Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China harassing Mongols ahead of dissident release: activist (AFP)
• China launches hourly air quality data index (AFP)
• Australian businessman detained in south China (AP)
• China overturns 10 percent of death sentences (AFP)

China harassing Mongols ahead of dissident release: activist (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:13 AM PST AFP - Chinese authorities are blocking family from visiting an ethnic Mongol dissident due to be released next month after 15 years in prison and harassing his supporters, his wife said Friday.

China launches hourly air quality data index (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:01 AM PST AFP - China has started publishing hourly air-quality information for major cities across the country as the world's top source of greenhouse gas emissions tries to rein in its notorious pollution.

Australian businessman detained in south China (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:46 PM PST AP - The Australian government says it is closely monitoring the handling of a case involving an Australian entrepreneur detained by police in south China on suspicion of embezzlement.

China overturns 10 percent of death sentences (AFP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:31 PM PST AFP - China has overturned 10 percent of death sentences handed down in the country since the top court began reviewing them in 2007 in a bid to limit use of capital punishment, an official has said.

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