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China, Japan, SKorea to tackle financial crisis (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:50 AM CST AP - The global financial turmoil and the standoff over North Korea's nuclear programs will top the agenda when leaders of South Korea, China and Japan meet this weekend, a senior Seoul official said Thursday.

China's consumer inflation falls to 2-year low (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:50 AM CST AP - China's inflation fell to its lowest level in nearly two years as sharp increases in food and energy costs eased, giving Beijing more room to spur growth through spending without igniting price rises.

China shares drop on profit-taking (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:50 AM CST AP - Chinese shares dropped Thursday on profit-taking despite a decline in inflation and a government pledge to keep economic growth stable in 2009.

Parents of China Southern, China Eastern tighten hold with aid (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:08 AM CST AFP - The parent firms of two of China's biggest airlines will use the 438 million dollars they each received in government aid to strengthen their stakes in the carriers, statements filed Thursday said.

China expects record travel figures for Lunar New Year (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:46 AM CST AFP - A record 2.3 billion passenger trips will be taken in China during the upcoming Lunar New Year period, the country's most important holiday, state media said on Thursday.

China's Pandas face winter food shortages: report (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:23 AM CST AFP - Giant pandas living in China's southwest quake-ravaged Sichuan province face the risk of starvation this winter due to severe food shortages, state media reported Thursday.

Drug resistant TB rife in China (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 12:34 AM CST Reuters - Levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in China are nearly twice the global average and almost 10 percent of cases are resistant to the most effective first-line drugs, a study has shown.

Lawyer says critic in China still in detention (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 12:21 AM CST AP - A leading writer who joined hundreds of other Chinese activists in signing a statement this week calling for greater freedoms in China remains missing three days after he was detained by police, his wife and lawyer said Thursday.

Lenovo refuses to confirm bid for Brazil PC maker (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:30 PM CST AP - Lenovo Group said Thursday it is discussing possible acquisitions but the Chinese personal computer maker refused to confirm reports it is bidding for Brazil's biggest PC manufacturer.

China mulls payouts over milk victims: state media (AFP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST AFP - China is considering compensation for families whose babies were killed or sickened by melamine-tainted milk, state media said Thursday.

China's economic development sees surge in lifestyle diseases (AFP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 10:12 PM CST AFP - He Yifan has stayed at a weight loss clinic for more than two months to shed his kilos, one of millions of people in China whose richer lives have led to unwelcome side effects such as obesity.

China "cancer village" pays ultimate price for growth (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 09:11 PM CST Reuters - Once an isolated haven, the Chinese village of Liukuaizhuang is now a tainted hell, surrounded by scores of low-tech factories that are poisoning its water and air, and the health of many villagers.

China considering compensation for milk victims (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 08:45 PM CST Reuters - China is considering compensation for victims sickened or killed by toxic infant milk formula, a government spokesman said, following months of contention over stricken families with unmet demands for redress.

Administration refuses to cite China on currency (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 06:04 PM CST AP - The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.

German journal prints suggestive Chinese symbols (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 09:43 AM CST AP - A German academic journal has apologized for printing sexually suggestive text on the cover of its current issue about China.

China marks Human Rights Day with arrests, rights' scandal (AFP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 09:31 AM CST AFP - Wu Zhongbao was in Beijing on Wednesday to petition authorities for the truth behind his mother's death, as the world commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Chinese protest on human rights anniversary (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 08:42 AM CST AP - Two dozen people protested outside China's Foreign Ministry in downtown Beijing on Wednesday, using the 60th anniversary of the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights to decry a myriad of alleged government abuses.

Torture widespread, routine in Tibet, report says (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:27 AM CST Reuters - The use of torture in the restless Chinese region of Tibet is widespread and routine and officials regularly ignore legal safeguards supposed to be in place to prevent it, a new report said on Wednesday.

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