Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's stone workshops silenced by European crisis (Reuters)
• U.S. asks for WTO panel in poultry spat with China (Reuters)
• Analysis: Damaged ship threatens to sink Vale's China hopes (Reuters)
• China's pollution data shrouded in official fog (AP)
• Australia wants transparent appeal from China (AP)
• China executes Filipino man despite Aquino appeal (AP)
• China shale gas discoveries major boost to supply (AP)
• Donations to charities in China plunge after scandals (Reuters)
• China's "Best Buys" scramble to tap e-commerce boom (Reuters)
• Ex-Beijing airport boss gets 12 years for graft (AP)
• U.S. seeks to reassure China on Australia military ties (Reuters)
• US official says military pacts not aimed at China (AP)
• Foreigners in China squeezed by pensions, taxes (AP)

China's stone workshops silenced by European crisis (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:57 PM PST Reuters - Mournful ancient Roman lovers, a boy Mozart and half a dozen angels lie in weeds behind the padlocked gates of an abandoned sculpture workshop in Dangcheng town, victims of economic waves rippling across the world to this corner of northern China.

U.S. asks for WTO panel in poultry spat with China (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:38 PM PST Reuters - The United States asked the World Trade Organization on Thursday to strike down duties that China imposed on U.S. poultry products in apparent retaliation for U.S. moves to restrict Chinese imports.

Analysis: Damaged ship threatens to sink Vale's China hopes (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:09 AM PST Reuters - A ruptured hull in the world's largest dry bulk ship could sink Vale's (VALE5.SA) multi-billion dollar plan for a flotilla of giant vessels to link its iron ore mines to the mills of top steelmaker China.

China's pollution data shrouded in official fog (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:21 AM PST AP - Armed with a device that looks like an old transistor radio, some Beijing residents are recording pollution levels and posting them online. It's an act that borders on subversion.

Australia wants transparent appeal from China (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:14 AM PST AP - Australia's justice minister has told China that his government expects a jailed businessman's appeal to be transparent.

China executes Filipino man despite Aquino appeal (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:09 AM PST AP - China, the world's most prolific executioner, put a Filipino drug trafficker to death Thursday despite a clemency appeal from the Philippine president.

China shale gas discoveries major boost to supply (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:01 AM PST AP - China is reporting discoveries of major shale gas reserves in its western Sichuan region, a development that could drastically boost its domestic supplies of natural gas and temper demand for imports.

Donations to charities in China plunge after scandals (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:35 AM PST Reuters - Charitable donations in China have plunged more than 80 percent because of public mistrust in the wake of recent allegations that some charities have misused money, media reported on Thursday.

China's "Best Buys" scramble to tap e-commerce boom (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:40 PM PST Reuters - Two Chinese appliance and electronics retailers, regarded by some as the country's answers to Best Buy Co Inc , are racing to beef up their e-commerce arms and tap the booming but highly competitive online retail market.

Ex-Beijing airport boss gets 12 years for graft (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:07 PM PST AP - The former boss of Beijing's sprawling airport has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for taking bribes to arrange jobs and set up corrupt business deals.

U.S. seeks to reassure China on Australia military ties (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:46 PM PST Reuters - The United States has sought to reassure China that expanding military U.S. ties with Australia are not aimed at containing China, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a day after talks with the Chinese army.

US official says military pacts not aimed at China (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 08:27 PM PST AP - The strengthening of U.S. military alliances in Asia is not aimed at containing China, a top Pentagon official said Thursday after annual defense talks that reflected Chinese misgivings about America's regional agenda but also offered the possibility of more robust ties between the two militaries.

Foreigners in China squeezed by pensions, taxes (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST AP - Foreign companies that are looking to China to shore up wilting global sales have been hit by higher payroll taxes, surcharges to subsidize unions and other changes that are making conditions tougher just as economic growth slows.

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