Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China cuts rare earth export quotas, U.S. concerned (Reuters)
• U.S. concerned about China rare earth restraints (Reuters)
• China shrinks rare earths export quota (AP)
• China relaxes rules for currency forwards (Reuters)
• Chinese investigative reporter dies after attack (AP)
• China starts work on Sichuan quake museum (AFP)
• China builds Sichuan earthquake museum (AP)
• Wal-Mart invests in China e-commerce retailer 360buy.com (AFP)
• Official: 580 Chinese fugitives in other countries (AP)
• China moving toward deploying anti-carrier missile (AP)
• China setting up rare earth industry group (AFP)
• China's Zijin Mining pays out over deadly dam collapse (AFP)
• China vows lending control to tame inflation (Reuters)
• Top China blogger shuts down magazine (AP)
• Magazine by popular China blogger shuts down (AFP)
• China gets tough with S.Koreans spying on North (AFP)

China cuts rare earth export quotas, U.S. concerned (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:44 PM PST Reuters - China said on Tuesday it will cut its export quotas for rare earth minerals by more than 11 percent in the first half of 2011, further shrinking supplies of metals needed to make a range of high-tech products.

U.S. concerned about China rare earth restraints (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:55 AM PST Reuters - The U.S. Trade Representative's office is "very concerned" about China's export restraints on rare earth materials and has raised its concerns with China, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

China shrinks rare earths export quota (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:30 AM PST AP - China said Tuesday it is reducing the amount of rare earths it will export next year by more than 10 percent — likely to be an unpopular move worldwide since the minerals are vital to the manufacture of high-tech products.

China relaxes rules for currency forwards (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:49 AM PST Reuters - China will allow more banks to sell currency forwards to their clients to further develop demand and the nation's nascent derivatives market, the country's foreign exchange regulator said on Tuesday.

Chinese investigative reporter dies after attack (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:39 AM PST AP - A Chinese journalist died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a gang beating that some say was linked to his investigative work, a colleague at his newspaper said.

China starts work on Sichuan quake museum (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:11 AM PST AFP - China on Tuesday began work on a museum in the southwestern province of Sichuan commemorating a massive May 2008 earthquake in the region that left nearly 87,000 people dead or missing, state media said.

China builds Sichuan earthquake museum (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:46 AM PST AP - Chinese state media says construction has begun on a museum commemorating the nearly 90,000 people who died during a 2008 earthquake.

Wal-Mart invests in China e-commerce retailer 360buy.com (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:50 AM PST AFP - US chain Wal-Mart has invested in Chinese e-commerce consumer electronics seller 360buy.com, as the world's largest retailer steps up its presence in China, a report said Tuesday.

Official: 580 Chinese fugitives in other countries (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:19 AM PST AP - Nearly 600 fugitives involved with economic crimes such as fraud and embezzlement have fled China and are hiding in other countries, a top security official said.

China moving toward deploying anti-carrier missile (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:14 AM PST AP - China is moving closer to deploying a ballistic missile designed to sink an aircraft carrier, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command said in newspaper interview published Tuesday.

China setting up rare earth industry group (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:24 PM PST AFP - China is setting up a rare earth industry group that will lead price negotiations with foreign buyers, an official said Tuesday, as Beijing tightens its grip on exports of the precious metals.

China's Zijin Mining pays out over deadly dam collapse (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:04 PM PST AFP - China's Zijin Mining said Tuesday it would pay about 7.5 million US dollars to help victims of a dam collapse near a tin mine that killed at least 22 people.

China vows lending control to tame inflation (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 10:38 PM PST Reuters - China's central bank took aim at inflation once again on Monday by saying it will control lending and money growth in the world's second-biggest economy to head off price pressures and asset bubbles.

Top China blogger shuts down magazine (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:33 PM PST AP - One of China's most popular bloggers announced Tuesday he was forced to shut down his freewheeling print magazine after just one issue because government officials appear to have blocked the printing of any new editions.

Magazine by popular China blogger shuts down (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:51 PM PST AFP - One of China's most famous and controversial bloggers Han Han on Tuesday announced he was shutting down his magazine "Party" after just one issue, but denied the move stemmed from a dispute over content.

China gets tough with S.Koreans spying on North (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:22 PM PST AFP - China is getting tougher with South Korean spies caught collecting intelligence there on North Korea, jailing one of them for more than a year despite pleas from Seoul, news reports said Tuesday.

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