Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China growth a 'bad thing' says international poll (AFP)
• Couple wants $4.3M in damages for Chinese drywall (AP)
• China warns finger-pointing could derail G20 (Reuters)
• China says G-20 wrong place to discuss yuan issue (AP)
• Standard Chartered to buy stake in China 's AgBank (AFP)
• Death toll from China floods, landslides rises to 46 (AFP)
• Toyota is latest car maker hit by strike in China (AP)
• Toyota: China parts supplier hit by brief strike (AFP)
• Foreign firms in China targeted in labour unrest (AFP)
• Yuan is overvalued, not undervalued: report (Reuters)

China growth a 'bad thing' says international poll (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:06 PM PDT AFP - China's growing economic and military clout is a matter of concern in the United States and its allies including Japan and France, according to a recently released Pew Research Center poll.

Couple wants $4.3M in damages for Chinese drywall (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - A Florida couple driven from their home by foul-smelling, corrosive Chinese drywall should get at least $4.3 million in damages, their attorney said Thursday in the nation's first jury trial over the defective building materials.

China warns finger-pointing could derail G20 (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:47 AM PDT Reuters - Finger-pointing at the G20 will be self-defeating for an international forum that should be focused on coordination, not criticism, of economic policies, a senior Chinese government official said.

China says G-20 wrong place to discuss yuan issue (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:27 AM PDT AP - China's President Hu Jintao will attend next week's G-20 meeting in Toronto but does not want to discuss China's exchange rate policy, the government said Thursday.

Standard Chartered to buy stake in China 's AgBank (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:16 AM PDT AFP - Standard Chartered will buy a chunk of Agricultural Bank of China's upcoming shares in what could be the world's largest initial public offering.

Death toll from China floods, landslides rises to 46 (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:25 AM PDT AFP - The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by torrential downpours in southern China rose to 46 on Thursday, the government said, as weather authorities warned of more rain to come.

Toyota is latest car maker hit by strike in China (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:45 PM PDT AP - A brief strike at a parts supplier to Toyota Motor Corp. ended in just a day, the company said Thursday, while a Honda Motor Co. supplier and its workers carried on with wage talks at a factory in southern China.

Toyota: China parts supplier hit by brief strike (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:03 PM PDT AFP - Japan's Toyota Motor said Thursday a brief strike this week by workers at a China parts supplier affiliated with the firm had ended and would not affect production at a nearby assembly plant.

Foreign firms in China targeted in labour unrest (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:54 PM PDT AFP - Foreign-run factories in China have been targeted in recent labour unrest as workers gamble on overseas companies responding to their demands and government officials supporting their actions.

Yuan is overvalued, not undervalued: report (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:10 PM PDT Reuters - China's currency is probably overvalued, not undervalued as Washington complains, a state-run Chinese newspaper said on Thursday, advancing Beijing's push against U.S. demands to loosen up the yuan.

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