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China announces first panda from frozen sperm (AP)
Assets remain frozen in China graft case: Namibian court (AFP)
Low bar, long horizon for U.S.-China talks (Reuters)
China drunken driver who killed 4 to get death (AP)
China's BAIC confirms failed bid for GM's Opel (AFP)
Chinese builder raises $7.3 billion in IPO (AP)
Ageing Shanghai urges 2nd baby for eligible couples (Reuters)
Chinese govt link to Australian film boycott (AFP)
China home builder raises 7.3 bln dlrs in IPO (AFP)

China announces first panda from frozen sperm (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:04 PM PDT

AP - For the first time, a giant panda cub has been born in China after being conceived using frozen sperm, officials announced Friday an innovation scientists hope will help the endangered species avoid extinction.

Assets remain frozen in China graft case: Namibian court (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 08:12 AM PDT

AFP - A Namibian court said Friday it will decide in two weeks whether to release the frozen assets of three suspects in a graft probe involving a firm linked to the son of China's President Hu Jintao.

Low bar, long horizon for U.S.-China talks (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 08:03 AM PDT

Reuters - China is bringing 150 senior officials, including nearly its whole Cabinet, to the United States next week for talks whose symbolic value is likely to trump concrete achievements.

China drunken driver who killed 4 to get death (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 06:05 AM PDT

AP - A court in southwestern China has sentenced a man to death for a drunken driving accident that killed four people, in what state media said Friday was a first for the country.

China's BAIC confirms failed bid for GM's Opel (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:42 AM PDT

AFP - China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC) said intellectual property rights concerns were to blame for its failure to reach agreement with General Motors on the sale of the US firm's Opel unit.

Chinese builder raises $7.3 billion in IPO (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:58 AM PDT

AP - The company that built the "Water Cube" swimming center for the Beijing Olympics said Friday it raised $7.3 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering this year, highlighting a revival in China's financial markets.

Ageing Shanghai urges 2nd baby for eligible couples (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:52 AM PDT

Reuters - Shanghai is urging eligible couples to have two children as worries about the looming liability of an aging population outweighs concerns about over-stretched resources, a city official said on Friday.

Chinese govt link to Australian film boycott (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 10:34 PM PDT

AFP - A Chinese director who boycotted Australia's biggest film festival in protest at a controversial documentary did so after receiving calls from government officials, state media reported Friday.