Yahoo! News: World - China

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• American boy plans NKorea trip to pitch peace idea (AP)
• U.S. not immune to economic slowdowns overseas: White House (Reuters)
• Air China's Shenzhen signs Airbus purchase (AFP)
• Summary Box: China's industrial growth slows (AP)
• China sentences to death two leaders of prostitution ring (AFP)
• China Kanghui shares rise after IPO raises $68.4M (AP)
• Rains threaten China mudslide disaster zone (AFP)
• Death toll in China landslides rises to 1,117 (AP)
• China's energy crackdown: more PR than big efficiency step? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Mugabe thanks China for steadfast support (AFP)
• Japan debt safer than U.S. debt: China economist (Reuters)
• China's industrial growth slows, inflation jumps (AP)
• China's inflation up after devastating floods (AFP)
• Slowdown but no meltdown for China's economy in July (Reuters)
• China's July inflation spikes up amid floods (AP)
• Hawaii gov. plans China trip to promote tourism (AP)

American boy plans NKorea trip to pitch peace idea (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:59 AM PDT AP - A 13-year-old American plans to visit North Korea this week and perhaps meet leader Kim Jong Il to pitch his idea for a "children's peace forest" in the demilitarized zone.

U.S. not immune to economic slowdowns overseas: White House (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:31 AM PDT Reuters - The White House said on Wednesday the United States is not immune to economic slowdowns that begin in other parts of the world, after China reported weaker economic data.

Air China's Shenzhen signs Airbus purchase (AFP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:05 AM PDT AFP - Air China subsidiary Shenzhen Airlines signed a deal with Airbus on Wednesday to buy 10 A-320 jets, the state news agency Xinhua reported.

Summary Box: China's industrial growth slows (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 10:34 AM PDT AP - SLOWING GROWTH: China's industrial growth slowed further in July as Beijing clamped down on a credit boom. Inflation spiked to its highest level this year as summer flooding wrecked crops but analysts say the increase will fade quickly.

China sentences to death two leaders of prostitution ring (AFP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:01 AM PDT AFP - A court in China on Wednesday sentenced to death two leaders of a prostitution ring which forced hundreds of women to work in brothels in the southwestern city of Chongqing, state media said.

China Kanghui shares rise after IPO raises $68.4M (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 08:37 AM PDT AP - Shares of Chinese medical device maker China Kanghui Holdings slid early in their market debut Wednesday as the broader markets tumbled but regained ground before midday.

Rains threaten China mudslide disaster zone (AFP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 08:35 AM PDT AFP - Rescuers racing against a potential new deluge on Wednesday hurried to drain an unstable lake formed by China's worst mudslides in decades, as the death toll surged past 1,100.

Death toll in China landslides rises to 1,117 (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 08:03 AM PDT AP - Heavy rains lashed a remote section of northwestern China as the death toll from weekend flooding that triggered massive landslides jumped to 1,117, although the fading hopes of rescuers got a boost late Wednesday when a survivor was found in the debris.

China's energy crackdown: more PR than big efficiency step? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 07:33 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Chinese government’s much-ballyhooed new pledge to close thousands of energy-guzzling factories seems more a public signal of its intent to boost energy efficiency than a concrete step.

Mugabe thanks China for steadfast support (AFP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 05:12 AM PDT AFP - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Wednesday thanked China for its steadfast support as he visited the World Expo in Shanghai and called for help in reviving his country's shattered economy.

Japan debt safer than U.S. debt: China economist (Reuters) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:42 AM PDT Reuters - China has been buying record amounts of Japanese government debt because it is less risky than U.S. debt, at least in the short term, a Chinese government economist said on Wednesday.

China's industrial growth slows, inflation jumps (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:05 AM PDT AP - China's industrial growth slowed further in July as Beijing clamped down on a credit boom, fueling expectations it will ease monetary policy to shore up its economic expansion.

China's inflation up after devastating floods (AFP) Posted: 11 Aug 2010 02:13 AM PDT AFP - China's consumer inflation accelerated in July, the government said Wednesday, as the nation's worst floods in a decade wiped out crops and disrupted transport links, driving up food prices.

Slowdown but no meltdown for China's economy in July (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2010 10:16 PM PDT Reuters - Growth in Chinese investment and factory output slowed further last month as the government brought credit growth back to normal after a record lending spree in 2009 to counter the global financial crisis.

China's July inflation spikes up amid floods (AP) Posted: 10 Aug 2010 09:31 PM PDT AP - China's inflation spiked up in July amid heavy flooding that disrupted food supplies, adding to pressure on the government to control rising living costs as rapid economic growth slows.

Hawaii gov. plans China trip to promote tourism (AP) Posted: 10 Aug 2010 07:34 PM PDT AP - Gov. Linda Lingle says she'll likely travel to China in her final months of office to foster relations with tourism and government officials in the fast-developing Asian nation.

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