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Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:10 AM CST AP - A pair of giant pandas has arrived in Taiwan as a gift from China in the latest move symbolizing warming ties between the rivals.

China to consider building aircraft carrier (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:04 AM CST AP - China will "seriously consider" building its first aircraft carrier, the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday in another sign of Beijing's expanding military ambitions.

Chinese court backs local firm in cellphone suit (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:47 AM CST AP - A court in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou has ordered South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. to compensate a local company for allegedly infringing its cell phone technology, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.

Amid tears, Chinese pandas take off for Taiwan (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:07 AM CST AFP - Two pandas left China Tuesday on a historic mission to Taiwan, seemingly unperturbed by the outpouring of emotion triggered by their departure.

China's Shanghai stock index falls 4.6 pct (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST AP - Chinese stocks fell Tuesday as investors disappointed over a meager interest rate cut, and worried over its potential impact on banks' balance sheets, dumped financial shares and other heavyweights.

Scholars, lawyers call for release of China critic (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:52 AM CST AP - More than 150 scholars and rights activists sent an open letter Tuesday to Chinese President Hu Jintao urging the release of a writer who helped draft a statement calling for greater freedoms in the country.

Chinese hackers to face up to seven years in jail: report (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:51 AM CST AFP - Hackers in China could face up to seven years in jail according to a draft law, as the country moves to fight rampant computer data theft, state media said Tuesday.

Chinese court rejects parents' earthquake lawsuit (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:44 AM CST AP - A court in southwestern China has rejected a lawsuit filed by a group of parents seeking compensation for the deaths of their children when their classrooms crumbled during a devastating earthquake in May, one of the parents said Tuesday.

Song and dance as China pandas take off for Taiwan (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 12:42 AM CST Reuters - A pair of giant pandas took off from China's fog-shrouded mountains of Sichuan province for Taiwan amid Tibetan song and dance on Tuesday, in the latest sign of improving ties between the political rivals.

China to make millions more eligible for poor relief: report (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 12:30 AM CST AFP - The number of Chinese people eligible for special poor relief will triple to more than 43 million after the government raised the official poverty line from 2009, state media reported Tuesday.

Prominent writers call for release of Chinese activist (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 12:22 AM CST AFP - Prominent international authors and academics called Tuesday for the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who has been detained for 15 days after signing a charter calling for democratic reform.

Wolf spotted near China's Great Wall: report (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2008 12:10 AM CST AFP - A wolf has been spotted near a popular tourist spot along the Great Wall of China, with officials rushing to catch it before it attacks anyone, state media said Tuesday.

China's Sina.com buys ad firm for $1 billion (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:08 PM CST AP - Sina Corp., a major Chinese Web portal, is venturing outside the Internet with a $1 billion-plus acquisition of most of a leading advertising firm, Focus Media.

China quake ruins cleared, but school anger unbowed (Reuters) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 06:10 PM CST Reuters - The morning before China's vast earthquake killed Kang Ergui's son, the father worked as a security guard at the boy's school.

U.S. labor may press Obama for China sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 01:02 PM CST Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama may face pressure early in his administration to use the threat of trade sanctions to force China to improve conditions for workers, an American labor official said on Monday.

Rice to visit China in last scheduled trip (AFP) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 11:06 AM CST AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will travel to China after the New Year, her last scheduled trip before President George W. Bush's administration steps down.

China seeks WTO probe of US taxes on Chinese goods (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 10:03 AM CST AP - China has asked the World Trade Organization to investigate whether the United States is illegally taxing Chinese goods such as steel pipes and off-road tires.

China cuts interest rates in new growth effort (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 06:49 AM CST AP - China cut interest rates Monday for the fifth time in four months in a new effort to revive economic growth amid government anxiety about spreading job losses and worker protests.

Australian group: No word from Tibetan staffer (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 05:51 AM CST AP - An Australian medical group working to stop the spread of HIV in Tibet said Monday it had not heard from one of its staffers there since deadly riots broke out in March.

Debate delayed on China's revised food safety law (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:32 AM CST AP - China's legislature has postponed debate on a revised food safety law, which is being revamped in the wake of a major scandal over tainted milk, state media reported Monday.

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