Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China newborn baby deaths fall with improved healthcare (Reuters)
• Many Chinese kids with bad vision won't buy glasses (Reuters)
• China probes Johnson Controls unit for alleged lead (Reuters)
• Reports: China driver fatally runs over meter maid (AP)
• Chinese petitioners detained during Biden's visit (AP)
• China's unhealthy habits drive chronic diseases up (AP)
• Shanghai families say kids poisoned by lead (AP)
• China sentences 4 Uighur men to death over attacks (AP)
• China sentences four to death for Xinjiang violence (Reuters)
• China banks tackle bad service, long waits for more deposits (Reuters)
• China gives the death penalty to 4 Uighur men (AP)

China newborn baby deaths fall with improved healthcare (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:03 PM PDT Reuters - Far fewer newborn babies in China are dying compared to 15 years ago, researchers reported on Friday, underscoring the success of a Chinese programme to encourage women to deliver in hospitals rather than at home.

Many Chinese kids with bad vision won't buy glasses (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - A school-based program aimed at getting more Chinese teenagers with vision problems to buy glasses has failed, according to a new report.

China probes Johnson Controls unit for alleged lead (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:09 AM PDT Reuters - A China unit of major lead-acid battery maker Johnson Controls has halted production at its Shanghai factory as authorities investigate into an alleged lead pollution case, the official Shanghai Securities News said on Thursday.

Reports: China driver fatally runs over meter maid (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:20 AM PDT AP - A man determined to escape paying a parking fee in downtown Shanghai ran over and killed a meter maid in the latest in a spate of road rage incidents in China.

Chinese petitioners detained during Biden's visit (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:31 PM PDT AP - Police detained and tied up six Chinese farmers involved in land disputes with the government to prevent them from trying to see U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during his visit last month, one of the farmers said Thursday.

China's unhealthy habits drive chronic diseases up (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:07 PM PDT AP - During a recent weekday lunch, middle-aged Wu Zhixin had a plate of shredded pork noodles glistening with oil and washed it down with a paper cup of vodka-like alcohol. Then she lit a cigarette.

Shanghai families say kids poisoned by lead (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 09:57 PM PDT AP - Families living in one of Shanghai's many industrial suburbs say their children are suffering from lead poisoning from nearby factories and recycling facilities.

China sentences 4 Uighur men to death over attacks (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 09:21 PM PDT AP - Four ethnic minority men have been sentenced to death for the latest spate of violent attacks in China's Central Asian borderlands.

China sentences four to death for Xinjiang violence (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 08:08 PM PDT Reuters - Courts in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced four people to death for violence in two cities over the summer which left 32 people dead, a government website said.

China banks tackle bad service, long waits for more deposits (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:56 PM PDT Reuters - Tang Jianhui is a patient bank customer, though he won't stick it out if he has to wait more than an hour, as he sometimes does.

China gives the death penalty to 4 Uighur men (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:46 PM PDT AP - China has sentenced four Uighur (WEE'-gur) men to death for their roles in three separate alleged terror attacks in the far western Xinjiang region in July.

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