Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China Premier says banks must ease pain for business: reports (Reuters)
• China seeks rebel village concessions as new protest flares (Reuters)
• Thousands protest China town's planned coal plant (AP)
• China's Stake in a Stable North Korea (Time.com)
• China frontier city sits out Kim's death and waits (Reuters)
• China says open to visit by new North Korean leader (Reuters)
• China mourns Kim Jong Il, hints at inviting heir (AP)
• China's Hu offers condolences over Kim's death (AP)
• Analysis: Chinese banks lure depositors despite warnings (Reuters)

China Premier says banks must ease pain for business: reports (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:56 PM PST Reuters - China's Premier Wen Jiabao has told the nation's banks to clean up lending policies that have left some businesses struggling with excessive borrowing costs as slowing export growth and other pressures eat into profits, state newspapers said on Wednesday.

China seeks rebel village concessions as new protest flares (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST Reuters - Chinese officials offered concessions on Tuesday to a village that has rebelled against Communist Party authorities to try to get residents to call off a march to government offices, as a new protest flared further up the coast against pollution.

Thousands protest China town's planned coal plant (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:50 AM PST AP - Thousands of people besieged a government office in a southern Chinese town Tuesday and blocked a highway to demand a halt to a planned coal-fired power plant because of concerns about pollution, protesters said.

China's Stake in a Stable North Korea (Time.com) Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:20 AM PST Time.com - The historic and strategic reasons why Beijing maintains its friendship with the rogue state

China frontier city sits out Kim's death and waits (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:07 AM PST Reuters - While the world agonized about North Korea, the Chinese city with a front-row view into the isolated state shrugged.

China says open to visit by new North Korean leader (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:32 AM PST Reuters - China said on Tuesday it was open to a visit by new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un following the death of his father Kim Jong-il, as President Hu Jintao visited the hermit state's embassy in Beijing to express his condolences.

China mourns Kim Jong Il, hints at inviting heir (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2011 02:01 AM PST AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao offered his condolences Tuesday on the death of Kim Jong Il as the government hinted at an early invitation for a visit by his son and successor.

China's Hu offers condolences over Kim's death (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 10:21 PM PST AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao visited North Korea's embassy in Beijing on Tuesday to offer his condolences on the death of Kim Jong Il as China moved swiftly to assure its communist ally of its strong support amid an uncertain leadership transition.

Analysis: Chinese banks lure depositors despite warnings (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 07:46 PM PST Reuters - On a recent brisk Beijing morning, the competition for depositors was in full swing at a Bank of Communications branch office.

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