Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China jailing Nobel winner broke international law: UN (AFP)
• China blames unrest on Pakistan-trained 'terrorists' (AFP)
• Taiwan's Foxconn to use one million robots by 2014 (AFP)
• China blames Pakistan-trained militants for attack (AP)
• Special Report: China's shortcut to Wall Street (Reuters)
• Chinese retailers hijack the Ikea experience (Reuters)
• Court upholds Chinese journalist's jail sentence (AP)
• China manufacturing slows further in July (AP)
• China train crash censorship scorned on Internet (Reuters)
• China blames Muslim extremists for attack in Xinjiang (Reuters)
• Taxi driver protests hit two Chinese cities (AFP)
• Chinese media tone down rail crash coverage (AFP)
• China central bank says inflation fight a policy priority (Reuters)
• China says Xinjiang attack linked to Pakistan (AFP)

China jailing Nobel winner broke international law: UN (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:39 PM PDT AFP - A United Nations panel has called for the release of jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife, saying their detention breaks international law.

China blames unrest on Pakistan-trained 'terrorists' (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:56 PM PDT AFP - China on Monday blamed Muslim separatist "terrorists" trained in neighbouring Pakistan for an outbreak of deadly violence and imposed heavy security in a bid to prevent further unrest.

Taiwan's Foxconn to use one million robots by 2014 (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:07 AM PDT AFP - Taiwan IT giant Foxconn -- hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants -- plans to replace 500,000 workers with robots in the next three years, state media reported Monday.

China blames Pakistan-trained militants for attack (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 09:52 AM PDT AP - China on Monday blamed Muslim extremists trained in Pakistan for launching one of two deadly weekend attacks in a troubled far western region, while overseas activists feared the government could respond by cracking down on ethnic Uighurs widely blamed for the unrest.

Special Report: China's shortcut to Wall Street (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:05 AM PDT Reuters - SHELL GAMES: A Reuters Investigation

Chinese retailers hijack the Ikea experience (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:53 AM PDT Reuters - Nestled in a sleepy southern district of Kunming city in southwest China, is a 10,000 square meter, four-story building that could make Swedish furniture giant Ikea uneasy.

Court upholds Chinese journalist's jail sentence (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 05:16 AM PDT AP - The lawyer for a Chinese journalist behind bars after writing about suspected corruption says a court has rejected an appeal against a new sentence ordered just before the reporter was to be released.

China manufacturing slows further in July (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT AP - China's manufacturing slowed further in July as Beijing cooled an overheated economy and demand for exports weakened amid Europe's debt crisis and sluggish U.S. growth, two surveys showed Monday.

China train crash censorship scorned on Internet (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:17 AM PDT Reuters - China's media are curbing combative reporting of a high-speed train disaster after what observers said were orders from the ruling Communist Party's propaganda arm, which on Monday drew fresh scorn from Internet users demanding unfettered news.

China blames Muslim extremists for attack in Xinjiang (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:09 AM PDT Reuters - China said on Monday that Islamic militants had mounted an attack that left 11 people dead in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which announced a crackdown on "illegal" religious activities at the start of the Muslim fasting month.

Taxi driver protests hit two Chinese cities (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT AFP - Thousands of taxi drivers in China's eastern city of Hangzhou went on strike Monday over high petrol prices and traffic congestion, while drivers in Shanghai also protested over benefits.

Chinese media tone down rail crash coverage (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT AFP - China's state-run media on Monday complied with a ban on negative coverage of a high-speed rail crash that killed 40 people, after more than a week of unusually critical reporting.

China central bank says inflation fight a policy priority (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT Reuters - China pledged to keep to a "prudent" monetary policy for the rest of the year to combat inflation, which is stubbornly fixed near a three-year high.

China says Xinjiang attack linked to Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:54 PM PDT AFP - A deadly weekend attack in China's restive Xinjiang region was masterminded by "terrorists" trained in Pakistan, the local government said Monday.

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