Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Chinese city opens its books in a step for reform (AP)
• China inflation target may be out of reach: economist (Reuters)
• 2 China rights lawyers slapped with lifetime ban (AP)
• Frail NKorean leader makes scaled-down China visit (AP)
• China rights lawyers have licences revoked (AFP)

Chinese city opens its books in a step for reform (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 09:53 AM PDT AP - In front of a roomful of government officials, businessman Zhou Jusheng took the mic and made a simple demand: finish paving and landscaping the industrial park that houses his drill-bit factory.

China inflation target may be out of reach: economist (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2010 05:03 AM PDT Reuters - China stands little chance of hitting the government's target of keeping inflation below 3 percent this year, a senior government economist said on Saturday.

2 China rights lawyers slapped with lifetime ban (AP) Posted: 08 May 2010 02:03 AM PDT AP - Two Chinese lawyers who represented a member of an outlawed spiritual movement have been banned for life from practicing law — a penalty they said Saturday is designed to scare other lawyers away from taking on sensitive human rights cases.

Frail NKorean leader makes scaled-down China visit (AP) Posted: 07 May 2010 09:26 PM PDT AP - The pompadour was gone, along with much of the paunch. North Korea's 68-year-old dictator Kim Jong Il appeared shriveled and worn during this week's scaled-down visit to China, signs that his health has deteriorated.

China rights lawyers have licences revoked (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2010 08:53 PM PDT AFP - China has revoked the attorney's licences of two human rights lawyers who defended a follower of the banned Falungong spiritual group, in a case that has caused concern among rights groups.

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