Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Senators urge pressure on China over rare earths (Reuters)
• China evacuates citizens from Japan quake areas (Reuters)
• China says yuan currency not on Nanjing agenda (AP)
• US Senators urge action against China on rare earth (AFP)
• China to prosecute 24 over deadly Shanghai fire (AP)

Senators urge pressure on China over rare earths (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - Four senators on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama's administration to step up its fight against China's "hoarding" of critical rare earth elements by blocking funding for Chinese mining projects.

China evacuates citizens from Japan quake areas (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:15 AM PDT Reuters - China began evacuating its citizens Tuesday from areas worst affected by Japan's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, making it the first foreign government to pull its people from the country.

China says yuan currency not on Nanjing agenda (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:24 AM PDT AP - The exchange rate of China's currency will not be on the agenda when a G-20 meeting is held in Nanjing at the end of the month, a Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.

US Senators urge action against China on rare earth (AFP) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:22 PM PDT AFP - Two US Senators urged the White House to block Chinese mining projects in the United States and elsewhere until Beijing loosens its grip on the trade in so-called rare earths minerals.

China to prosecute 24 over deadly Shanghai fire (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:51 PM PDT AP - Authorities in China's commercial hub of Shanghai will prosecute 24 people for bribery and other crimes related to an apartment building fire that killed 58 people, state media reported Tuesday.

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