Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Boston judge jails Chinese for export violations (AP)
• China fines Carrefour and Wal-Mart for manipulating prices (Reuters)
• China hit-and-run suspect on trial after web outrage (AFP)
• China's premier visits official complaint bureau (AP)
• China PM first to meet petitioners in 60 years (AFP)
• Family threatens suicide in Beijing property row (AFP)
• Beijing holds first car number plate lottery (AFP)
• Policeman's son on trial for China hit-and-run (AP)
• China ups minimum wages, as inflation persists (AP)
• China plans nationwide resource tax: report (AFP)

Boston judge jails Chinese for export violations (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST AP - A Chinese business executive has been sentenced in Massachusetts to more than eight years in federal prison for conspiring to export sensitive military products to military agencies in China.

China fines Carrefour and Wal-Mart for manipulating prices (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:41 AM PST Reuters - China fined French and U.S. retail giants Carrefour and Wal-Mart for lying about the price of their goods, its top economic planner said on Wednesday.

China hit-and-run suspect on trial after web outrage (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 12:23 AM PST AFP - The son of a senior Chinese police officer who caused outrage when he allegedly tried to use his father's status to escape the scene of a deadly hit-and-run stood trial Wednesday, a court official said.

China's premier visits official complaint bureau (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 11:43 PM PST AP - An unprecedented visit by China's premier to the bureau where ordinary citizens submit grievances about corruption and other problems has put the spotlight on a system widely regarded as broken but that Beijing is unlikely to fix.

China PM first to meet petitioners in 60 years (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 11:01 PM PST AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has met citizens in Beijing petitioning for redress over unpaid wages, home demolitions and land grabs, state media said Wednesday -- the first such meeting in six decades.

Family threatens suicide in Beijing property row (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 10:32 PM PST AFP - Wang Shibo's stricken grandparents sit drenched in petrol next to a coffin in her Beijing shop, poised to light a match in a final, desperate protest against the forced demolition of the store.

Beijing holds first car number plate lottery (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:54 PM PST AFP - China's capital Beijing on Wednesday held its first car number plate lottery under new rules aimed at easing chronic gridlock in the city, with 17,600 people given the green light to hit the packed roads.

Policeman's son on trial for China hit-and-run (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:40 PM PST AP - A senior police official's son accused of killing a young woman while driving drunk stood trial Wednesday in northern China in a case that has fueled public outrage after reports that he invoked his father's name to evade responsibility.

China ups minimum wages, as inflation persists (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:16 PM PST AP - Many Chinese cities are raising minimum wages for workers, fanning inflationary pressures while also seeking to soothe frustrations over price hikes.

China plans nationwide resource tax: report (AFP) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:11 PM PST AFP - China will roll out a resources tax across the country over the next five years as Beijing tries to boost local government income and reduce reliance on land sales, state media said Wednesday.

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