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China to drive world oil demand (AP)
S&P hovers near resistance, but volume still weak (Reuters)
Tibetan monk dies after severe torture: activists (AFP)
China central bank raises key interest rates (AP)
China ups rates 4th time since October (Reuters)
Not cheap or cheerful: south China's new paradigm (AP)
Myanmar president meets with top Chinese official (AP)
China raises interest rates, stepping up inflation fight (Reuters)
Growing concern over fate of China's Ai Weiwei (AFP)
China artist's detention tests depth of crackdown (Reuters)
Police question friends of missing Chinese artist (AP)
EU concerned by 'arbitrary detention' in China (AFP)
Rights group says Tibetan monk dies after torture (AP)
10 coal miners in northwest China die in explosion (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:18 PM PDT

AP - China trails only the U.S. in oil consumption and is expected to drive world demand in coming years.

S&P hovers near resistance, but volume still weak (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Reuters - The S&P 500 failed to break a key technical resistance level for a second day on Tuesday as low trading volume raised further questions about the market's strength.

Tibetan monk dies after severe torture: activists (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:03 AM PDT

AFP - A Tibetan monk who in 2008 joined a protest in front of foreign journalists in China has died after allegedly suffering "severe torture" while in detention, an activist group said Tuesday.

China central bank raises key interest rates (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:34 AM PDT

AP - China raised key interest rates Tuesday for the fourth time since October as it tries to dampen high inflation.

China ups rates 4th time since October (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:41 AM PDT

Reuters - China's central bank increased interest rates on Tuesday for the fourth time since October, raising suspicions that data next week may show inflation rose more than expected in March.

Not cheap or cheerful: south China's new paradigm (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:53 AM PDT

AP - When millions of workers didn't return to their southern China factory jobs after Lunar New Year holidays, a turning point was reached for foreign manufacturers scraping by with slim profit margins.

Myanmar president meets with top Chinese official (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:29 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese Communist Party official made the first high-ranking foreign visit with Myanmar's new president since a nominally civilian government took office.

China raises interest rates, stepping up inflation fight (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:30 AM PDT

Reuters - China's central bank raised interest rates for the second time this year on Tuesday, redoubling efforts to cool stubborn price pressures.

Growing concern over fate of China's Ai Weiwei (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:40 PM PDT

AFP - Western powers and rights groups have expressed anger and concern over the fate of outspoken Chinese artist and social critic Ai Weiwei, who has disappeared into police custody.

China artist's detention tests depth of crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:27 PM PDT

Reuters - China's detention of internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei has provoked a petition urging his release, exposing growing alarm among the country's liberal intellectuals who see him as a test of how far a wave of detentions to stifle dissent could go.

Police question friends of missing Chinese artist (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:34 PM PDT

AP - Chinese police called more people in for questioning Tuesday as they expanded their investigation into avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei, who has not been heard from since being taken into custody over the weekend, friends said.

EU concerned by 'arbitrary detention' in China (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 08:38 PM PDT

AFP - The European Union ambassador to China expressed concern Tuesday about the "increasing use of arbitrary detention" against activists, after artist Ai Weiwei disappeared into police custody.