Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's Bright Food in talks over United Biscuits: report (Reuters)
• China says progress made on human rights (AP)
• Japan PM refuses China apology demand (Reuters)
• China praises its growing transparency in rights report (Reuters)
• Japanese leader says no apology to China (AP)
• China slaps anti-dumping duties on US chicken imports (AFP)
• Japan PM rejects China's call for apology (AFP)
• Corporate showdown looms at China's GOME (AFP)
• 5 infected with deadly pneumonic plague in Tibet (AP)
• Women entrepreneurs in China get a helping hand (AFP)
• China offers hope of easing one-child policy (Reuters)
• China rises and rises, yet still gets foreign aid (AP)

China's Bright Food in talks over United Biscuits: report (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:54 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese food company Bright Food is in exclusive talks to buy Britain's United Biscuits for than 2 billion pounds ($3.13 billion), the Sunday Times reported.

China says progress made on human rights (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 05:16 AM PDT AP - China said Sunday it has made progress on human rights, pointing in particular to improved living standards, but an international rights group quickly described the government's assessment as unrealistic.

Japan PM refuses China apology demand (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:58 AM PDT Reuters - Japan's prime minister on Sunday rejected China's demand that Tokyo apologize and compensate for detaining a Chinese fisherman, and said both sides must try and cool down their bitter feud.

China praises its growing transparency in rights report (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:23 AM PDT Reuters - China cited increased government transparency via the Internet and reforms in the police and judicial sector as its main areas of progress in human rights in the past year, in a white paper released on Sunday.

Japanese leader says no apology to China (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:31 AM PDT AP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sunday rejected China's repeated demand that Tokyo apologize and offer compensation for the arrest of a Chinese boat captain whose detention caused relations between the Asian neighbors to plunge to their lowest level in years.

China slaps anti-dumping duties on US chicken imports (AFP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:11 AM PDT AFP - China will levy anti-dumping duties of up to 105 percent on imports of US chicken products, the government said on Sunday, in a move likely to ratchet up trade tensions between the two nations.

Japan PM rejects China's call for apology (AFP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:31 AM PDT AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Sunday rejected China's call for an apology and compensation for the detention of a Chinese trawlerman, a day after the captain returned home to public acclaim.

Corporate showdown looms at China's GOME (AFP) Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:51 AM PDT AFP - China's GOME will take centre stage this week in a bizarre corporate showdown pitting a jailed billionaire tycoon against executives of the country's biggest household appliance chain.

5 infected with deadly pneumonic plague in Tibet (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:59 PM PDT AP - Chinese authorities say five people have been sickened with pneumonic plague in Tibet and that the deadly disease has killed one of them.

Women entrepreneurs in China get a helping hand (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:01 PM PDT AFP - After losing her job five years ago, Zhao Weimin decided to start a business with help from a government-backed microfinancing programme that has helped thousands of laid-off women get back on their feet.

China offers hope of easing one-child policy (Reuters) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:03 PM PDT Reuters - China marked the 30th anniversary of its controversial one-child policy with talk of relaxing rules, at least in some provinces, that have reined in population growth but caused heartache for millions of couples.

China rises and rises, yet still gets foreign aid (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:02 PM PDT AP - China spent tens of billions of dollars on a dazzling 2008 Olympics. It has sent astronauts into space. It recently became the world's second largest economy. Yet it gets more than $2.5 billion a year in foreign government aid — and taxpayers and lawmakers in donor countries are increasingly asking why.

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