Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months (Reuters)
• China agrees to loan Venezuela $4 billion (AP)
• Insight: Governors go where national politicians won't -- China (Reuters)
• China says to go ahead with Pacific naval drills (Reuters)
• China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran (AP)
• China says it opposes Western sanctions on Iran (Reuters)

China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:08 PM PST Reuters - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.

China agrees to loan Venezuela $4 billion (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:54 AM PST AP - China has agreed to a new $4 billion loan to help Venezuela boost its oil output and will also help upgrade power plants and increase production of iron and aluminum, a Venezuelan official said Wednesday.

Insight: Governors go where national politicians won't -- China (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 05:27 AM PST Reuters - In October 1984, Iowa's governor, Terry Branstad, made his first trip to China. He and his wife flew to Beijing and took an old steamer train about 200 miles southwest to Shijiazhuang, a city in the Hebei province.

China says to go ahead with Pacific naval drills (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 03:49 AM PST Reuters - China said Wednesday it will go ahead with naval exercises in the western Pacific this month, an announcement that came a week after Washington reinforced its Asia-Pacific footprint with plans to operate 2,500 U.S. Marines out of northern Australia.

China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:13 AM PST AP - China said Wednesday it opposed unilateral and expanded sanctions against Iran, such as those announced by several Western countries aimed at pressuring Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.

China says it opposes Western sanctions on Iran (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:34 AM PST Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said it opposes unilateral sanctions against Iran,days after several Western countries announced new measures against Tehran to halt its nuclear program.

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