Yahoo! News: World - China

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• No breakthroughs in US, China human rights talks (AP)
• US, China set 2011 rights meeting in "candid" talks (Reuters)
• Venezuela, China's Haier signs business deals (AFP)
• China Yida profit 1st-quarter earnings soars (AP)
• China's Panchen Lama visits earthquake zone: state media (AFP)
• China school attacks highlight mental health (AP)
• Markets sense another "window" for yuan reform (Reuters)
• China sentences to death 4 robbers of old tombs (AP)
• Owens-Illinois in joint venture with Berli Jucker (AP)
• China says foreign direct investment jumps (AFP)
• Vietnam bans hotels from promoting 'China Beach' (AP)
• U.S., Taiwan researching new arms sales despite China (Reuters)
• US Transport Sec wraps up train tour in China (AP)
• China coal mine gas blast kills 21: media (AFP)
• China's Wen says social tensions behind school killings (Reuters)
• Social problems at root of school attacks: China PM (AFP)
• 1,100 arrested in Beijing crackdown on prostitution (AFP)
• China's Xinjiang restores Internet services (AFP)
• US engineer held in China released without charge (AP)
• China scientists say cigarette butts protect steel (AP)

No breakthroughs in US, China human rights talks (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - The United States and China reported no major breakthroughs Friday after only their second round of talks about human rights since 2002.

US, China set 2011 rights meeting in "candid" talks (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. and Chinese officials agreed after two days of talks on human rights to start exchanges of legal experts and hold another rights dialogue in China next year, a State Department official said on Friday.

Venezuela, China's Haier signs business deals (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2010 03:23 PM PDT AFP - Venezuela signed several agreements Friday with Chinese manufacturer Haier to construct an industrial complex and sell household appliances in the South American country.

China Yida profit 1st-quarter earnings soars (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 10:59 AM PDT AP - China Yida Holding Co. reported a 43 percent jump in first-quarter earnings Friday, helped by better attendance at its Great Golden Lake resort and an increase in advertising revenue at its media properties.

China's Panchen Lama visits earthquake zone: state media (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2010 09:18 AM PDT AFP - China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan Buddhist leader visited the country's earthquake zone Friday to hold prayer services for victims of the disaster, state media reported.

China school attacks highlight mental health (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 08:33 AM PDT AP - The signs of trouble should have been clear — the man who launched a deadly rampage through a Chinese kindergarten had been depressed and suicidal for weeks — but his behavior raised no red flags in China's feeble mental health system.

Markets sense another "window" for yuan reform (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 06:25 AM PDT Reuters - Beijing could have another window of opportunity over the next few days to make its long-awaited move on the yuan, in the wake of strong Chinese data and ahead of a Sino-U.S. summit.

China sentences to death 4 robbers of old tombs (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:48 AM PDT AP - China has sentenced to death four robbers who used explosives and heavy machinery to plunder tombs almost 2,500 years old.

Owens-Illinois in joint venture with Berli Jucker (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:23 AM PDT AP - Glass packaging maker Owens-Illinois Inc. said Friday that it is teaming with a Thai company to buy four plants that make beverage and food containers in China and Southeast Asia.

China says foreign direct investment jumps (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2010 03:05 AM PDT AFP - Foreign direct investment in China rose 11.3 percent on-year in the first four months of 2010, the government said Friday, suggesting confidence in the world's third-largest economy continued to grow.

Vietnam bans hotels from promoting 'China Beach' (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 02:40 AM PDT AP - Charlie don't surf — at least not on "China Beach."

U.S., Taiwan researching new arms sales despite China (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 02:20 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. officials are studying new weapon sales to Taiwan despite near certain outrage from China, the island president told local media, a move that could further strain ties between the two superpowers.

US Transport Sec wraps up train tour in China (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 02:16 AM PDT AP - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took a spin in a General Motors Co. electric concept vehicle during a visit Friday to the World Expo in Shanghai, wrapping up an Asian trip that has focused heavily on high-speed trains.

China coal mine gas blast kills 21: media (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2010 01:25 AM PDT AFP - Twenty-one miners have been killed in a gas blast at a colliery in southwest China, the official Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing rescuers.

China's Wen says social tensions behind school killings (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 12:41 AM PDT Reuters - A spate of school killings in China has "deep-seated" roots in the country's social tensions that need addressing, Premier Wen Jiabao said.

Social problems at root of school attacks: China PM (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2010 11:01 PM PDT AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged improved efforts to address long-standing social concerns which he said were partially to blame for a string of deadly attacks on school children.

1,100 arrested in Beijing crackdown on prostitution (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT AFP - Police in Beijing have arrested more than 1,100 suspects in connection with prostitution rings, many housed in high-end saunas and entertainment venues in China's capital, state press said Friday.

China's Xinjiang restores Internet services (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2010 10:44 PM PDT AFP - Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang region have restored access to Internet sites that were blocked after the eruption of deadly ethnic unrest in July 2009, the government said Friday.

US engineer held in China released without charge (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT AP - An American engineer held in China for more than a year on accusations he misused trade secrets has been released, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said Friday.

China scientists say cigarette butts protect steel (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 09:35 PM PDT AP - Chinese scientists say they have found a way for the countless cigarette butts that are tossed every day on streets, beaches and other public places to be reused — in protecting steel pipes from rusting.

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