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China producer price index surge 8.1% (USA Today)China's producer price index, a key indicator of inflation, rose 8.1% in April over the same month a year earlier, the government reported Friday, as a top economic official sought new controls to cool rising prices.

China fund sees opportunity in global instability (Washington Post)SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global economic instability has created huge investment opportunities for China Investment Corp (CIC), but the sovereign wealth fund will be careful not to destabilize countries where it operates, its head said on Friday.

China producer price index up 8.1 percent in April (AP via Yahoo! News) China's producer price index, a key inflation indicator, rose 8.1 percent in April over the same month a year earlier, the government reported, as a top economic official urged Friday for controls to cool further price increases.

US offering to help China in fight against viral infection (AP via Yahoo! News) The United States is offering to help China in its fight against a viral infection that has killed 34 children, including two reported Friday, and sickened thousands of others.

China vice premier warns of inflation, global slowdown (AFP via Yahoo! News) Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan warned Friday global inflation posed a threat to China's speedy growth, saying high prices abroad had put the nation's economy under major pressure.

Report: Child viral death toll up to 34 in China (AP via Yahoo! News) The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by four to 34, while the number of reported infections jumped to nearly 25,000, state media reported Friday.

Death toll from virus reaches 32 in China (CNN.com)The death toll from China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 32 -- all of them children -- the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing provincial health officials.

Taking the slow road in China (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) A couple of “only-in-China” moments happened to me in the past week. Both involved very minor amounts of money.

China vice premier warns of impact of inflation, global slowdown (AFP via Yahoo! News) Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan warned Friday global inflation posed a threat to China's speedy growth, saying high prices abroad constituted a major pressure for the nation's economy.

China hails doctor for raising child virus alarm (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A deadly strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed two more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 32, state media said on Friday, as it praised a doctor who alerted authorities to the epidemic.