Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Chinese banking giant ICBC opens branch in Spain (AFP)
• Skinny pigs, poison pork: China battles farm drugs (AP)
• China drought threatens water supplies: media (AFP)
• Key China wheat growing province hit by drought (AP)
• U.S. power unbeatable for decades: China policy planner (Reuters)
• China orders etiquette classes for schoolchildren (AFP)
• More Chinese women trafficked for prostitution (AP)
• GM to export $900 million in autos, parts to China (AP)

Chinese banking giant ICBC opens branch in Spain (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:00 PM PST AFP - Chinese bank ICBC, the world's largest by market value, opened its first branch in Spain on Monday as part of an expansion in Europe that has highlighted Beijing's growing global influence.

Skinny pigs, poison pork: China battles farm drugs (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:26 AM PST AP - It has shown up frequently in pork but also in snake dishes in south China and beef from the far western Xinjiang region, sending diners to the hospital with stomach aches and heart palpitations.

China drought threatens water supplies: media (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:18 AM PST AFP - A months-long dry spell across northern China is threatening drinking water supplies and crops, and more bone-dry conditions are expected, state media said Monday.

Key China wheat growing province hit by drought (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:12 AM PST AP - China's key wheat growing province of Shandong is facing its worst drought in at least 40 years, putting further pressure on politically sensitive food prices that have been surging for months.

U.S. power unbeatable for decades: China policy planner (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:27 PM PST Reuters - The United States will retain unchallengeable global dominance for at least two decades, a top Chinese official has said in an essay urging his government to find a balance between assertion and restraint.

China orders etiquette classes for schoolchildren (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:17 PM PST AFP - China has mandated that all schoolchildren undergo lessons on etiquette -- the latest expression of concern over uncultured manners in one of the world's oldest civilisations.

More Chinese women trafficked for prostitution (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:54 PM PST AP - Transnational crime gangs are trafficking a growing number of Chinese women to Southeast Asia, Europe and Africa where they are forced into prostitution, a Chinese newspaper said Monday.

GM to export $900 million in autos, parts to China (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:07 PM PST AP - General Motors Co. says it plans to export $900 million in vehicles and parts to China under a two-year agreement signed with its flagship joint venture, Shanghai GM.

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