Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Senators press Obama trade chief on China concerns (Reuters)
• China puts economy first as parliamentary season begins (AFP)
• Stress on economy as China holds annual meetings (AP)
• Singapore honours China's Yellow River conservation agency (AFP)
• China to launch 1st module of planned space base (AP)
• China parliament examines growth, living standards (Reuters)
• China's space station plan delayed (AFP)
• China, US work to repair frayed ties (AFP)
• Bus plunges into reservoir in China, killing 19 (AP)
• GM's China sales up 51 percent in February (AP)
• China activist demands quake recovery budget info (AP)
• Online diaries expose China official to graft probe (AFP)
• China artist sues government over right to know (AFP)
• China banks absorbed $170 billion FX swaps in '09: report (Reuters)
• Trafficking probe nets 10 Mexican migration agents (AP)

Senators press Obama trade chief on China concerns (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:40 PM PST Reuters - Senators pressed President Barack Obama's top trade official on Wednesday for action on a number of Chinese trade issues they said have endangered U.S. consumers and jobs.

China puts economy first as parliamentary season begins (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:06 AM PST AFP - China opened its annual parliamentary season Wednesday with a call from the Communist leadership to keep up economic growth, maintain social stability and tackle a yawning urban-rural income gap.

Stress on economy as China holds annual meetings (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:23 AM PST AP - China's top parliamentary adviser says 2010 will be critical for maintaining growth, creating jobs, and diversifying away from exports, underscoring the economy's central importance as the annual legislative session prepares to open.

Singapore honours China's Yellow River conservation agency (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 06:58 AM PST AFP - Singapore said Wednesday it was awarding more than 200,000 US dollars to a Chinese conservation agency for its work to improve water supply and reduce flood risks on China's Yellow River.

China to launch 1st module of planned space base (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:43 AM PST AP - China's space program will launch an unmanned experimental module next year, the first component of its permanent space station, state media reported Wednesday.

China parliament examines growth, living standards (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:22 AM PST Reuters - The Chinese leadership's efforts to engineer a trouble-free succession and push both economic growth and improved living standards in coming years move to the national parliament from Friday.

China's space station plan delayed (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:41 AM PST AFP - China has postponed the next step in its ambitious space station programme until 2011 for technical reasons, state media said Wednesday.

China, US work to repair frayed ties (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:51 AM PST AFP - Two top US envoys sat down for fence-mending talks with China on Wednesday, pressing for cooperation on Iran and to overcome a setback in relations over key issues such as trade, Tibet and Taiwan.

Bus plunges into reservoir in China, killing 19 (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:21 AM PST AP - China's government says a bus crash in central Henan province has killed 19 people and injured seven others.

GM's China sales up 51 percent in February (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:18 AM PST AP - General Motors said its February vehicle sales in China rose 51 percent from a year earlier on strong demand for Chevrolet and Cadillac models as well as its popular minivans.

China activist demands quake recovery budget info (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:46 PM PST AP - A prominent Chinese artist and activist has filed a suit against the Ministry of Civil Affairs for allegedly failing to respond to his request for information about the toll and cost of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Online diaries expose China official to graft probe (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:09 PM PST AFP - Authorities are investigating an official in southern China after his purported diaries appeared on the Internet, describing acts of alleged bribery and sexual misconduct, state media said Wednesday.

China artist sues government over right to know (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:50 PM PST AFP - A prominent Beijing artist has lodged a lawsuit accusing the Chinese government of refusing to comply with rules on transparency over the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, state press said Wednesday.

China banks absorbed $170 billion FX swaps in '09: report (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:31 PM PST Reuters - Chinese commercial banks absorbed about $170 billion in foreign exchange from the financial system last year, mainly through yuan-dollar swaps, state media on Wednesday cited a former official as saying.

Trafficking probe nets 10 Mexican migration agents (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 07:36 PM PST AP - Mexico's interior department says prosecutors have detained 10 Mexican immigration agents and three airline workers at Cancun's international airport on suspicion of trafficking Chinese migrants.

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