Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China Unicom in 3-year deal for Apple's iPhone (Reuters)
• China holds National Day rehearsal parade (AP)
• Myanmar fighting poses border challenge for China (AP)
• China, U.S. may cooperate on world's biggest telescope (Reuters)
• Myanmar fighting forces up to 30,000 to flee to China (Reuters)
• China approves regular flights to Taiwan despite row (Reuters)
• Apple signs deal for China iPhone launch (AFP)
• China's Unicom to sell Apple's iPhones (AP)
• China urges US to end military surveillance at sea (AFP)
• Strong quake hits northwest China: USGS (AFP)

China Unicom in 3-year deal for Apple's iPhone (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - Apple's iPhone will go on sale later this year in China, the world's largest mobile market, but its partner China Unicom (0762.HK) may find selling the phone carries its own burdens.

China holds National Day rehearsal parade (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 12:59 PM PDT AP - Beijing closed down its streets overnight Friday in the heart of the city near Tiananmen Square as tens of thousands of people joined in the first dress rehearsal for China's 60th anniversary parade.

Myanmar fighting poses border challenge for China (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 10:15 AM PDT AP - China has told Myanmar to put an end to fighting with an ethnic militia that has sent 10,000 people fleeing across their border, a strong response underscoring the communist country's concerns about potential instability.

China, U.S. may cooperate on world's biggest telescope (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 08:59 AM PDT Reuters - Astronomers from China and the United States may cooperate on building the world's largest telescope aimed at providing deeper insight into the very early stages of the universe, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Myanmar fighting forces up to 30,000 to flee to China (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 07:39 AM PDT Reuters - Fresh fighting has erupted between Myanmar forces and an armed ethnic group in the remote northeast, forcing tens of thousands to flee across the border into China, activists and state media said on Friday.

China approves regular flights to Taiwan despite row (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 06:14 AM PDT Reuters - China has authorized 16 airlines to operate regular direct flights to Taiwan, a sign that the Dalai Lama's upcoming visit to the island is unlikely to spoil warming ties.

Apple signs deal for China iPhone launch (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 04:42 AM PDT AFP - China Unicom and US high-tech giant Apple on Friday announced they had reached a multi-year deal to launch the widely popular iPhone in the world's largest mobile market later this year.

China's Unicom to sell Apple's iPhones (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:51 AM PDT AP - China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in China this year, ending months of rumor about when the hit phone would make its long-delayed debut in the world's most populous mobile market.

China urges US to end military surveillance at sea (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2009 11:23 PM PDT AFP - China has urged the United States to end military surveillance operations in its coastal waters, but a US official said Friday that Washington's policies were unchanged.

Strong quake hits northwest China: USGS (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2009 09:16 PM PDT AFP - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck northwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, sending local officials scrambling to assess possible damage in the remote mining region.

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