NEWS ON CHINA

Bush rejects cap on China pipe imports
Reuters - USA
... Texas, Dec 30 (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush on Friday rejected a request by some US manufacturers for curbs on imports of steel pipes from China. ...

Journalists Strike After China Fires Paper's Editor
New York Times - United States
BEIJING, Dec.30 - In a rare protest against an official media crackdown, about 100 journalists from one of China's most aggressive daily newspapers have gone ...

Rise and fall of China in 2005
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
BEIJING, China (UPI) -- Events in China during 2005 point to a country on the rise in the economic sphere, but one that faces a variety of daunting political ...

China reins in pornographic websites
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... The latest crackdown, launched in March, led to 25 arrests, the China Daily Newspaper said, citing figures announced on Thursday by the Ministry of Public ...

Japan, China enter 2006 with problems beset by more problems
China Daily - China
Japan and China, whose relations went from bad to worse in 2005, enter the new year best by a long list of bilateral problems and no plans in sight to solve ...

China's economy to grow around 9% in 2006
China Daily - China
BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) - China's economy should be able to grow at an annual rate of around 9 percent next year, an influential economist and adviser to the ...

Unemployment rate of well-educated people rising in China
China Daily - China
China is stepping up efforts to lower its unemployment rate with an aim to keep the registered urban jobless rate below 5 percent in the next five years, with ...

Viet police bust trafficking ring that sold babies to China
INQ7.net - Philippines
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnamese police have arrested six people who allegedly belong to a ring that sells infants to China, state-controlled media reported ...