Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Factory Suicides Expose Sorry Plight of China's Workers (OneWorld.net)
• China sentences school attacker to death (AFP)
• China-Biotics net income slips in 4Q (AP)
• Iran slams US, easy on China's OK on sanctions (AP)
• EU urges China to release convicted dissident (AP)
• China New Borun shares rise after IPO prices low (AP)
• At Shanghai Expo, Ahmadinejad polite despite China's support for Iran sanctions (The Christian Science Monitor)
• China policy outlook murky after mixed bag of data (Reuters)
• Striking Honda China workers hold out for pay, union (Reuters)
• China sentences man to death for school attack (AP)
• Strikes put China on spot over labor unrest (AP)
• Man sentenced to death for China school stabbings (Reuters)
• China's inflation outstrips government target (AFP)
• Police in China's Xinjiang hold anti-riot exercise (AFP)
• China May inflation rises, industrial growth slows (AP)
• China police bust huge counterfeit ring (AFP)
• Chinese man convicted for selling son on Internet (AFP)
• Honda resumes China production, strike continues (AFP)
• China May inflation rises to 3.1 percent (AP)

Factory Suicides Expose Sorry Plight of China's Workers (OneWorld.net) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:37 PM PDT OneWorld.net - BEIJING, Jun 11 (IPS) - Ma Xiangqian, a 19-year-old migrant from the eastern Chinese province of Henan, worked the 11-hour night shift, seven days a week, putting together electronic parts for Foxconn Technology, the world's biggest contract maker of information technology goods.

China sentences school attacker to death (AFP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:29 PM PDT AFP - A Chinese court sentenced to death on Friday a man who injured 16 children and a teacher in a stabbing spree, the third such punishment after a series of school attacks that shocked the nation.

China-Biotics net income slips in 4Q (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 11:28 AM PDT AP - China-Biotics Inc., which makes probiotic products in China, said Friday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell by 56 percent as one-time charges weighed down results.

Iran slams US, easy on China's OK on sanctions (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:26 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama made a "big mistake" in seeking to punish Iran over its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday, slamming Washington but glossing over China's decision to back U.N. Security Council sanctions.

EU urges China to release convicted dissident (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 08:14 AM PDT AP - The European Union on Friday condemned the five-year prison sentence for a Chinese dissident, Tan Zuoren, saying his conviction for subversion violated his freedom of speech and international standards of fairness.

China New Borun shares rise after IPO prices low (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 07:01 AM PDT AP - Shares of Chinese alcohol producer China New Borun rose after its IPO priced below expectations.

At Shanghai Expo, Ahmadinejad polite despite China's support for Iran sanctions (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 06:48 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - China gave a low-key welcome to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he visited the Shanghai Expo on Friday, just days after Beijing voted for a fourth round of United Nations sanctions designed to curb Iran’s nuclear program. Officials here have insisted repeatedly in recent days that no senior government leader would meet Mr. Ahmadinejad, who inspected the Iranian pavilion at the Expo.

China policy outlook murky after mixed bag of data (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 05:58 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese inflation quickened to a 19-month high in May, but a moderation of growth in factory output and capital spending eased worries for some analysts that the world's third-largest economy could boil over.

Striking Honda China workers hold out for pay, union (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:39 AM PDT Reuters - Workers at a lock factory in southern China that supplies Honda Motor Co (7267.T) challenged managers on Friday, demanding higher pay and freedom to form independent unions, banned in the export powerhouse.

China sentences man to death for school attack (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:18 AM PDT AP - A former teacher was convicted and sentenced to death Friday for a knife attack at a school in southern China even though no one died in the rampage that was one of a string of violent assaults on schools that shocked the country.

Strikes put China on spot over labor unrest (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:39 AM PDT AP - Workers demanding higher wages rallied outside a Honda plant in southern China on Friday, part of a rash of industrial action at Chinese factories highlighting growing restiveness among migrant workers.

Man sentenced to death for China school stabbings (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:06 AM PDT Reuters - A court in southern China has handed down the death sentence to a man for stabbing 16 students and a teacher in primary school in April, state media reported on Friday.

China's inflation outstrips government target (AFP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:52 AM PDT AFP - China said Friday that consumer prices surpassed its official target in May while factory output and investment slowed, complicating government efforts to maintain steady economic growth.

Police in China's Xinjiang hold anti-riot exercise (AFP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:59 AM PDT AFP - Police in China's restive Xinjiang region have held massive anti-riot exercises to prepare for the first anniversary of ethnic unrest that left nearly 200 people dead, state press reported.

China May inflation rises, industrial growth slows (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:20 AM PDT AP - China's inflation rose in May amid signs its rebound from the global slump is slowing, adding to pressure on Beijing to keep growth on track and control politically sensitive prices.

China police bust huge counterfeit ring (AFP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:44 PM PDT AFP - Police in central China have arrested four men suspected of forging 210 million yuan (31 million dollars) in fake bills in the nation's single biggest counterfeiting bust, state media said Friday.

Chinese man convicted for selling son on Internet (AFP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:39 PM PDT AFP - A court in China has given a 22-year-old man a suspended jail sentence for selling his toddler son on the Internet for 18,000 yuan (2,650 dollars), state press reported Friday.

Honda resumes China production, strike continues (AFP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:15 PM PDT AFP - Japan's number two auto maker Honda Motor said production resumed Friday at two vehicle assembly plants in southern China, where operations have been on and off in recent weeks due to strikes.

China May inflation rises to 3.1 percent (AP) Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:58 PM PDT AP - China's inflation edged higher in May amid signs that the third-largest economy's rapid rebound from the global downturn is slowing.

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