Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Senator says currency bill should reach Obama (Reuters)
• AP EXCLUSIVE: US scientist trapped in China (AP)
• Survey shows China manufacturing stagnant in Sept (AP)
• China's inflation fight remains top priority (Reuters)
• Chinese city facing credit crunch as tycoons flee (AP)
• China manufacturing eases for 3rd month, prices up (Reuters)
• 'America the Beautiful' accompanies China launch (AP)
• Taiwan professor accused of spying for China (AP)
• Exclusive: Justice Department probing Chinese accounting (Reuters)
• China denies int'l baby trafficking reports (AP)

Senator says currency bill should reach Obama (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - A top Democratic senator on Friday said he was confident the Senate would "overwhelmingly" pass a bill next week to crack down on China's currency practices.

AP EXCLUSIVE: US scientist trapped in China (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:30 AM PDT AP - In the year-plus since he was released from jail, scientist Hu Zhicheng has been free, free to drive from his Shanghai apartment to his office two hours away, free to get acupuncture treatment for chronic back pain, free except to leave China and rejoin his family in America.

Survey shows China manufacturing stagnant in Sept (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:24 AM PDT AP - China's manufacturing remained stagnant in September due to sluggish demand both at home and abroad, according to a survey released Friday.

China's inflation fight remains top priority (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:45 AM PDT Reuters - China will keep monetary conditions tight in its effort to rein in stubborn inflation, the country's central bank said on Friday, adding that containing domestic price pressures remains its priority.

Chinese city facing credit crunch as tycoons flee (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:05 AM PDT AP - The freewheeling Chinese city of Wenzhou is grappling with a credit crunch that has cut off the only source of funding for many private ventures and prompted dozens of debt-laden business owners to flee.

China manufacturing eases for 3rd month, prices up (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:01 AM PDT Reuters - China's manufacturing sector contracted for a third consecutive month in September, suggesting that the world's second-largest economy is not immune to global headwinds, while factory inflation quickened.

'America the Beautiful' accompanies China launch (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:54 PM PDT AP - China's state broadcaster isn't saying why the station ran the music to "America the Beautiful" during the gala live broadcast of the country's latest space launch.

Taiwan professor accused of spying for China (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:13 PM PDT AP - A Taiwanese political science professor was detained Friday for allegedly providing Beijing data on visiting Chinese activists by tapping into police computers, a prosecutor and media reports said.

Exclusive: Justice Department probing Chinese accounting (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:03 PM PDT Reuters - The Justice Department is investigating accounting irregularities at Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, said an official with the Securities and Exchange Commission, suggesting criminal charges may be brought in addition to civil proceedings.

China denies int'l baby trafficking reports (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:54 PM PDT AP - Officials in south China's Hunan province have dismissed claims that more than a dozen babies were seized from parents who violated the country's one-child policy and sold to orphanages who arranged to have them adopted overseas.

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