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Investigators blame China's state TV station for fire tragedy (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 01:14 AM CST AFP - Investigators Tuesday blamed China's state TV station for a huge blaze at its new headquarters that engulfed a hotel, saying fireworks it illegally set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year caused the fire.

Company fireworks set Beijing hotel on fire (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:14 AM CST AP - An Olympic-style fireworks display put on by China's state-run television broadcaster was the cause of a spectacular blaze that destroyed a luxury hotel that was part of the network's landmark headquarters in Beijing, a fire department spokesman said Tuesday.

China overtakes US as largest auto market: state media (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:03 AM CST AFP - China overtook the United States as the largest auto market in the world in January, according to data published by Chinese state media on Tuesday.

Beijing blaze caused by "unlicensed" fireworks (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 11:45 PM CST Reuters - A fire that swept through part of Central China Television's hypermodern complex in Beijing was caused by powerful but unapproved fireworks, state media said.

Liar! Liar! 'Pants,' er, 'Boot' on fire! (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 09:51 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - The blaze that consumed the high-rise Mandarin Oriental hotel last night in the new CCTV complex has the internet abuzz. If you didn’t hear news about the fire, click here or here or here.

China tells United Nations it protects human rights (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 08:56 PM CST Reuters - China on Monday stoutly defended its human rights record, rejecting suggestions from Western countries that it uses torture and jails dissidents and insisting its policies are guided by the rule of law.

China denies censorship, persecuting activists (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 10:18 AM CST AP - Chinese officials denied Monday that the country censors news, telling a U.N. review of China's human rights record that citizens are free to express their opinions in the press without fear of retribution.

China signals 'first' human rights action plan (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 08:44 AM CST AFP - China dismissed allegations of repression of Tibetans and Uighur Muslims during a UN hearing on Monday, and said it was preparing a "first of its kind" human rights action plan.

China premier asks Cambridge to pardon shoe hurler (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 07:45 AM CST AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is asking Britain's Cambridge University to pardon a student who threw a shoe at him during his speech there earlier this month.

China wants IMF to be tougher with rich states (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 07:15 AM CST Reuters - China, setting out its stall for the next global financial summit, wants the International Monetary Fund to get tougher with developed countries that let their economies run off the rails.

China expresses 'serious concern' over toy ban, other India moves (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 06:29 AM CST AFP - China on Monday voiced "serious concern" over India's decision to impose a ban on imports of toys and other measures and said the moves threaten to severely affect bilateral trade relations.

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