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Friday, September 23, 2011»

BBC Man held over China 'sex slaves'

9/23/2011 3:05:03 AM GMT
Police in central China arrest a man on suspicion of imprisoning and raping six women in a basement for two years and of killing two of them.

Bloomberg Blame-China Chorus Grows as Solyndra Falls

9/23/2011 3:05:03 AM GMT
The collapse of Solyndra LLC has renewed demands from U.S. lawmakers and union leaders that the Obama administration pursue unfair-trade complaints against China for out-sized subsidies to its clean-energy companies.

Reuters Hundreds protest in south China over land grab

9/23/2011 2:25:04 AM GMT
Hundreds of villagers in southern China protested on Friday over a government seizure of land, the latest outbreak of trouble in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong province that illustrates growing public anger at the practice of land grabs.

Bloomberg Silvercorp Sues Chinastockwatch.com Alleging Attempt to Drive Down Shares

9/23/2011 1:23:04 AM GMT
Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM), a Canadian miner of silver in China, sued two websites and their operators for allegedly spreading false information in an effort to drive down the company’s stock price.

AP Villagers riot in southern China over land dispute

9/23/2011 1:20:05 AM GMT
Protests by hundreds of villagers over a land dispute in southern China turned violent this week, with residents smashing buildings, overturning vehicles and clashing with police, a villager and the local city government said Friday.

Guardian Chinese man held over killing sex slaves locked in basement

9/23/2011 1:17:01 AM GMT
A man in China has been detained on suspicion of keeping six women as sex slaves in underground rooms for two years and killing two of them, a state-owned newspaper has reported.

Reuters China says yuan rise can't solve trade imbalance with U.S.

9/23/2011 1:14:05 AM GMT
Letting the yuan appreciate cannot solve the U.S. trade imbalance with China, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, hitting back at planned U.S. Senate legislation aimed at forcing Beijing to loosen controls on its currency.

AFP China luxury watch blogger forced to stop posting

9/23/2011 12:57:00 AM GMT
A Chinese blogger praised for posting pictures of Chinese officials and their luxury watches online said Friday he had been forced out of action due to outside "pressure".

Telegraph 'BMW town' crashes in pyramid fraud

9/23/2011 12:25:02 AM GMT
For a short while, life in Shiji, a small crab-farming village in eastern China, seemed too good to be true.

New York Times Chinese Economy Shows Signs Its Growth Is Slowing

9/23/2011 12:25:02 AM GMT
China’s economy has been a global pacesetter since the financial crisis of 2008, so signs of deceleration could add to worries about the outlook elsewhere.

New York Times Seizure of Farmland Stirs Unrest in Guangdong Province

9/23/2011 12:25:02 AM GMT
Rioters besieged government buildings and attacked police officers during two days of protests against the seizure of farmland, said officials in Shanwei.

New York Times China Detains Journalist for Article on Sex Slaves

9/23/2011 12:25:02 AM GMT
A journalist was detained by security agents after reporting that a former civil servant kept six women enslaved in an underground bunker, and that he killed two of them.

New York Times China Questions 5 South Koreans Detained Near Its Border With the North

9/23/2011 12:25:02 AM GMT
Five South Koreans, including three journalists affiliated with the mass-circulation daily JoongAng Ilbo, have been detained and questioned by the Chinese authorities.

New York Times A Contest For Supremacy — By Aaron L. Friedberg — Book Review

9/23/2011 12:25:02 AM GMT
Aaron L. Friedberg considers the growing Sino-American rivalry and calls for the U.S. to project hard power to counter China’s rise.

New York Times Michael Sata Wins Zambia’s Presidential Election

9/23/2011 12:25:02 AM GMT
The opposition leader Michael Sata defeated the incumbent, Rupiah Banda, whose party had been in power for 20 years.