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China stocks rise on government support (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:56 AM CST AP - Chinese stocks rose in active trading Wednesday after Wall Street gained and a government fund announced a large purchase of shares in a major state-owned commercial bank.

Chinese AIDS activist taken home by police (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:35 AM CST AP - A Chinese AIDS activist said Wednesday that she was forcibly taken back to her rural home after participating in World AIDS Day in Beijing.

China Internet cafes switching to Chinese OS (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:28 AM CST AP - Requirements that Internet cafes in a southern Chinese city install Chinese-developed operating systems are raising new concerns over cyber snooping by authorities, a U.S. government-funded radio station reported Wednesday.

China sees fall in foreign tourists this year: state media (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:17 AM CST AFP - The number of foreign tourists to China fell in the first 10 months of the year and the global economic crisis was expected to make things worse next year, authorities said in comments published Wednesday.

China praises Nepal for stopping Tibetan protests (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:12 AM CST AP - Beijing praised Nepal on Wednesday for banning anti-China protests by Tibetan exiles earlier this year and detaining demonstrators, actions that helped bring the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest.

100 police staff protest over pay in China: rights group (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:07 AM CST AFP - About 100 police employees damaged government property in a highly unusual protest in China over inadequate pay, a human rights group said on Wednesday.

China currency issue heating up on eve of US talks (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:30 AM CST AP - A recent decline in the Chinese currency's value against the U.S. dollar after months of hovering in a narrow range is threatening to bring the long-simmering issue to full boil as U.S.-China economic talks get under way in Beijing.

China reluctant to invest in foreign banks (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:17 AM CST AP - China's sovereign wealth fund, which last year poured $5 billion into Morgan Stanley, is reluctant to plow more money into foreign banks until governments hash out coherent policies to cope with the global economic and financial turmoil, the fund's head said Wednesday.

Chinese police to dispatch anti-terror liaisons (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 09:42 PM CST AP - China will send additional police officers to liaison with security forces in countries facing major terror threats, in a bid to boost cooperation and head off attacks, the Public Security Ministry said Wednesday.

Paulson urges Chinese to continue currency reforms (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:13 PM CST AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, preparing for his final round of economic talks with China, said Tuesday that Beijing must keep letting its currency rise in value against the dollar to help ease trade tensions with the United States.

Hong Kong finds more melamine-tainted Chinese eggs (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:47 AM CST AP - The Hong Kong government says it has found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in another batch of eggs from mainland China.

Ex-bad boy China praised at climate talks (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 06:24 AM CST AP - Once global warming's bad boy, China is now winning praise for its upbeat role in climate talks, a turnaround perhaps brought on by the effects of carbon emissions on its choking cities, shrinking water resources and increasingly flooded lowlands.

China warns Sarkozy of fallout from Dalai Lama meeting (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 05:31 AM CST Reuters - China warned French President Nicolas Sarkozy to call off a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying on Tuesday that it was up to Sarkozy to create the right conditions for putting China-EU relations back on track.

Chinese yuan falls sharply ahead of US talks (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 05:28 AM CST AFP - The yuan's sudden fall may signal a policy shift to prop up exports during the financial crisis, experts said Tuesday, a day after the biggest one-day decline since it was depegged from the dollar.

11 girls die of poisoning at school in north China (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:23 AM CST AP - Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern China's Shaanxi province, an education official said Tuesday evening. A news report said the girls had lit a fire to keep warm.

China investigates attack on foreign journalists (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 03:23 AM CST AP - Chinese authorities are investigating an attack in which assailants allegedly pulled members of a Belgian television crew from their vehicle, beat them and took their notes and money, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

China to work with Obama's national security team (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:27 AM CST AP - China said Tuesday it is looking forward to working with President-elect Barack Obama's national security team, welcoming Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and retired Marine Gen. James Jones as White House national security adviser.

China hopes talks with US boost coordination (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 09:51 PM CST AP - The global financial crisis is overshadowing U.S.-Chinese trade tensions as Cabinet ministers from the two sides meet this week for talks on the long-range growth of one of the world's most important economic relationships.

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