Yahoo! News: World - China

---

• Reporter assaulted at China rally site: Bloomberg (AFP)
• China uses whistles, water, police on protests (AP)
• China lowers its economic growth target a tad (AP)
• China protest call smothered in police blanket (Reuters)
• China's Wen vows action, police smother 'rallies' (AFP)
• China's Wen puts social stability at heart of economy (Reuters)
• China targets 7% growth, to rein in inflation: Wen (AFP)
• China rail firms look abroad for expansion (AFP)
• China Premier Wen pledges to contain prices (AFP)

Reporter assaulted at China rally site: Bloomberg (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:14 PM PST AFP - Bloomberg News said on Monday that one of its journalists was assaulted as Chinese security personnel staged an aggressive clampdown in Beijing at the weekend to thwart a call for public rallies.

China uses whistles, water, police on protests (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2011 03:53 PM PST AP - Large numbers of police — and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks — squelched overt protests in China for a second Sunday in a row after more calls came for peaceful gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East.

China lowers its economic growth target a tad (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:19 PM PST AP - China is slightly lowering its annual economic growth target, to 7 percent from 8 percent, the premier said Sunday, in a move that signals a shift in government priorities to put the breakneck economy on a more sustainable footing.

China protest call smothered in police blanket (Reuters) Posted: 27 Feb 2011 04:43 AM PST Reuters - An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East.

China's Wen vows action, police smother 'rallies' (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:56 AM PST AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged on Sunday to tackle a range of hot-button public concerns as an online call for rallies across the country to pressure the government fizzled in major cities.

China's Wen puts social stability at heart of economy (Reuters) Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:47 AM PST Reuters - Fighting inflation is a priority for China and the government must ward off threats to social stability stemming from rapid price increases and pressure to raise the value of the yuan, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.

China targets 7% growth, to rein in inflation: Wen (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 09:36 PM PST AFP - Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday said China had set a lower than usual economic growth target and pledged to contain soaring prices as concern over runaway growth mounts.

China rail firms look abroad for expansion (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:10 PM PST AFP - China's rail and train builders, who gained valuable experience at home in projects with Western heavyweights, are now competing with them for global contracts, but analysts say a lack of international savvy could clip their ambitions.

China Premier Wen pledges to contain prices (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 06:31 PM PST AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to contain soaring inflation in a web chat on Sunday that appeared timed to defuse an online call for demonstrations in 13 cities.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World - China To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610