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Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan, Chinese state media said, as Sudan's government confirmed the death of one worker in a firefight.
02/04/2012 - 12:09 AM
Canadian PM to visit China next week
(AP)
AP - Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejected a pipeline from Canada to Texas.
02/03/2012 - 07:16 PM
Gas blast kills 11 coal miners in southwest China
(AP)
AP - State media say an explosion at a coal mine in southwestern China has killed 11 miners and injured six.
02/03/2012 - 08:46 AM
China criticizes Iran sanctions as Merkel visits
(AP)
 AP - China's premier pledged to help Europe fight its debt crisis during a meeting Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel but a ruling party newspaper criticized sanctions on Iran and a human rights lawyer was blocked from meeting Merkel.
02/03/2012 - 06:13 AM
Chinese lawyer barred from meeting with Merkel
(AP)
AP - A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer said Friday that Beijing police prevented him from meeting with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a sign of continuing heavy restrictions on the country's beleaguered rights advocates.
02/03/2012 - 05:23 AM
Analysis: China security blanket for citizens abroad has limits
(Reuters)
Reuters - In a demonstration of its growing military power, China is increasingly willing to deploy its armed forces to protect Chinese nationals abroad, but analysts say it still lacks the capacity to mount a complex hostage rescue.
02/03/2012 - 04:41 AM
HK's China policies spur clash with mainland cousins
(Reuters)
Reuters - As Hong Kong's outgoing leader Donald Tsang looks ahead to retirement, an unusually toxic public debate over the burden placed by a flood of mainland Chinese visitors has struck at the heart of Hong Kong's often rocky transition from British colony to Chinese special administrative region that began in 1997.
02/03/2012 - 04:03 AM
Analysis: China gets restive taste of post-Dalai Lama era
(Reuters)
Reuters - China over the years has derided the Dalai Lama as a jackal in Buddhist robes, choreographer of a separatist Peking opera and, lately, instigator of a plot that led some Tibetans to set themselves on fire and other forms of protest.
02/03/2012 - 02:54 AM
China cabinet economist warns of "deflation" in 2012
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's headline consumer price index (CPI) is on track to fall on a month-to-month basis in the coming months and mark a year-on-year decline in the second half of 2012, a government economist said in comments published on Friday.
02/03/2012 - 02:39 AM
China blocks rights lawyer from meeting Merkel
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese police blocked a prominent human rights lawyer from attending a Beijing dinner hosted by German leader Angela Merkel, the lawyer said on Friday, the latest example of restrictions on unorthodox views in a sensitive year.
02/03/2012 - 02:26 AM
Local firms vie for Yum's slice of the China market
(Reuters)
Reuters - Four floors up overlooking the bustle of the cavernous Joy City Mall in Beijing, diners take a break from shopping to slurp noodles and nibble on dumplings at an Ajisen restaurant.
02/03/2012 - 12:54 AM
China's push for rail reform could be dead in its tracks
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Zhang Dong sat down recently to book train tickets for his trip home for the Chinese new year, he got a taste of the frustration that has helped make China's railway ministry a focus of anger against the country's many bureaucrats.
02/02/2012 - 11:13 PM
China intensifies criticism of sanctions on Iran
(Reuters)
Reuters - A top Chinese newspaper stepped up Beijing's opposition to a Western push for tighter sanctions against Iran, warning Friday that tensions over Tehran's nuclear program are hurting energy markets and could stifle the global economic recovery.
02/02/2012 - 08:12 PM
China's Wen: May consider bigger role in EU rescue
(Reuters)
Reuters - China is considering increasing its participation in the rescue funds aimed at resolving the European debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told journalists on Thursday.
02/02/2012 - 06:00 PM
Analysis: Canada plan to sell oil to China faces big hurdles
(Reuters)
Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper may still be smarting from Canada's failed bid to ramp up oil exports to the United States, but his plan B could prove to be even tougher.
02/02/2012 - 03:53 PM
Worst yet to come for China growth: economist
(Reuters)
Reuters - Facing stiff global headwinds and a downturn in its property sector, China should cut taxes and slash banks' reserve requirements this year to underpin growth, a senior government economist said on Thursday.
02/02/2012 - 04:10 AM
Germany's Merkel urges China to use influence on Iran
(Reuters)
Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged China to use its influence to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program, at the start of a three-day visit when she will also seek China's support for the ailing euro.
02/02/2012 - 02:39 AM
China publishes full list of IPO applicants for 1st time
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's securities regulator has for the first time published a full list of Chinese companies that have applied for an initial public offering on the Shanghai or Shenzhen markets, in a move aimed at boosting transparency of the system.
02/02/2012 - 12:28 AM
Analysis: Middlemen take toll on China agricultural profits
(Reuters)
Reuters - Want a slice of the billions of dollars China spends each year on farm subsidies? Become a middleman and open a toll road.
02/01/2012 - 11:02 PM
China to ask South Sudan for help on kidnapped workers: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - China will press South Sudan for help in securing the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive for five days and may appeal to the African Union and other parties to mediate in negotiations, state media reported on Thursday.
02/01/2012 - 09:27 PM
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