Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China likely to raise rates if inflation tops 5 percent: report (Reuters)
• China plant manager held in lead poisoning case (Reuters)
• China moves to extend jailing of outspoken blogger (AP)
• P&G, Unilever up China prices, fuel inflation fears (Reuters)
• Prominent Chinese blogger charged as crackdown deepens (Reuters)
• China unveils new energy, water efficiency goals (AP)
• China 'to pull dairy licences in safety drive' (AFP)
• U.N. rights body calls on China to release rights lawyer (Reuters)
• China checks food, water for radiation in 14 areas (AP)

China likely to raise rates if inflation tops 5 percent: report (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:27 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese inflation will probably rise more than 5 percent in the year to March, pushing the central bank to raise interest rates, an official newspaper said on Tuesday.

China plant manager held in lead poisoning case (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:15 AM PDT Reuters - The general manager of a battery plant in eastern China faces environmental pollution charges after lead emissions from the plant poisoned nearly 170 villagers, including 53 children, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

China moves to extend jailing of outspoken blogger (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT AP - Police filed subversion charges against a prolific blogger and writer, his wife said Monday, in a bellwether detention since anonymous online calls circulated for Chinese to imitate the pro-democracy protests of North Africa and the Middle East.

P&G, Unilever up China prices, fuel inflation fears (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:56 AM PDT Reuters - Consumer goods giants Procter & Gamble and Unilever will both raise detergent and soap prices in China by up to 15 percent next month, local media reported, underscoring the battle the government faces with inflation.

Prominent Chinese blogger charged as crackdown deepens (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:51 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese police have arrested prominent writer Ran Yunfei for challenging the ruling Communist Party, people close to the blogger said on Monday, the latest in a string of arrests in a deepening crackdown on dissent.

China unveils new energy, water efficiency goals (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:27 AM PDT AP - China has issued new targets to curb carbon output and improve efficiency in using energy and water, state media reported Monday.

China 'to pull dairy licences in safety drive' (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:00 AM PDT AFP - More than one fifth of China's dairy producers will lose their licences after inspections aimed at preventing a repeat of a huge 2008 milk-contamination scandal, state media reported Monday.

U.N. rights body calls on China to release rights lawyer (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:36 PM PDT Reuters - China's best known rights lawyer, missing for nearly a year, is being detained in violation of international law, a United Nations human rights body said in a statement made public on Monday, and it called for his immediate release.

China checks food, water for radiation in 14 areas (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:26 PM PDT AP - Chinese health authorities say they are monitoring food and drinking water for radiation contamination in 14 provinces and cities in northeastern and coastal areas, after low levels of radioactive material were detected in the northeast.

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