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China to celebrate day Tibet feudal rule ended (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:09 AM CST

AP - Chinese-backed Tibetan lawmakers proposed on Friday the creation of a holiday to mark the quelling of a pro-independence uprising in the remote Himalayan region 50 years ago.

WTO to start 1st China-requested probe of US trade (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:38 AM CST

AP - The World Trade Organization will launch next week its first Chinese-requested investigation of U.S. trade rules in a dispute over American taxes on steel pipes and off-road tires.

China: Melamine victim's parents receive $29,000 (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:33 AM CST

AP - The parents of an infant who died after drinking tainted milk have been paid 200,000 yuan ($29,000) in compensation by the Chinese dairy company at the heart of the scandal, their lawyer confirmed Friday.

China's income gap widens as economy slows (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:28 AM CST

AP - The politically divisive income gap between China's affluent citydwellers and its huge farm population expanded to its widest level ever last year as the economy slowed, putting millions of rural migrants out of work.

Report: China's wild camels increasing (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:30 AM CST

AP - The number of wild camels rugged creatures living in a former nuclear test zone with increasingly scarce water in China's western Xinjiang territory has grown to about 500, making up about half of the world's population of the animals, state-run media reported Friday.

Would-be Olympics protester sentenced to prison (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:28 AM CST

AP - A Chinese activist who applied for permission during last year's Olympic Games to protest against corruption has been sentenced to three years in prison, his lawyer said Friday.

China says Somali mission signals no change in military policy (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 12:40 AM CST

AFP - The Chinese navy's historic mission to fend off pirates in Africa signals no change to the nation's defensive military posture, according to a senior defence official.

Olympic mastermind to direct China's 60-year jubilee: state media (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 12:03 AM CST

AFP - Zhang Yimou, the famed film director who masterminded the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, will direct celebrations marking 60 years of communist China, state media said Friday.

China's earthquake-hit area sees 9 percent growth (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 11:40 PM CST

AP - The province in southwest China that was hit by a devastating earthquake last May expects 9 percent economic growth this year as it continues to rebuild, state media said Friday.

China calls Dalai Lama "saboteur" of Tibet development (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 10:38 PM CST

Reuters - China has again lashed out at the Dalai Lama, accusing the exiled Buddhist leader of "sabotage" to slow the development of Tibet that China sees as key to creating support for its rule there.

Lack of Fidel Castro sightings fuel health-crisis rumor mill (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 07:55 PM CST

AFP - It has been two months since he was photographed greeting Chinese President Hu Jintao and with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro off the political radar, rumors he is dying or dead are in full swirl here.