Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Summary Box: Japan says rare earth exports halted (AP)
• Summary Box: China's economic growth slows (AP)
• Democrats slam another campaign opponent: China (Reuters)
• Chilling YouTube Video Exposes the Pain of China's One-Child Policy (PR Newswire)
• IMF backs China's rate hike, cautions US on stimulus (AFP)
• Tibetan student protests spread: overseas group (Reuters)
• American hurt in Beijing blast: state media (AFP)
• China's economic growth slows but still strong (AFP)
• Blast injures American student in central Beijing (AP)
• China's Rate Hike: Winners and Losers (U.S. News & World Report)
• U.S. man hurt in Beijing blast, cause unclear: report (Reuters)
• China lashes out at Japan over reported insult (AP)
• China economy hums along (Reuters)
• China won't confirm Japan meeting as tensions return (Reuters)
• Chinese woman forced to abort 8-month-old fetus (AP)
• China's rapid economic growth slows further (AP)
• U.S., China disagree on Nobel but look to cooperate: Holder (Reuters)
• China evacuates thousands as typhoon nears (AFP)
• US official says China's Hu will visit in January (AP)
• China mines to beef up safety after Chile rescue (AFP)

Summary Box: Japan says rare earth exports halted (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:51 PM PDT AP - RARE RARE EARTH: Japanese importers say China continues to block the export of crucial rare earth metals used in its high tech products.

Summary Box: China's economic growth slows (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:28 PM PDT AP - ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS: China's economic growth slowed in the latest quarter as Beijing steered its expansion to a more sustainable level.

Democrats slam another campaign opponent: China (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - As Republicans bash President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ahead of the November congressional elections, many Democratic candidates have found a bogeyman of their own: China.

Chilling YouTube Video Exposes the Pain of China's One-Child Policy (PR Newswire) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:11 AM PDT PR Newswire - Officials beat pregnant woman and aborted her eight-month-old baby

IMF backs China's rate hike, cautions US on stimulus (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT AFP - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday praised China's interest rate hike this week and called on the United States to weigh carefully any measures to support a weak economic recovery.

Tibetan student protests spread: overseas group (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:31 AM PDT Reuters - Tibetan students in western China protested again on Thursday against policies to extend the use of Chinese language in classes, building on demonstrations earlier this week, a campaign group said.

American hurt in Beijing blast: state media (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:31 AM PDT AFP - An American national was injured in an explosion outside an underground station in downtown Beijing on Thursday, China's official Xinhua news agency reported, citing police.

China's economic growth slows but still strong (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:29 AM PDT AFP - China said Thursday its economy grew at a slower but still robust pace in the third quarter, which according to analyts showed that efforts to steer the country toward more sustainable growth were working.

Blast injures American student in central Beijing (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:19 AM PDT AP - China's state news agency says a 30-year-old American has been injured in an explosion near a subway station in central Beijing.

China's Rate Hike: Winners and Losers (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:16 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - China's sudden interest rate hike reverberated throughout global markets Tuesday, driving down stock prices and touching off fresh concerns about how new attempts to slow down the world's second-largest economy would affect the world economy. As a result of the hike, China's benchmark one-year lending and one-year deposit rates have each increased by 25 basis points.

U.S. man hurt in Beijing blast, cause unclear: report (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 06:11 AM PDT Reuters - An American man was injured in a small explosion near a busy underground station in the Chinese capital Thursday, police told the official Xinhua news agency.

China lashes out at Japan over reported insult (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:38 AM PDT AP - A senior Chinese official lashed out at Japan's foreign minister for a reported insult Thursday, saying a planned meeting between leaders of the two countries intended to smooth over recent tensions was uncertain.

China economy hums along (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:08 AM PDT Reuters - China's growth ebbed in the third quarter while inflation edged higher, suggesting that the world's second-largest economy was far from overheating and that an interest rate rise this week may be enough for now.

China won't confirm Japan meeting as tensions return (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:52 AM PDT Reuters - China refused to say on Thursday whether Premier Wen Jiabao will meet Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at a regional summit this month, and a Beijing diplomat accused Tokyo's foreign minister of rekindling ill-will.

Chinese woman forced to abort 8-month-old fetus (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:45 AM PDT AP - A pregnant woman in south China was detained, beaten and forced to have an abortion just a month before her due date because the baby would have violated the country's one-child limit, her husband said Thursday.

China's rapid economic growth slows further (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:33 AM PDT AP - China's rapid growth slowed in the latest quarter as Beijing steered its expansion to a more sustainable level, possibly cutting its contribution to a global recovery.

U.S., China disagree on Nobel but look to cooperate: Holder (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:09 AM PDT Reuters - China and the United States fundamentally disagree over the jailed Chinese winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. Attorney General said on Thursday as he nevertheless stressed the potential for Sino-U.S. cooperation.

China evacuates thousands as typhoon nears (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:05 AM PDT AFP - China has evacuated at least 160,000 people from the projected path of Typhoon Megi, authorities said Thursday as they braced for the strongest northwest Pacific storm since 1990.

US official says China's Hu will visit in January (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:55 AM PDT AP - China's President Hu Jintao is scheduled to visit the United States in January, a senior U.S. official said Thursday, in the latest sign that a thaw in relations is gathering momentum.

China mines to beef up safety after Chile rescue (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:41 PM PDT AFP - China will step up implementation of underground safety systems to help miners survive accidents, a top official has said, after the Chile mine rescue saga highlighted China's safety shortcomings.

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