Yahoo! News: World - China

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• US concerned on China activist: official (AFP)
• U.S. asks WTO to judge two trade spats with China (Reuters)
• China vows more economic support for Zimbabwe (AP)
• China stands behind resource-rich Zimbabwe: foreign minister (Reuters)
• China sees U.S. stoking Brazil and India anger over yuan (Reuters)
• Online campaign rescues abducted Chinese kids (AP)
• Blind China activist beaten after video: rights group (AFP)
• China regional banks told to hike reserves: report (AFP)
• Online campaign spurs China kidnap crackdown (AFP)
• Rights group says China activist beaten over video (AP)

US concerned on China activist: official (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:17 PM PST AFP - China should immediately allow freedom of movement to blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng after accounts that he was severely beaten by police, a US official said Friday.

U.S. asks WTO to judge two trade spats with China (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:44 AM PST Reuters - The United States said on Friday it had asked the World Trade Organization to decide on two disputes with China, one on restrictions Beijing has imposed on U.S. specialty steel exports and the other on access to its credit and debit card market.

China vows more economic support for Zimbabwe (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:51 AM PST AP - China's foreign minister is pledging bolstered support for Zimbabwe to counter Western economic restrictions against top leadership in the southern African nation.

China stands behind resource-rich Zimbabwe: foreign minister (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 05:02 AM PST Reuters - Zimbabwe is an important ally to China and Beijing will seek to further strengthen ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said of a country isolated by the West under President Robert Mugabe's rule.

China sees U.S. stoking Brazil and India anger over yuan (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:06 AM PST Reuters - The United States has incited Brazil and India to criticize China's currency policy, but Beijing need not worry too much because it can defuse the tension through talks, a series of Chinese government advisers told Reuters.

Online campaign rescues abducted Chinese kids (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:12 AM PST AP - An online campaign to gather photos of Chinese kids begging on the streets is pressuring authorities to crack down on gangs that kidnap children for exploitation and is helping reunite them with families.

Blind China activist beaten after video: rights group (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:21 PM PST AFP - A blind Chinese activist under house arrest in eastern China has been beaten by police, apparently for smuggling out a videotape lashing out at efforts to silence him, according to a rights group.

China regional banks told to hike reserves: report (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:31 PM PST AFP - China's central bank has ordered some small and medium-sized banks to raise their reserves in the latest in a series of such hikes aimed at reining in inflation, according to state media.

Online campaign spurs China kidnap crackdown (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:16 PM PST AFP - China's government has ordered a renewed crackdown on child abductions after an online effort to reunite parents with their lost children spotlighted the festering problem.

Rights group says China activist beaten over video (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:45 PM PST AP - A Chinese activist lawyer and his wife have been beaten by police and state security officials for making a secret video that shows their life under strict house arrest, a rights group said Friday.

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