| China won't be pressured over yuan peg: Wen (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:47 AM PST Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday struck a defiant note about the country's controversial exchange rate policy, saying the government would not give into foreign demands to let the yuan rise. |
| Somali pirates say $4 million ransom paid for coal ship (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:23 AM PST Reuters - A helicopter dropped a $4 million ransom payment on Sunday on to the deck of a Chinese coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October, a pirate source on board the vessel said. |
| China draft rules allow villagers to impeach chiefs (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:17 AM PST Reuters - China has published new draft rules for village elections, allowing villagers to fire officials who don't perform as promised. |
| China says discovers tomb of famed general Cao Cao (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:01 PM PST Reuters - Chinese archeologists have unearthed a large third-century tomb, which they say could be that of Cao Cao, the legendary politician and general famous throughout East Asia for his Machiavellian tactics. |
| Taiwan's Ma urges Beijing on dissidents: report (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:03 PM PST  AFP - Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has called on Chinese authorities to "tolerate" political opponents after they jailed a leading dissident, it was reported Sunday.
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| Family of five hacked to death in China (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:00 PM PST  AFP - Police in southwest China have arrested a man suspected of hacking a father and his four children to death, the latest in a string of grisly killings to occur in the nation, state press said Sunday.
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| Simmons Bedding financiers seek Chinese bidder: report (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:50 PM PST Reuters - A group of financiers is trying to put a U.S. mattress maker now under bankruptcy court protection into play by encouraging Chinese bidders to top an already arranged offer for Simmons Bedding Co. , the Wall Street Journal reported late on Saturday. |
| China adopts law to boost renewable energy industry (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:59 AM PST  AFP - China's national assembly Saturday signalled the country's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by adopting a law supporting its renewable energy industry.
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| France berates China over sentencing of dissident (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 05:48 AM PST Reuters - France chastised China on Saturday for jailing dissident Liu Xiaobo and reminded Beijing of its commitments to dialogue on human rights with the European Union. |
| China Mobile vice-chairman 'under investigation' (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 05:23 AM PST  AFP - The vice-chairman and executive director of telecoms giant China Mobile, Zhang Chunjiang, is under investigation for breaching party discipline, state media reported Saturday.
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