Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China to approve single-dose swine flu vaccines (AP)
• World Bank chief says China stimulus should continue (AFP)
• China detains 15 parents for lead poison unrest (AP)
• China injects star power into anniversary film (AP)
• Report: Chemical explosion kills 18 in China (AP)
• New US ambassador: global issues test China ties (AP)
• Chinese democracy dissident jailed for 13 years (Reuters)
• Business group says China raising market curbs (AP)
• GM's August China vehicle sales more than double (Reuters)
• EU business sees partial reversal of China reforms (Reuters)
• Pingpong lovers: China allows champ a girlfriend (AP)
• China to train judges on social unrest: state media (AFP)
• European firms concerned over Rio case in China (AFP)
• China set to unveil new missiles: state media (AFP)
• China denies visas to producers of earthquake film (AP)
• Chinese sentences dissident to 13 years jail (AP)

China to approve single-dose swine flu vaccines (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 12:49 PM PDT AP - The answer may be near to a crucial question about vaccine for the advancing swine flu — one shot or two?

World Bank chief says China stimulus should continue (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 09:04 AM PDT AFP - World Bank president Robert Zoellick said Wednesday it was too soon for China to roll back its massive stimulus measures as the world's third largest economy could yet falter on the road to recovery.

China detains 15 parents for lead poison unrest (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:23 AM PDT AP - Police in central China detained 15 parents for a violent protest over factory pollution that left hundreds of local children with lead poisoning, and accused them of links to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, villagers said Wednesday.

China injects star power into anniversary film (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:12 AM PDT AP - China's staid cultural commissars are turning to the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, hoping that an injection of star power into a state-funded movie about the communist revolution will attract young Chinese normally turned off by government propaganda.

Report: Chemical explosion kills 18 in China (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 07:57 AM PDT AP - A chemical explosion in eastern China killed 18 people and injured 10 others on Wednesday, state media reported.

New US ambassador: global issues test China ties (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 07:51 AM PDT AP - Wrangling over the troubled global economy, climate change and security hotspots will test sometimes unsteady U.S.-China relations the rest of this year, the new U.S. ambassador to Beijing said Wednesday.

Chinese democracy dissident jailed for 13 years (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 06:04 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese dissident Xie Changfa was sentenced to 13 years in jail for "subversion of state power," rights groups said on Wednesday in what they described as the most severe sentence of its kind in several years.

Business group says China raising market curbs (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:36 AM PDT AP - China is reversing some market-opening reforms amid the global economic crisis and raising new barriers to foreign computer services and other companies, a European business group said Wednesday.

GM's August China vehicle sales more than double (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT Reuters - General Motors Co said on Wednesday its China vehicles sales in August jumped 112.7 percent from a year earlier, paving the way for a more than 40 percent rise in sales for the full year.

EU business sees partial reversal of China reforms (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 01:58 AM PDT Reuters - China is backsliding on reforms to open up its economy to foreign business, thereby hindering competition and imperiling its shift to a new model of sustainable growth, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said on Wednesday.

Pingpong lovers: China allows champ a girlfriend (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 01:21 AM PDT AP - As the reigning table tennis world champion with two Olympic silver medals under his belt, China's Wang Hao almost had it all — except a girlfriend.

China to train judges on social unrest: state media (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 01:18 AM PDT AFP - China will train its judges on handling a rising tide of social unrest across the country, state media reported Wednesday, in the latest sign of official unease over the issue.

European firms concerned over Rio case in China (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 12:32 AM PDT AFP - A European business group Wednesday called on China to better define its "national interests" following the detention of an Australian mining executive, amid concerns EU firms could face similar probes.

China set to unveil new missiles: state media (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 12:03 AM PDT AFP - China will unveil a range of previously unknown missiles during its October 1 National Day parade, including intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles, state media said Wednesday.

China denies visas to producers of earthquake film (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 10:56 PM PDT AP - The producers of a documentary exploring deadly school collapses in last year's Sichuan earthquake and the plight of bereaved parents have been denied Chinese visas to attend a Beijing showing, one of the men said Wednesday.

Chinese sentences dissident to 13 years jail (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 10:21 PM PDT AP - A Chinese dissident who tried to organize a national meeting of the banned China Democracy Party has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for subverting state power, his lawyer said Wednesday.

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