Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's Robot Waiters: No Tipping Necessary (Time.com)
• U.S. threatens WTO action on China rare earth curbs (Reuters)
• China says Africa trade up 43.5% in Jan-Nov period (AFP)
• China pledges support to eurozone countries (AFP)
• Jammed Beijing to cut new car registration by 2/3 (AP)
• UN concerned about China's food safety activists (AP)
• China says willing to help euro zone return to health (Reuters)
• China speeds plans to launch aircraft carrier: sources (Reuters)
• China says wind, solar subsidies WTO compliant (AP)
• China will further boost economic ties with Africa (AP)

China's Robot Waiters: No Tipping Necessary (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:15 PM PST Time.com - A restaurant that opened this month in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong uses robots for waiters, boosting efficiency and providing further proof that human beings are superfluous

U.S. threatens WTO action on China rare earth curbs (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:59 PM PST Reuters - China has refused repeated U.S. requests to eliminate export restraints on rare earths that have rattled its trading partners, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Thursday.

China says Africa trade up 43.5% in Jan-Nov period (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:24 AM PST AFP - Trade between China and Africa surged 43.5 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2010, Beijing said on Thursday as it pledged to further strengthen ties with the continent.

China pledges support to eurozone countries (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:53 AM PST AFP - China on Thursday pledged its backing to eurozone countries amid an ongoing debt crisis and said Europe would be a "major market" for investment of Beijing's massive foreign exchange reserves.

Jammed Beijing to cut new car registration by 2/3 (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:03 AM PST AP - China's capital announced Thursday that it will sharply limit new vehicle registrations to try to ease massive traffic jams that are rapidly turning Beijing's streets into parking lots.

UN concerned about China's food safety activists (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:26 AM PST AP - China has made "remarkable progress" in growing sufficient food to feed its people but its official efforts to silence people who alert the public to food safety problems are worrisome, a U.N. official said Thursday.

China says willing to help euro zone return to health (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:32 AM PST Reuters - China is willing to help countries in the euro zone return to economic health and will support the International Monetary Fund element of a bailout package for the bloc, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday.

China speeds plans to launch aircraft carrier: sources (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:08 AM PST Reuters - China may be ready to launch its first aircraft carrier in 2011, Chinese military and political sources said on Thursday, a year ahead of U.S. military analysts' expectations.

China says wind, solar subsidies WTO compliant (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:58 AM PST AP - China is defending its subsidies for wind and solar power against a U.S. complaint to the World Trade Organization that such support is unfair, saying its policies are best for fighting climate change.

China will further boost economic ties with Africa (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:28 PM PST AP - China will boost further its already expanding economic ties with Africa, which reached a record two-way volume of more than $100 billion this year, the government said Thursday.

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