Yahoo! News: World - China

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• U.N. rights chief urges freedom for dissenters (Reuters)
• U.S. fiscal health worse than Europe's: China adviser (Reuters)
• China casts net wide in Nobel Prize crackdown (Reuters)
• China to award own peace prize ahead of Nobel award (Reuters)
• Serbia to boycott Nobel peace prize ceremony (AP)
• Morgan Stanley gets nod to sell Chinese bank stake (AP)
• China's Nobel anger spells tough fight for activists (AFP)
• China mine blast death toll up to 26 (AFP)
• Gas explosion in coal mine kills 26 in China: report (Reuters)
• US sends top officials to China over NKorea (AP)

U.N. rights chief urges freedom for dissenters (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:37 PM PST Reuters - The U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay, in a clear reference to campaigners such as China's Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo, called Wednesday for the release of all prisoners jailed for promoting democracy.

U.S. fiscal health worse than Europe's: China adviser (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:35 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. dollar will be a safe investment for the next six to 12 months because global markets are focused on the euro zone's troubles but America's fiscal health is worse than Europe's, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said on Wednesday.

China casts net wide in Nobel Prize crackdown (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:09 PM PST Reuters - China is conducting a sweeping crackdown on dissent before Friday's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, casting the net wide to prevent friends and family attending the ceremony in Oslo.

China to award own peace prize ahead of Nobel award (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 08:58 AM PST Reuters - China will award its answer to the Nobel Peace Prize a day before it is bestowed upon jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, giving the "Confucius Peace Prize" to former Taiwan vice-president Lien Chan.

Serbia to boycott Nobel peace prize ceremony (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:00 AM PST AP - Serbia's decision to boycott the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo triggered criticism Wednesday from human rights activists and the European Union — which expressed shock that the candidate for EU entry would meet China's demands.

Morgan Stanley gets nod to sell Chinese bank stake (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:15 AM PST AP - Investment banking firm Morgan Stanley said Wednesday that it has received the necessary regulatory approvals to sell its 34 percent stake in China's first investment bank.

China's Nobel anger spells tough fight for activists (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:55 PM PST AFP - China's fury over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo and its subsequent crackdown on dissidents could signal a more difficult fight ahead for rights activists, experts say.

China mine blast death toll up to 26 (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 06:46 PM PST AFP - The death toll from a gas blast at a coal mine in central China rose to 26 on Wednesday, state media said, after officials confirmed that more workers than previously thought were in the shaft.

Gas explosion in coal mine kills 26 in China: report (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 06:45 PM PST Reuters - A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed 26 miners in central Henan province, state media reported on Wednesday, the latest accident in a country with a history of mine disasters.

US sends top officials to China over NKorea (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 06:27 PM PST AP - The Obama administration is sending its No. 2 diplomat and three top Asia hands to China next week for talks on North Korea as Washington presses a reluctant Beijing to do more to rein in Pyongyang.

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