Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's AgBank on track for record IPO (AFP)
• China finds more milk tainted with deadly melamine (AP)
• China's Huawei trying to make big push into US: report (AFP)
• Monk arrested in slayings of priest, nun in China (AP)
• China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder (AFP)
• Google confident China will renew licence (AFP)
• Companies brace for end of cheap made-in-China era (AP)
• Twitter a key tool for China dissident writer (AFP)
• Chinese farmer hits jackpot in land row (AFP)
• China's AgBank prices Hong Kong shares (AFP)
• China finds fresh trade in toxic milk powder: report (Reuters)
• U.S. gives China pass on currency (Reuters)
• Treasury won't cite China on currency: sources (Reuters)

China's AgBank on track for record IPO (AFP) Posted: 09 Jul 2010 12:01 AM PDT AFP - Agricultural Bank of China is on course for a record 22.1 billion US dollar initial public offering after pricing its Hong Kong shares, demonstrating continued investor confidence in China.

China finds more milk tainted with deadly melamine (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:48 PM PDT AP - Chinese authorities have found dairy products in at least two provinces tainted with an industrial chemical that killed six babies and sickened thousands more in 2008, state media said Friday.

China's Huawei trying to make big push into US: report (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:28 PM PDT AFP - Chinese telecoms maker Huawei Technologies is trying to secure its first major deal in the United States despite concerns in Washington over its possible close ties to China's army, a report said Friday.

Monk arrested in slayings of priest, nun in China (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:18 PM PDT AP - A Catholic monk has confessed to killing a priest and a nun whose bodies were found at the hospice in northern China where they worked, state media said Friday.

China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:03 PM PDT AFP - Chinese authorities have seized 76 tonnes of milk powder tainted with the same chemical responsible for the deaths of six babies two years ago, state media said Friday.

Google confident China will renew licence (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:02 PM PDT AFP - Google CEO Eric Schmidt is confident that the firm's licence to operate in China, the world's largest Internet market, will be renewed, a report said Friday.

Companies brace for end of cheap made-in-China era (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:09 PM PDT AP - Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China the world's factory floor.

Twitter a key tool for China dissident writer (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:03 PM PDT AFP - Chinese dissident writer Yu Jie spends his days between two worlds: the spiritual, with the Bible to offer him guidance, and the virtual, with Twitter as the best way for him to get his message out.

Chinese farmer hits jackpot in land row (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:00 PM PDT AFP - A Chinese farmer who fired improvised rockets to defend his home against eviction-minded property developers has had his pluck rewarded with a generous compensation offer, state media reported Friday.

China's AgBank prices Hong Kong shares (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:38 PM PDT AFP - Agricultural Bank of China priced its Hong Kong share offering at 3.20 Hong Kong dollars (41 cents) a share, a company spokesman said Friday, possibly setting a new world IPO record.

China finds fresh trade in toxic milk powder: report (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:58 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese authorities have seized 38 tons of milk powder laced with a toxic additive that killed children and sparked a nationwide uproar in 2008, official media reported, underscoring the stubbornness of food safety failings.

U.S. gives China pass on currency (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration declined to label China a currency manipulator in a long-delayed report on Thursday, spurring fresh calls from U.S. lawmakers for tough new steps to pressure Beijing.

Treasury won't cite China on currency: sources (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department has decided not to label China a currency manipulator in a semi-annual currency report to be released on Thursday afternoon, sources familiar with the decision said.

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