Yahoo! News: World - China

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• U.S. slaps sanctions on China state energy trader over Iran (Reuters)
• Summary Box: China auto sales slow in 2011 (AP)
• Summary Box: Xbox workers threaten suicide in tiff (AP)
• Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff (AP)
• Chinese police question human rights activist (AP)
• China auto sales slow in 2011 (AP)
• China's December inflation eases to 4.1 percent (AP)
• China inflation eases to 15-month low, policy easing eyed (Reuters)

U.S. slaps sanctions on China state energy trader over Iran (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:56 PM PST Reuters - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on China's state-run Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, which it said was Iran's largest supplier of refined petroleum products, as it sought to impress on Beijing and Tehran its resolve to increase economic pressure over Iran's nuclear program.

Summary Box: China auto sales slow in 2011 (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:27 AM PST AP - THE DATA: Vehicle sales in China rose a scant 2.5 percent in 2011, the slowest growth in more than a decade, as higher prices and traffic controls kept buyers out of showrooms.

Summary Box: Xbox workers threaten suicide in tiff (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:19 AM PST AP - DESPERATE MEASURES: Dozens of Chinese workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over jobs.

Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:37 AM PST AP - Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor unrest as China's economy slows.

Chinese police question human rights activist (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:31 AM PST AP - A prominent Chinese human rights activist released from prison last year said Thursday that police seized two of his computers and warned him to tone down his activism and online comments or face detention.

China auto sales slow in 2011 (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:39 AM PST AP - Vehicle sales in China rose a scant 2.5 percent in 2011, the slowest growth in over a decade, as higher prices and traffic controls kept buyers out of showrooms.

China's December inflation eases to 4.1 percent (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:10 AM PST AP - China's chronically high inflation edged down in December but stayed relatively strong as Beijing tried to stimulate its slowing economy.

China inflation eases to 15-month low, policy easing eyed (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST Reuters - China's inflation rate eased to a 15-month low in December, though sticky food prices are a reminder of the risks the government is weighing as it tilts policy towards boosting growth as internal and external demand for Chinese goods falters.

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