Topic: Simon Rabinovitch

Chinese man sentenced to death for school stabbing

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man who stabbed 29 school children and three teachers has been sentenced to death after a half-day trial, state media reported on Saturday.Xu Yuyuan, 47, an unemployed local man, was found guilty of attacking a kindergarten in ...

China banks lend 600 billion yuan in first week: report

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese banks made about 600 billion yuan ($88 billion) in new loans in the first week of 2010, the Economic Information Daily reported on Monday.This surge in loans, nearly twice as much as the monthly average in the last ...