Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Yemen launches operation to free hostages: website (Reuters)
• Six Chinese women hurt in cleaver attack: report (Reuters)
• China stands firm on currency ahead of talks with US (AFP)
• China's growth passes peak and more tightening feared (Reuters)
• 6 wounded, assailant killed, in new China rampage (AP)
• China's Ansteel Group to build five US plants (AFP)
• EU's Kroes says China 'Great Firewall' a WTO issue (AFP)
• China court upholds verdicts on former Rio staff (AFP)
• China's Anshan Steel to invest in US steel mill (Reuters)
• China frets over rising capital inflow pressure (Reuters)

Yemen launches operation to free hostages: website (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2010 01:20 PM PDT Reuters - Yemeni security forces have launched an operation to free two Chinese oil workers kidnapped by separatist militants, a Defense Ministry website said on Monday.

Six Chinese women hurt in cleaver attack: report (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2010 08:57 AM PDT Reuters - A man attacked six women with a cleaver in southern China before killing himself by jumping from a building, Chinese media reported on Monday, the latest in a spate of similar attacks that have alarmed the public.

China stands firm on currency ahead of talks with US (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:26 AM PDT AFP - China defended again its exchange rate policy on Monday and said its trade surplus would likely slump this year, just days before key high-level talks with the United States in Beijing.

China's growth passes peak and more tightening feared (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:06 AM PDT Reuters - A Chinese leading economic indicator showed that growth may have already peaked in the world's third-largest economy, with the stock market falling on investor worries about the government's campaign to rein in property prices.

6 wounded, assailant killed, in new China rampage (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:05 AM PDT AP - A cleaver-wielding man attacked and wounded six women before jumping to his death, police said Monday, in the latest in a series of such rampages in China.

China's Ansteel Group to build five US plants (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2010 12:57 AM PDT AFP - China's Anshan Iron and Steel Group said Monday it had signed an equity investment agreement with US mill Steel Development Company that includes the construction of five new US plants.

EU's Kroes says China 'Great Firewall' a WTO issue (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2010 12:49 AM PDT AFP - European Commission vice president Neelie Kroes said Monday that China's censorship of the Internet constituted a trade barrier and should be dealt with by the World Trade Organisation.

China court upholds verdicts on former Rio staff (AFP) Posted: 16 May 2010 11:42 PM PDT AFP - A Shanghai court said Monday it had upheld guilty verdicts against three Chinese former employees of mining giant Rio Tinto who were sentenced to jail for bribery and commercial espionage.

China's Anshan Steel to invest in US steel mill (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2010 10:41 PM PDT Reuters - China's Anshan Iron and Steel Group (0347.HK), also known as Angang, confirmed on Monday it would invest in a steel mill in the United States.

China frets over rising capital inflow pressure (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2010 06:44 PM PDT Reuters - Capital inflows are placing big pressure on China this year, as domestic companies and banks repatriate large volumes of foreign currency, a senior official said in remarks published on Monday.

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