Yahoo! News: World - China

China holds horse betting trial run (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2008 03:02 AM CST AP - Organized gambling on horse races has returned to mainland China for the first time since the ruling Communist Party seized power in 1949, state media reported.

China's migrants are a new front in AIDS fight (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2008 02:04 AM CST Reuters - The new face of AIDS in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker.

China may legalize horse betting: state media (AFP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 11:52 PM CST AFP - China has carried out horse betting on a trial basis, signalling an ambition to restore a form of gambling that was outlawed by the Communists six decades ago, state media reported Sunday.

300 Chinese cab drivers hold strike in south China (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 11:27 PM CST AP - About 300 taxi drivers went on strike in a southern Chinese city, smashing cars and demanding a crackdown on unlicensed taxis in the latest protest against illegal taxi competition in China.

Chinese leader says China losing competitive edge (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 11:07 PM CST AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global financial crisis, as he told Communist Party leaders the challenge posed a test to the government's ability to rule, state media reported.

Child in US custody fight adjusts to new country (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 03:48 PM CST AP - Nine-year-old Anna He stands quietly amid the chaos in her boarding school dorm on a Sunday night, a frenzy of little girls chattering in Chinese as they change the linens on rows of wooden beds.

Police kill hostage-taker in China store (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 05:38 AM CST Reuters - Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man who wounded three people and took a nurse hostage in a Carrefour store in southwest China on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Police kill hostage-taking knifeman in Chinese supermarket: state media (AFP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 05:01 AM CST AFP - Police on Saturday killed a man who was keeping a nurse hostage after stabbing three customers at a branch of supermarket giant Carrefour in China, state media reported.

China: Sarkozy-Dalai Lama meeting threatens trade (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 04:19 AM CST AP - Business ties with France will likely suffer if French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes ahead with a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, a leading Chinese government-backed scholar was quoted Saturday as saying.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World - China To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner
Inbox too full? Subscribe to the feed version of Yahoo! News: World - China in a feed reader.
If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: Yahoo! News: World - China, c/o FeedBurner, 20 W Kinzie, 9th Floor, Chicago IL USA 60610