange rate as it is not possible to hit both targets at once, an adviser to the central bank said on Sunday.

S.Korea, China to hold summit in Shanghai (AFP) Posted: 25 Apr 2010 03:02 AM PDT AFP - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and China's President Hu Jintao will hold a summit on the sidelines of Shanghai's World Expo, officials said Sunday, amid tensions on the Korean peninsula.

China mayor told to resign after villagers kneel (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2010 02:55 AM PDT AP - Local officials in northeastern China have ordered the mayor of a small city to resign after he ignored scores of villagers who knelt in front of government offices to appeal for an investigation into official corruption, state media said Sunday.

Heavy snow, sandstorm hinder China quake relief (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2010 01:59 AM PDT AP - Heavy snow and a sandstorm delayed flights carrying relief supplies and workers to a remote Tibetan region trying to recover from a devastating earthquake, state media said Sunday.

Shanghai World Expo showcases China's soft power (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2010 01:57 AM PDT AP - Near the center of the World Expo grounds, the crimson-painted, crown-shaped China Pavilion towers over other nations' exhibits as a physical display of the country's pride and growing power.

Sandstorm, snow close air link to China quake zone (Reuters) Posted: 25 Apr 2010 12:18 AM PDT Reuters - A choking sandstorm and heavy snow have severed a vital air link to the remote quake-hit Chinese county of Yushu, severely affecting relief efforts, state media said on Sunday.

Three dead as sandstorms blanket northwest China (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2010 11:57 PM PDT AFP - Violent sandstorms engulfed northwest China Sunday, leaving three people dead and one missing, as visibility dropped to near zero.

"Butcher of Beijing's" son to get promotion: sources (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2010 11:37 PM PDT Reuters - Li Xiaopeng, whose father former Chinese premier Li Peng is reviled by many as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, will be promoted to a ministerial position, two sources said.

Long-hated one-child rule may be eased in China (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2010 11:04 PM PDT AP - When asked why she and her husband don't want a second child, Shi Xiaomei smiles at her pudgy 9-year-old son and does a quick tally of the family budget.

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