Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Chinese fugitive in Canada to remain in custody (Reuters)
• China says oil spills not fully controlled (AP)
• Tibet leader urges crackdown on Dalai Lama (AFP)
• China quarterly growth tops forecast, boosts inflation fight (Reuters)
• Wall Street ends higher; Moody's warning hits futures (Reuters)
• China's economic growth eases amid rate hikes (AP)
• China dating show bachelor detained in murder case (AP)
• Nike, Adidas suppliers 'polluting China rivers' (AFP)
• China admits "long way to go" for citizens to enjoy human rights (Reuters)
• SE Asia walks tightrope amid sea spats with China (AP)
• Ai Weiwei's firm granted hearing with tax agency (AP)
• China says it is drawing up human rights plan (AP)
• Big-name brands sourcing from polluting China firms: Greenpeace (Reuters)
• Exclusive: China to conduct first stress tests on brokerages (Reuters)
• China economic growth eases to 9.5% in Q2 (AFP)
• China orders US oil giant to halt rigs after spill (AFP)
• China rejects Manila offer to bring dispute to UN (AP)
• Analysis: China to see bumpy patch, but no crisis, on local debt (Reuters)
• China websites fall victim to new controls: study (AFP)
• China's Jiang "rested at home" during death rumors: report (Reuters)

Chinese fugitive in Canada to remain in custody (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT Reuters - China's most wanted man remained in custody in Canada on Wednesday, despite a determination by officials that he poses little risk of fleeing.

China says oil spills not fully controlled (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:24 AM PDT AP - China has ordered ConocoPhillips to immediately halt output at two offshore platforms in the Bohai Bay off its northeast coast, saying recent oil spills were not fully under control.

Tibet leader urges crackdown on Dalai Lama (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:19 AM PDT AFP - The leader of Chinese-ruled Tibet urged police to crack down on the "separatist" activities of the Dalai Lama in remarks published Wednesday, after the monk repeated his support for regional autonomy.

China quarterly growth tops forecast, boosts inflation fight (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:51 AM PDT Reuters - China's economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter, easing fears of a hard landing and strengthening Beijing's resolve to fight persistently high inflation.

Wall Street ends higher; Moody's warning hits futures (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - Stocks stopped a three-day slide on Wednesday, but the market is likely to get hit in the coming session after Moody's said it could cut the United States' prized triple-A credit rating.

China's economic growth eases amid rate hikes (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:32 AM PDT AP - China's rapid economic growth slowed in the latest quarter to a still robust 9.5 percent, easing fears of an abrupt slowdown and giving Beijing room to tighten controls to fight surging inflation.

China dating show bachelor detained in murder case (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:08 AM PDT AP - On the surface, Liu Hao with his songbird voice seemed like the ideal candidate as a romantic partner on one of China's popular dating shows.

Nike, Adidas suppliers 'polluting China rivers' (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:00 AM PDT AFP - Environmental campaigners on Wednesday accused suppliers to major clothing brands including Adidas and Nike of poisoning China's major rivers with hazardous chemicals linked to hormonal problems.

China admits "long way to go" for citizens to enjoy human rights (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT Reuters - China still has "a long way to go" before its citizens can enjoy full human rights, a senior Chinese official said in a rare admission of the challenges ahead, pointing to social conflict and even rising house prices as stumbling blocks.

SE Asia walks tightrope amid sea spats with China (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:46 AM PDT AP - About the same time that China's defense chief was clinking wine glasses with Manila's military brass in May, three Chinese navy ships were erecting a steel post about 180 miles (290 kilometers) offshore to fortify their claim to a reef in the disputed South China Sea, according to a Philippines military report.

Ai Weiwei's firm granted hearing with tax agency (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:33 AM PDT AP - Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's design firm will use a closed hearing Thursday to challenge a $1.85 million tax bill delivered by authorities after the dissident was released from nearly three months' detention.

China says it is drawing up human rights plan (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:17 AM PDT AP - China is drawing up a four-year plan to improve the country's human rights record, state media reported Wednesday, but it will likely focus on improving living standards rather than granting greater freedoms.

Big-name brands sourcing from polluting China firms: Greenpeace (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:12 AM PDT Reuters - Some of the world's leading clothing brands rely on Chinese suppliers that pollute rivers with toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in Europe and elsewhere, environment group Greenpeace said in a report on Wednesday.

Exclusive: China to conduct first stress tests on brokerages (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:08 AM PDT Reuters - China is preparing to conduct its first-ever stress test on the brokerage industry this year to ward off potential risks arising from a possible deterioration in the economic or market environment, three sources with direct knowledge of the plans told Reuters.

China economic growth eases to 9.5% in Q2 (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:58 AM PDT AFP - China said Wednesday its economy expanded at a slower but still robust pace in the second quarter as Beijing battles to bring politically sensitive inflation under control.

China orders US oil giant to halt rigs after spill (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:52 AM PDT AFP - China said Wednesday it had ordered US oil giant ConocoPhillips to immediately stop operations at several rigs in an area off the nation's eastern coast polluted by a huge slick.

China rejects Manila offer to bring dispute to UN (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:32 AM PDT AP - The Philippines' top diplomat has criticized China's rejection of Manila's offer to bring their South China Sea territorial disputes to a U.N. tribunal.

Analysis: China to see bumpy patch, but no crisis, on local debt (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:59 PM PDT Reuters - However you slice and dice it, a sizeable chunk of China's local government debt will likely go bad over the next few years. But that will not be anything the world's second-largest economy can't muddle through.

China websites fall victim to new controls: study (AFP) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:26 PM PDT AFP - The number of Chinese websites fell dramatically last year after the government tightened controls on the Internet, according to a new study by a leading state-run research institute.

China's Jiang "rested at home" during death rumors: report (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 07:30 PM PDT Reuters - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was resting at home last week as rumors swirled that he had died, prompting at least two media outlets to report he had in fact passed away, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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