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Baby rescued from toilet in China released from hospital

Agencia EFEMay 30, 2013 16:00
Beijing, May 30 (EFE).- The baby boy who was rescued after being thrown into a toilet in eastern Zhejiang province was released from the hospital, the Chinese press said Thursday. The newborn has been reunited with his relatives, according to media outlets who, however, did not specify whether the baby is now with his father or his grandparents. The story began last Saturday, when a woman reported the presence of a newborn infant in the drainpipe of a toilet. Later, she admitted being the child's mother.

Laos deports 9 N. Korean defectors to China: Yonhap

Kyodo News InternationalMay 28, 2013 07:16
Laos has deported nine North Koreans, who fled their home country via China last month, back to China, Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified South Korean Foreign Ministry official. The nine North Korean defectors, aged between 15 and 23, were deported to China late Monday after being rounded up by the Lao authorities on May 10, the official said. South Korea had asked Laos to send them to Seoul, but Laos "unexpectedly" rejected Seoul's plea, the official said.

Three new suicides at Foxconn China factory

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 06:45
Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said Saturday. All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant.    A 30-year-old married man killed himself on Tuesday following the similar deaths of a 23-year-old woman on April 27 and a 24-year-old man three days earlier, media reports said. "The reasons for these building jumpings are unclear," the New York-based China Labor Watch rights group said in a statement.

China's government says Cadillac recalling SUVs to fix problem with wheel nuts

The Canadian PressMay 17, 2013 08:00
BEIJING, China - China's product safety agency says General Motors Co.'s main Chinese joint venture is recalling Cadillac SUVs to correct a problem with nuts that hold their wheels in place. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said Friday that Shanghai GM will recall 2,653 imported Cadillac SRXs. The agency said torque might cause nuts on the wheels to loosen. It said the nuts will be adjusted and tightened. It was not immediately clear if the problem was limited only to such models in China.

Many in China suspect foul play in woman's death

Agencia EFEMay 13, 2013 15:30
Beijing, May 13 (EFE).- The release of a surveillance video showing a 22-year-old woman hours before she was found dead at a Beijing market appeared Monday to have done little to dispel skepticism in China about authorities' claim that she committed suicide. The video images were broadcast by state television Sunday night and there the woman can be seen walking through the Jing Wen market. Her body was discovered May 3 in the market's parking lot.

China's April auto sales rise 13 per cent as Japanese brands suffer less severe declines

The Canadian PressMay 9, 2013 07:00
BEIJING, China - China's auto sales rose 13 per cent in April despite concern about a weak economic recovery and Japanese brands suffered less severe declines, an industry group reported Thursday. Customers in the world's biggest auto market bought 1.4 million cars, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said. It said total auto sales showed "clear improvement" at 1.8 million vehicles but gave no details.

China targets hot money inflows with new forex rules

May 8, 2013 17:25
By Gabriel Wildau SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China has released new rules to curb currency speculation amid signs that hot money inflows have helped push the yuan to a series of record highs in recent weeks. The rules tighten limits on long yuan positions that banks can hold for their own accounts and aim to discourage firms from using dollar loans as a means to speculate on yuan gains.

GM makes $1.3 bn Cadillac bet on China luxury sector

Agence France-PresseMay 8, 2013 16:15
US auto giant General Motors will build a $1.3 billion Cadillac plant in Shanghai after China approved the project, it said Tuesday as it seeks more luxury sales in the world's biggest car market. Construction of the plant -- which will have annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles -- will start in June, GM said in a statement. The factory, the first in China dedicated to making Cadillacs, will come under Shanghai GM, a joint venture with China's SAIC Motor.

GM makes $1.3 bn Cadillac bet on China luxury sector

Agence France-PresseMay 8, 2013 12:39
US auto giant General Motors will build a $1.3 billion Cadillac plant in Shanghai after China approved the project, it said Tuesday as it seeks more luxury sales in the world's biggest car market. Construction of the plant -- which will have annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles -- will start in June, GM said in a statement. The factory, the first in China dedicated to making Cadillacs, will come under Shanghai GM, a joint venture with China's SAIC Motor.

GM to open Cadillac plant in China in bid to boost brand's sales

The Canadian PressMay 7, 2013 19:24
DETROIT - General Motors Co. confirms that it's building a new Cadillac factory in China. GM will start building the $1.3 billion plant next month in Shanghai's Jinqiao zone. It will produce 150,000 vehicles per year. The auto maker recently received regulatory approval for the new plant. GM currently makes just one Cadillac — the XTS sedan — in China. Production began in February at a plant in Shanghai. The company won't say which models will be made at the new plant, but has said it plans to introduce one locally made Cadillac each year through 2016.
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