Yahoo! News: World - China

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• U.S. group urges focus on China state-owned companies (Reuters)
• 'Chair protest' in Hong Kong for Ai's release (AFP)
• Arson suspected in China hotel fire that killed 10 (AP)
• China boosts surveillance to protect maritime rights (AFP)
• China rights lawyer Li missing, wife pleas for information (Reuters)
• China says beefing up patrols over maritime claims (AP)

U.S. group urges focus on China state-owned companies (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2011 04:03 PM PDT Reuters - The United States should focus less on China's currency practices and more on the threat to U.S. companies posed by Beijing's support for state-owned enterprises, a business group said on Monday.

'Chair protest' in Hong Kong for Ai's release (AFP) Posted: 02 May 2011 01:23 PM PDT AFP - Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters staged a 'chair protest' on Monday calling for the release of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in a rally held on the eve of his one month detention.

Arson suspected in China hotel fire that killed 10 (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 10:11 PM PDT AP - Chinese police say they suspect arson was the cause of a fire at a northeastern hotel that killed 10 people.

China boosts surveillance to protect maritime rights (AFP) Posted: 01 May 2011 09:56 PM PDT AFP - China is stepping up its maritime surveillance by hiring more staff and increasing the number of inspection ships, state media said Monday, amid deep-sea territorial disputes with neighbouring nations.

China rights lawyer Li missing, wife pleas for information (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 09:49 PM PDT Reuters - One of China's most prominent human rights lawyers, Li Fangping, remains missing three days after he called his wife to say he was being led away by state security police, apparently the latest target of a crackdown on dissent.

China says beefing up patrols over maritime claims (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 08:12 PM PDT AP - China's ocean monitoring agency says it is adding ships and personnel to beef up enforcement of the country's vast maritime claims.

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