Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Russia, China pledge bigger role for yuan, ruble (AFP)
• China Xiniya launches IPO at $11 per share (AP)
• Britain's Tesco plans to quadruple China sales: report (AFP)
• China says it is world's top greenhouse gas emitter (Reuters)
• China bans hoarding of oil, coal to cool prices (AP)
• China urges peace and talk after North Korea shells South (Reuters)
• China, Japan boats stand-off in disputed waters: report (AFP)
• China says climate compromise needed at Cancun (AP)
• Jailed Chinese activist drops appeal, seeks parole (AP)
• Seaweed prices a warning to China's leaders (Reuters)

Russia, China pledge bigger role for yuan, ruble (AFP) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:02 AM PST AFP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the Chinese yuan would soon start trading in Russia as the countries seek to challenge the dollar and promote the use of national currencies.

China Xiniya launches IPO at $11 per share (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 08:45 AM PST AP - China Xiniya Fashion says it launched its IPO at $11 per share Tuesday, and the stock remained relatively stable in morning trading.

Britain's Tesco plans to quadruple China sales: report (AFP) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:50 AM PST AFP - British supermarket chain Tesco plans to quadruple annual sales in China over the next five years to about four billion pounds (6.4 billion dollars), a newspaper report said Tuesday.

China says it is world's top greenhouse gas emitter (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 01:23 AM PST Reuters - China acknowledged on Tuesday it is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases stoking global warming, confirming what scientists have said for years but defending its right to keep growing emissions.

China bans hoarding of oil, coal to cool prices (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 01:16 AM PST AP - China is banning the hoarding of oil, coal and other key commodities, seeking to ensure supplies and cool prices that have surged to politically volatile levels despite repeated moves to curb inflation.

China urges peace and talk after North Korea shells South (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST Reuters - China expressed worry about reports that North Korea had shelled a South Korean island on Tuesday in the latest escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula that neighbors the world's second-biggest economy.

China, Japan boats stand-off in disputed waters: report (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:57 PM PST AFP - Chinese and Japanese patrol boats were involved in a brief weekend stand-off near disputed islands, China's state media has reported, accusing the Japanese side of "unreasonable interference".

China says climate compromise needed at Cancun (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:40 PM PST AP - BEIJING — Participants in next week's U.N. climate conference in Mexico need to agree on financing and technology transfer arrangements to help developing nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, China's climate envoy said Tuesday.

Jailed Chinese activist drops appeal, seeks parole (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:28 PM PST AP - A Chinese father-turned-activist imprisoned for protesting a tainted milk scandal is seeking medical parole, state media said Tuesday, in what might be a deal with authorities hoping to tamp public anger over his harsh sentence.

Seaweed prices a warning to China's leaders (Reuters) Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:30 PM PST Reuters - Chinese pensioner Wang Li endured two chilly hours on a pre-dawn bus to Beijing's biggest wholesale food market to stock up on dried seaweed, one more food hit by inflation rippling across the country.

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