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China protests Japanese leader's shrine offering (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:22 AM PDT AP - China protested an offering by Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso to a war shrine seen as a symbol of his country's militarist past, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

China's decade-long ban on Falun Gong holds firm (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:16 AM PDT AP - Now entering its second decade, China's relentless drive to obliterate the Falun Gong spiritual sect has left a human toll ranging from the deaths of followers in custody to the self-exile of others and the beatings of their lawyers.

China parades naval might (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 09:45 AM PDT AFP - China paraded its warships and nuclear submarines Thursday in an unprecedented display of maritime might attended by 14 other nations to mark the 60th anniversary of its navy.

China puts naval power on display; pledges peace (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 07:28 AM PDT AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao sought Thursday to reassure the international community over China's rising military strength before presiding over a naval display highlighting Beijing's ambitions of becoming a major sea power.

China slams Japan PM over war shrine offering (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 AM PDT Reuters - China slammed Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday for his offering to the Yasukuni shrine for war dead, warning of damage to ties while the two Asian powerhouses grapple with financial woes and North Korea.

Chinese firm recalls tainted luncheon meat: report (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:46 AM PDT AFP - A major Chinese meat processor has recalled 100 boxes of luncheon meat containing a banned chemical, Chinese media reported Thursday.

China urges U.S. not to play host to Dalai Lama (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:01 AM PDT Reuters - China on Thursday urged the United States not to let the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing brands a separatist, visit the country. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who fled his homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, starts a visit to the United States this week.

China says Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:58 AM PDT AP - China said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he visits the United States in October.

Pollution in Chinese cities 'extremely severe' (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:00 AM PDT AFP - Air pollution in China's cities remains very serious, state media on Thursday quoted a minister as saying, amid an ongoing battle to clean up the skies in the world's largest coal-consuming nation.

China shows off its expanding, modernizing navy (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 10:29 PM PDT Reuters - China celebrated its military confidence at sea Thursday, when anniversary celebrations for the founding of its navy climaxed with a show of the warships and submarines projecting its spreading power.

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