Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Australia's Stosur stops China's Zheng (AFP)
• Potters hand-paint china for UK royal wedding (AP)
• China airlines to challenge EU carbon tax: report (AFP)
• Nobel jury concerned about Chinese winner (AP)
• China's delayed smoking ban to start May 1 (AFP)
• China renews push to ban smoking starting May 1 (AP)
• 3 killed, 80 hurt in China when train hits bus (AP)
• China says has helped Europe by buying debt (Reuters)
• China rare earth prices explode as export volumes collapse (Reuters)
• China to ban smoking at indoor public places (Reuters)

Australia's Stosur stops China's Zheng (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:51 PM PDT AFP - Australian Roland Garros finalist Samantha Stosur defeated China's Zheng Jie 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday to reach the third round of the $9 million WTA and ATP Miami Masters Series hardcourt tournament.

Potters hand-paint china for UK royal wedding (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:20 AM PDT AP - British potters have their hands full making hand-gilded official china for Prince William's April 29 wedding to Kate Middleton.

China airlines to challenge EU carbon tax: report (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:03 AM PDT AFP - Chinese airlines plan legal action against a European Union plan to impose a carbon tax from 2012, claiming it could cost them millions of dollars a year, state media said Thursday.

Nobel jury concerned about Chinese winner (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:23 AM PDT AP - The spokesman for the Norwegian Nobel Committee says the panel is very concerned over the lack of information about Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned Chinese dissident awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

China's delayed smoking ban to start May 1 (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:03 AM PDT AFP - China has announced that its long-awaited smoking ban will finally come into force in May, as the nation that accounts for one in five of the world's smoking deaths tries to kick the habit.

China renews push to ban smoking starting May 1 (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:56 AM PDT AP - Chinese health authorities are renewing a push to ban smoking in indoor public places, adding more venues like hotels and restaurants as of May 1, though still excluding many workplaces.

3 killed, 80 hurt in China when train hits bus (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:09 AM PDT AP - An official says a train has plowed into a bus in western China, killing three people and injuring 80 others.

China says has helped Europe by buying debt (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:51 AM PDT Reuters - China still sees risks from euro-zone debt problems and has increased its holdings of European government bonds to help the region, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.

China rare earth prices explode as export volumes collapse (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:42 PM PDT Reuters - China's exports of rare earth metals burst through the $100,000-per-tonne mark for the first time in February, up almost ninefold from a year before, while the volume of trade stayed far below historical averages.

China to ban smoking at indoor public places (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:09 PM PDT Reuters - China will ban smoking at all indoor public venues from May in an effort to shield the world's most populous nation, and its largest cigarette producer, from the harmful effects of the habit, the health ministry said.

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