Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2184 World - China en-us Mon, 12 May 2008 21:35:17 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2184 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquake afp/20080512/chinaquake AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 21:35:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndt21.120508233142.photo05.photo.default-493x512.jpg?x=125&y=130&q=85&sig=MuODDgynlGvGozGpSIt2SA--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="US Geographical Survey image shows contours plotted over population per one square km" in eastern Sichuan province. The regions of integer MMI values are separated by the thick contour lines and labeled with Roman numerals. The total population exposure to a given MMI value is obtained by summing the population between the thick contour lines.(AFP/USGS/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A huge earthquake rocked southwest China killing more than 8,700 people Monday, flattening schools, factories and homes with premier Wen Jiabao warning the situation was worse than first feared.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndt21.120508233142.photo05.photo.default-493x512.jpg?x=125&y=130&q=85&sig=MuODDgynlGvGozGpSIt2SA--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="photo" title="US Geographical Survey image shows contours plotted over population per one square km" in eastern Sichuan province. The regions of integer MMI values are separated by the thick contour lines and labeled with Roman numerals. The total population exposure to a given MMI value is obtained by summing the population between the thick contour lines.(AFP/USGS/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake ap/20080512/china_earthquake AP Mon, 12 May 2008 21:13:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080512/i/r2473405102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ogzetE2S0nAljoJFU0UQ3Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An injured man whose leg is trapped receives care on the debris of a collapsed building at Juyuan Middle School after an earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 12, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA." border="0" /></a>AP - A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080512/i/r2473405102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ogzetE2S0nAljoJFU0UQ3Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An injured man whose leg is trapped receives care on the debris of a collapsed building at Juyuan Middle School after an earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 12, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/pl_afp/chinaquakeusbush afp/20080512/chinaquakeusbush AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 19:41:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/pl_afp/chinaquakeusbush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.nds59.120508214131.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=TMua.rXcwbhlGYhuoKdNbQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Rescuers search the rubble of the collapsed Juyuan middle school where six children died in Dujiangyan, in southwest China Sichuan province after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked the province. US President George W. Bush expresses his condolences over a devastating earthquake in China that killed thousands of people, the White House said Monday.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President George W. Bush on Monday offered his condolences to China over a devastating earthquake that killed thousands of people and said the United States "stands ready to help."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/pl_afp/chinaquakeusbush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.nds59.120508214131.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=TMua.rXcwbhlGYhuoKdNbQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rescuers search the rubble of the collapsed Juyuan middle school where six children died in Dujiangyan, in southwest China Sichuan province after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked the province. US President George W. Bush expresses his condolences over a devastating earthquake in China that killed thousands of people, the White House said Monday.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_bad_year ap/20080512/china_bad_year AP Mon, 12 May 2008 19:19:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_bad_year"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.caa7749643574910b7e6e87a5b70c650.china_earthquake_xaw802.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=AIc.B7hvC_kVBTGq.YX9gw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Chinese students help a fainted classmate evacuate to a playground for safety in Qionglai city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 12, 2008, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles — both natural and man-made — that are putting a heavy strain on the communist leadership.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_bad_year"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.caa7749643574910b7e6e87a5b70c650.china_earthquake_xaw802.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=AIc.B7hvC_kVBTGq.YX9gw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese students help a fainted classmate evacuate to a playground for safety in Qionglai city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 12, 2008, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_bi_ge/china_economy ap/20080512/china_economy AP Mon, 12 May 2008 19:00:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_bi_ge/china_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.8eeff3a81ad64390b88028445d3d0c7c.china_economy_xaw101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=R7x.G79N0u_YUCDiZOFvUA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Pork vendors uses mobile phones while waiting for customers at their store in Beijing Monday, May 12, 2008. China's inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rapid price rises and avert possible unrest of the summer Olympic, according to official data reported Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's inflation almost climbed to a 12-year high in April, swamping official efforts to cool surging living costs that could provoke unrest ahead of the Beijing Olympics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_bi_ge/china_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080512/capt.8eeff3a81ad64390b88028445d3d0c7c.china_economy_xaw101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=R7x.G79N0u_YUCDiZOFvUA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pork vendors uses mobile phones while waiting for customers at their store in Beijing Monday, May 12, 2008. China's inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rapid price rises and avert possible unrest of the summer Olympic, according to official data reported Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquaketollsichuan afp/20080512/chinaquaketollsichuan AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 15:26:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquaketollsichuan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndq95.120508172405.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=5LBYgUvVGnzDPQnRXSJVuQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Rescuers search the rubble of a collapsed school in Dujiangyan after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked Sichuan province. The AXinhua news agency has said that the quake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in Sichuan.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A total of 8,533 people have died in China's Sichuan province after a powerful earthquake struck there on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquaketollsichuan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndq95.120508172405.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=5LBYgUvVGnzDPQnRXSJVuQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rescuers search the rubble of a collapsed school in Dujiangyan after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked Sichuan province. The AXinhua news agency has said that the quake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in Sichuan.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_child_virus ap/20080512/china_child_virus AP Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:28 GMT AP - Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/pl_afp/chinaquakeus afp/20080512/chinaquakeus AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 14:16:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/pl_afp/chinaquakeus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.nds59.120508214131.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=TMua.rXcwbhlGYhuoKdNbQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Rescuers search the rubble of the collapsed Juyuan middle school where six children died in Dujiangyan, in southwest China Sichuan province after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked the province. US President George W. Bush expresses his condolences over a devastating earthquake in China that killed thousands of people, the White House said Monday.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President George W. Bush expresses his condolences over a devastating earthquake in China that killed thousands of people, the White House said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/pl_afp/chinaquakeus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.nds59.120508214131.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=TMua.rXcwbhlGYhuoKdNbQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rescuers search the rubble of the collapsed Juyuan middle school where six children died in Dujiangyan, in southwest China Sichuan province after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked the province. US President George W. Bush expresses his condolences over a devastating earthquake in China that killed thousands of people, the White House said Monday.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquaketollestimate afp/20080512/chinaquaketollestimate AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 13:32:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquaketollestimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndq95.120508172405.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=5LBYgUvVGnzDPQnRXSJVuQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Rescuers search the rubble of a collapsed school in Dujiangyan after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked Sichuan province. The AXinhua news agency has said that the quake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in Sichuan.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A powerful earthquake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in just one county of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Monday, Xinhua news agency said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaquaketollestimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndq95.120508172405.photo00.photo.default-512x357.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=5LBYgUvVGnzDPQnRXSJVuQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rescuers search the rubble of a collapsed school in Dujiangyan after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked Sichuan province. The AXinhua news agency has said that the quake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in Sichuan.(AFP/XINHUA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/bs_nm/china_quake_dc nm/20080512/china_quake_dc Reuters Mon, 12 May 2008 13:11:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/bs_nm/china_quake_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080512/2008_05_12t093352_450x314_us_china_quake.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=cw2IrSmIonknR8PzD9Y3wA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Local residents search for their belongings in the debris of a collapsed house after an earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 12, 2008 in this picture distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. (Xinhua/Chen Xie/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Monday suspended production at a 13,000-units-a-year joint venture plant in Chengdu, southwestern China, after a powerful earthquake struck, killing at least 107 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/bs_nm/china_quake_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080512/2008_05_12t093352_450x314_us_china_quake.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=cw2IrSmIonknR8PzD9Y3wA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Local residents search for their belongings in the debris of a collapsed house after an earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 12, 2008 in this picture distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. (Xinhua/Chen Xie/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/bs_nm/china_quake_toyota_dc nm/20080512/china_quake_toyota_dc Reuters Mon, 12 May 2008 12:26:58 GMT Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Monday suspended production at a 13,000 units-a-year joint-venture factory in Chengdu, southwestern China, after a powerful earthquake struck, killing at least 107 people. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/wl_afp/chinaquakestudentsburied afp/20080512/chinaquakestudentsburied AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 11:46:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/wl_afp/chinaquakestudentsburied"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndp97.120508134202.photo00.photo.default-512x462.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=eUkzE7DlzcqRT3BgiOnOrQ--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="Nearly 900 students are feared buried and four killed when a powerful earthquake caused a high school building to collapse in southwestern China.(AFP Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nearly 900 students are feared buried and four killed on Monday when a powerful earthquake caused a high school building to collapse in southwestern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/wl_afp/chinaquakestudentsburied"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndp97.120508134202.photo00.photo.default-512x462.jpg?x=130&y=117&q=85&sig=eUkzE7DlzcqRT3BgiOnOrQ--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nearly 900 students are feared buried and four killed when a powerful earthquake caused a high school building to collapse in southwestern China.(AFP Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_bi_ge/china_us_imports ap/20080512/china_us_imports AP Mon, 12 May 2008 11:10:01 GMT AP - A blood thinner manufactured in China and linked to dozens of deaths in the United States is now safe because of tighter testing and controls, a top American health official said Monday, while warning that all U.S. imports would face closer scrutiny in the future. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaeconomyinflation afp/20080512/chinaeconomyinflation AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 07:37:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaeconomyinflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo89.120508093524.photo00.photo.default-512x305.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=._tQURAJlBzkqaOId1NbUw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Chinese service staff wait for customers at a grocery shop in Shanghai on May 8. China's inflation rate hit 8.5 percent in April remaining near 12-year highs the National Bureau of Statistics has said(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China's inflation rate rose to 8.5 percent in April, staying near 12-year highs, the government said Monday, warning tougher measures were needed to handle the nation's most intractable economic problem.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/ts_afp/chinaeconomyinflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo89.120508093524.photo00.photo.default-512x305.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=._tQURAJlBzkqaOId1NbUw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese service staff wait for customers at a grocery shop in Shanghai on May 8. China's inflation rate hit 8.5 percent in April remaining near 12-year highs the National Bureau of Statistics has said(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinaenergygas afp/20080512/chinaenergygas AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 07:12:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinaenergygas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo76.120508091146.photo00.photo.default-512x318.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=QzRveM6cyG2pCPRQje88sw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="File photo shows a PetroChina worker loading gas cannisters onto a truck in Beijing. China will face a gas shortfall of 7.3 million tonnes by 2010, state media have reported(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China will face a shortfall of 7.3 million tonnes in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply by 2010 due to surging demand in the countryside and small and medium-sized cities, state media reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinaenergygas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo76.120508091146.photo00.photo.default-512x318.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=QzRveM6cyG2pCPRQje88sw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows a PetroChina worker loading gas cannisters onto a truck in Beijing. China will face a gas shortfall of 7.3 million tonnes by 2010, state media have reported(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinaeconomytrade afp/20080512/chinaeconomytrade AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 05:47:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinaeconomytrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo32.120508074409.photo00.photo.default-512x386.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=TDhcRDyITwTITkztTa7Egw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An investor smiles in front of a stock price board in Shanghai. China's trade surplus stood at 16.7 billion dollars in April, according to customs figures(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China's trade surplus stood at 16.7 billion dollars in April, according to customs figures made public Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinaeconomytrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo32.120508074409.photo00.photo.default-512x386.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=TDhcRDyITwTITkztTa7Egw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="An investor smiles in front of a stock price board in Shanghai. China's trade surplus stood at 16.7 billion dollars in April, according to customs figures(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/wl_nm/china_assets_dc nm/20080512/china_assets_dc Reuters Mon, 12 May 2008 04:55:53 GMT Reuters - Less than a month after China put into effect a new law supposed to boost government transparency most Chinese want to know one thing -- how much officials get paid, a state newspaper said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinacompanyaerospaceaviation afp/20080512/chinacompanyaerospaceaviation AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 04:39:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinacompanyaerospaceaviation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo19.120508063825.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=bdjSzslopqXCvRged4UO8g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="File photo shows visitors entering the China Aviation Industry Corporation ARJ21 passenger jet at an air show in Beijing. China's new aerospace firm will not pose a threat to Airbus and Boeing for 20 years according to state media reports(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China's new aerospace firm charged with building jumbo-jets will pose no threat to Airbus and Boeing for 20 years and will require the help of foreign technology, state press reported Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/bs_afp/chinacompanyaerospaceaviation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo19.120508063825.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=bdjSzslopqXCvRged4UO8g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows visitors entering the China Aviation Industry Corporation ARJ21 passenger jet at an air show in Beijing. China's new aerospace firm will not pose a threat to Airbus and Boeing for 20 years according to state media reports(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/wl_afp/chinausdiplomacynkoreanuclearweapons afp/20080512/chinausdiplomacynkoreanuclearweapons AFP Mon, 12 May 2008 04:01:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/wl_afp/chinausdiplomacynkoreanuclearweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo02.120508055405.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XDKPTwfSahTrNf0tnY13qg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before a meeting at the Foreign Ministry office in Beijing on May 12. Negroponte met with China's foreign minister on Monday as he began a one-day visit that was expected to focus on the North Korean nuclear issue.(AFP/Pool/Claro Cortes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with China's foreign minister on Monday as he began a one-day visit that was expected to focus on the North Korean nuclear issue.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/wl_afp/chinausdiplomacynkoreanuclearweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080512/capt.cps.ndo02.120508055405.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XDKPTwfSahTrNf0tnY13qg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before a meeting at the Foreign Ministry office in Beijing on May 12. Negroponte met with China's foreign minister on Monday as he began a one-day visit that was expected to focus on the North Korean nuclear issue.(AFP/Pool/Claro Cortes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080511/wl_nm/venezuela_china_planes_dc nm/20080511/venezuela_china_planes_dc Reuters Sun, 11 May 2008 21:52:31 GMT Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday the OPEC nation will buy Chinese military training planes, expanding recent arms purchases and further cementing a growing relationship with China.