Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Vatican adviser urges tougher stance with China (AP)
• China's New Parochialism (Time.com)
• China raises rare earth export quota, EU not satisfied (Reuters)
• China almost doubles rare earth export quota (AFP)
• China's Catholic church ordains another bishop (AFP)
• China's fresh rare earths export quotas restore cuts (Reuters)
• Ai's firm told it has not paid corporate taxes (AP)
• China to keep tight controls on property market (AP)
• China urges US to protect investors (AFP)
• Researcher: China worried about US economy (AP)
• China says hopes U.S. government protects investor interests (Reuters)
• China first-half fiscal surplus at $193 billion (Reuters)
• China ratings agency issues warning on US debt (AFP)
• Vietnam: Chinese soldiers attack fishermen (AP)
• China says oil spills not fully controlled (AP)
• China calls on world to normalize ties with Sudan (Reuters)
• China says it is drawing up human rights plan (AP)

Vatican adviser urges tougher stance with China (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:25 AM PDT AP - A top Vatican adviser urged the Holy See on Thursday to take a harder line against China's illicit ordinations of bishops, saying Rome's current policy of compromise isn't working.

China's New Parochialism (Time.com) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT Time.com - Beijing's favoritism toward homegrown companies hints at a rejection of the West

China raises rare earth export quota, EU not satisfied (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:17 AM PDT Reuters - China eased export curbs for rare earths on Thursday, restoring it to near-2010 levels in a bid to appease its trading partners, but the European Union said the measure did not go far enough to address concerns of stable supplies.

China almost doubles rare earth export quota (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:05 AM PDT AFP - China on Thursday nearly doubled the export quota of rare earths for the second half of the year to 15,738 tonnes, amid tensions with trade partners over its grip on the shipments of raw materials.

China's Catholic church ordains another bishop (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 06:46 AM PDT AFP - China's state-controlled Catholic church on Thursday ordained another bishop, its vice president said, in a move likely to worsen ties with the Vatican, which did not give its approval.

China's fresh rare earths export quotas restore cuts (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 06:24 AM PDT Reuters - China on Thursday issued a second batch of quotas for exports of rare earths this year -- virtually making up for previous cuts -- after its commerce minister met with his EU counterpart to discuss this and other thorny issues between the two trading partners.

Ai's firm told it has not paid corporate taxes (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:32 AM PDT AP - Chinese authorities told representatives of outspoken artist Ai Weiwei's design firm Thursday that the company had not paid corporate taxes for a decade, but did not allow them to keep documents showing the alleged offense.

China to keep tight controls on property market (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:04 AM PDT AP - China's premier says the government will keep controls on property deals in place to help fend off a speculative bubble, reflecting top-level unease over limited progress in cooling the overheated market.

China urges US to protect investors (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:15 AM PDT AFP - China on Thursday urged Washington to protect the interests of investors, after ratings agency Moody's placed the United States's triple-A debt rating on a downgrade watch.

Researcher: China worried about US economy (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:37 AM PDT AP - China is watching whether the Federal Reserve launches a new stimulus that might hurt China by pushing up commodity prices, a Cabinet researcher said Thursday.

China says hopes U.S. government protects investor interests (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it hoped the U.S. government would take a responsible attitude to protect investor interests, in Beijing's latest expression of concern about the possibility of Washington briefly defaulting on its debt.

China first-half fiscal surplus at $193 billion (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT Reuters - China posted a fiscal surplus of 1.25 trillion yuan ($193.3 billion) in the first half of the year as steady economic growth and rising prices lifted government revenues, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.

China ratings agency issues warning on US debt (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:34 PM PDT AFP - Chinese credit ratings agency Dagong said Thursday it had put US sovereign debt on negative watch for a possible downgrade -- following a similar move by Moody's the previous day.

Vietnam: Chinese soldiers attack fishermen (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:27 PM PDT AP - Armed Chinese soldiers allegedly beat a Vietnamese fisherman and threatened other crew members before driving them out of waters near disputed South China Sea islands claimed by both countries, a Vietnamese official said Thursday.

China says oil spills not fully controlled (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 08:12 PM PDT AP - China has ordered ConocoPhillips to immediately halt output at two offshore platforms in the Bohai Bay off its northeast coast, saying recent oil spills were not fully under control.

China calls on world to normalize ties with Sudan (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 06:21 PM PDT Reuters - The world should recognize the efforts made by Sudan in bringing peace to its southern region, now an independent state, and normalize relations with Khartoum, state media on Thursday quoted a senior Chinese diplomat as saying.

China says it is drawing up human rights plan (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 05:40 PM PDT AP - China is drawing up a four-year plan to improve the country's human rights record, state media reported Wednesday, but it will likely focus on improving living standards rather than granting greater freedoms.

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