Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China sets 2012 growth target at 7.5 percent, stability key (Reuters)
• China targets 2012 GDP of 7.5 percent: Premier Wen (Reuters)
• China boosts defense budget 11 percent after U.S. "pivot" (Reuters)
• Tibetan burns herself to death in China protest (Reuters)
• Tibet group says mother of 4 sets self on fire (AP)
• Economy, leadership change dominate China congress (AP)
• Death toll rises to 25 in China plant blast (AP)
• China lays out stance on Syria, rejects "interference" (Reuters)
• China to up defense spending by 11.2 pct in 2012 (AP)
• China offers plan on Syria but nixes intervention (AP)
• China lead pollution poisons 160 children: report (Reuters)

China sets 2012 growth target at 7.5 percent, stability key (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:51 PM PST Reuters - China aims to grow its economy by 7.5 percent in 2012 by following procative fiscal and prudent monetary policies to combat downward pressure on growth and still high inflation, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday.

China targets 2012 GDP of 7.5 percent: Premier Wen (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Reuters - China aims to grow its economy by about 7.5 percent in 2012 and sees inflation running at around 4 percent for the year, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday as the country kicks off its annual parliament meetings.

China boosts defense budget 11 percent after U.S. "pivot" (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:36 PM PST Reuters - China will boost military spending by 11.2 percent this year, the government said on Sunday, unveiling Beijing's first defense budget since President Barack Obama launched a policy "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across the Asia-Pacific.

Tibetan burns herself to death in China protest (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 07:27 AM PST Reuters - A Tibetan woman set herself on fire in southwestern China on Sunday to protest against Chinese rule, a Tibetan rights group said, the latest in a series of self-immolations that signal growing unrest in the Tibetan areas of China.

Tibet group says mother of 4 sets self on fire (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 07:19 AM PST AP - A mother of four has become the latest Tibetan to burn herself to death to protest government policies in Tibetan areas of China, an overseas activist group said Sunday.

Economy, leadership change dominate China congress (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PST AP - China's annual legislative session opens Monday amid a challenging leadership transition, economic fears and a day after the country announced a defense spending boost that reflects concern over a renewed U.S. focus on Beijing's Asia-Pacific backyard.

Death toll rises to 25 in China plant blast (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:16 AM PST AP - A state news agency says the death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in northern China has risen to 25, with four missing and 46 others injured.

China lays out stance on Syria, rejects "interference" (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:49 PM PST Reuters - China warned other powers on Sunday not to use humanitarian aid for Syria to "interfere" in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country, while urging unity in the U.N. Security Council after a split with Western powers over the crisis.

China to up defense spending by 11.2 pct in 2012 (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:30 PM PST AP - China said Sunday that it would boost its defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases.

China offers plan on Syria but nixes intervention (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:36 PM PST AP - China offered a proposal Sunday to end the violence in Syria, calling for an immediate cease-fire and talks by all parties but standing firm against any intervention by outside forces.

China lead pollution poisons 160 children: report (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:26 PM PST Reuters - Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 children, Xinhua said on Sunday in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins.

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