Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Summary Box: China's rapid rebound is slowing (AP)
• Summary Box: China surpasses US as top energy user (AP)
• China rushes to keep oil from international waters (AP)
• China uses oil-eating bacteria to clean up spill (AFP)
• 13 missing in China landslide as flood woes persist (AFP/File)
• Worker at Foxconn affiliate falls to death in China (AFP)
• China vows to stop restaurant reuse of cooking oil (AP)
• China surpasses US as world's top energy consumer (AP)
• Official: China's slowdown helping restructuring (AP)
• China satisfied with Google search engine tweak (Reuters)
• Honda China supplier gets tough on striking workers (Reuters)
• China floods claim more lives (Reuters)
• Floods, landslides kill 37 in central China (AP)
• China says Google renewal due to legal compliance (AFP)
• China denies IEA label as world's top energy user (Reuters)
• China urges US not to 'politicise' steel deal (AFP)
• China rejects world's number one energy user title (AFP)
• Glimmer of hope in China's 'brain drain' battle (AFP)
• ADB: China may need rate hikes to avoid inflation (AP)
• China downcast on exports as EU debt woes bite (Reuters)

Summary Box: China's rapid rebound is slowing (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:20 AM PDT AP - SLOWER GROWTH: China's government says growth in factory output and state company revenue has fallen and exports will weaken in the second half of the year. Economic growth slowed to 10.3 percent in the second quarter, down from its blistering 11.9 percent first-quarter pace as Beijing winds down stimulus efforts and cools a credit boom.

Summary Box: China surpasses US as top energy user (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT AP - THE BIGGEST USER: The International Energy Agency says China is now the world's largest energy consumer, not the U.S. The historic shift comes years ahead of forecasts and as China's energy use has more than doubled in less than a decade.

China rushes to keep oil from international waters (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:17 AM PDT AP - China rushed to keep an oil spill from reaching international waters Tuesday, while an environmental group tried to assess if the country's largest reported spill was worse than has been disclosed.

China uses oil-eating bacteria to clean up spill (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:09 AM PDT AFP - Authorities in China are using over 23 tonnes of oil-eating bacteria to help clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a pipeline explosion and fire at the weekend, state media said Tuesday.

13 missing in China landslide as flood woes persist (AFP/File) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:03 AM PDT AFP/File - Thirteen people were missing after a landslide Tuesday in southwestern China, where flooding caused by relentless torrential rains has triggered a series of deadly disasters, state media said.

Worker at Foxconn affiliate falls to death in China (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:43 AM PDT AFP - A worker at an affiliate of technology giant Foxconn died Tuesday in south China after falling from a dorm building, state media said, after a spate of similar deaths hit the Taiwanese firm this year.

China vows to stop restaurant reuse of cooking oil (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 06:36 AM PDT AP - Chinese call it "gutter oil" — a foul slop fished up from sewage drains or collected at restaurant back doors — and it's being used widely in the country's eateries.

China surpasses US as world's top energy consumer (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 06:33 AM PDT AP - China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. China immediately questioned the calculation.

Official: China's slowdown helping restructuring (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:31 AM PDT AP - In new signs China's rapid rebound is slowing, the government said Tuesday growth in factory output and state company revenues has fallen and exports will weaken in the second half of the year.

China satisfied with Google search engine tweak (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:31 AM PDT Reuters - China is satisfied that U.S. Internet giant Google Inc is complying with Chinese laws after it tweaked the way it directs users to an unfiltered search page, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Honda China supplier gets tough on striking workers (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:10 AM PDT Reuters - A Chinese supplier of parts to Honda Motor Co has taken a tougher line in a labor dispute, saying it will fire some striking workers after bringing in replacements over the weekend.

China floods claim more lives (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:04 AM PDT Reuters - Torrential rain that has lashed China for weeks has killed dozens more people in China's west and forced authorities to close shipping locks on the massive Three Gorges Dam, officials said on Tuesday.

Floods, landslides kill 37 in central China (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:00 AM PDT AP - Rescuers in China were searching Tuesday for 30 people buried in landslides as flood waters from days of heavy rain surged past the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest.

China says Google renewal due to legal compliance (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 01:50 AM PDT AFP - China renewed Google's licence to operate in the country after the company agreed to respect Chinese censorship laws, an official said Tuesday in the government's first public comment on the issue.

China denies IEA label as world's top energy user (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 12:29 AM PDT Reuters - China on Tuesday denied a report that it had surpassed the United States last year to become the world's largest energy user.

China urges US not to 'politicise' steel deal (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 12:12 AM PDT AFP - China on Tuesday urged the United States not to "politicise" a Chinese steelmaker's plan to invest in an American firm, after US lawmakers strongly objected to the deal.

China rejects world's number one energy user title (AFP) Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:57 PM PDT AFP - China on Tuesday rejected an assessment from the International Energy Agency that it had surpassed the United States to become the world's top energy consumer, calling the data "unreliable".

Glimmer of hope in China's 'brain drain' battle (AFP) Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:00 PM PDT AFP - Two years ago, molecular biologist Shi Yigong was a prize-winning Princeton University professor with annual research funding of more than two million dollars and a seemingly limitless US academic career.

ADB: China may need rate hikes to avoid inflation (AP) Posted: 19 Jul 2010 10:16 PM PDT AP - China should boost interest rates or allow its currency to strengthen to help curb inflation pressures, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday.

China downcast on exports as EU debt woes bite (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:29 PM PDT Reuters - China sounded a gloomy note on Tuesday about its export prospects, warning in particular that belt-tightening by deeply indebted European Union governments would dampen demand for the country's goods.

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