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Chinese baby slashed by angry family maid (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:32 AM CST AP - A 20-month-old Shanghai girl was recovering Thursday after her family's maid, angry at her employers, put her on a chopping block and slashed her face with a kitchen knife, police said.

China shares mixed amid global sell-off (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:30 AM CST AP - Chinese shares were mixed Thursday, with developers up on a government report of stronger bank lending and auto stocks down despite a new tax cut aimed at boosting sales.

China's overseas investment up 63.6 percent in 2008: state media (AFP) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 01:40 AM CST AFP - Chinese investments abroad jumped 63.6 percent in 2008, state media said Thursday, but the pace slowed down towards the end of the year.

China names 7 new revolutionary martyrs (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 01:19 AM CST AP - China has bestowed the "revolutionary martyr" honor on seven people killed in a wave of violence in the western Muslim region of Xinjiang during a period of tight security for the Beijing Olympics, officials and media reported Thursday.

China's 2008 foreign investment up 23.6 percent (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 01:11 AM CST AP - Foreign direct investment in China rose 23.6 percent in 2008 to $92.4 billion but growth declined in the final months of the year, a state news agency reported Friday, citing a Commerce Ministry spokesman.

Jailed Chinese activist said to be in poor health (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 12:02 AM CST AP - A Chinese human rights activist who was imprisoned after he documented forced abortions and other abuses has been denied medical care in prison and is in poor health, his wife and a human rights group said Thursday.

China police detain 13 suspected child traffickers (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 11:58 PM CST AP - Chinese authorities have detained 13 members of a gang suspected of kidnapping and selling children, sometimes swooping by on motorcycles and snatching them in broad daylight, a police official said Thursday.

What Hillary says on China (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 11:01 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - Anybody trying to plumb Hillary Clinton’s thinking on China after the several hours she spent Tuesday at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will surely be disappointed.

Ford starts making Fiesta in China (AFP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 09:46 PM CST AFP - Ford Motor Company started producing its fuel-efficient low-cost Fiesta car at a plant in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing on Thursday, the company said.

Bush official urges China to lift nuclear secrecy (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:39 PM CST AP - China's unyielding secrecy about its nuclear arms strategies leaves open the worrying prospect of a costly U.S. misstep during a crisis, President George W. Bush's top Asia adviser said Wednesday.

Report: Iran signs oil deal with China (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:21 PM CST AP - Iran's official news agency says the country has signed a $1.76 billion deal with China to develop the North Azadegan oil field in southwestern Iran near the Iraq border.

RBS confirms sale of stake in Bank of China (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 11:35 AM CST AP - The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Wednesday it has sold its 1.6 billion pound ($2.3 billion) stake in the Bank of China, a move analysts say is meant to shore up its balance sheet.

China plans global media expansion: officials (AFP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 10:49 AM CST AFP - China's Communist Party wants stepped-up international propaganda to match the nation's rising might, a move that would include new television channels and overseas newspapers, officials said.

China's population of Web users hits 298 million (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 10:49 AM CST AP - China's fast-growing population of Internet users has risen to 298 million after passing the United States last year to become the world's largest, a government-sanctioned research group said Tuesday.

China warns of more health scares amid slowdown (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 10:19 AM CST Reuters - Chinese food and drug makers struggling in a declining economy could be tempted to cut corners and ignore quality standards, a senior Chinese official warned as the country awaits court verdicts in a tainted milk scandal.

US ambassador to China lauds ties (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 10:15 AM CST AP - The departing U.S. ambassador to China said Wednesday that bilateral relations with Beijing have expanded and matured during his tenure, and remain in "good shape."

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