Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Young Chinese opt for Red Guard look in weddings (AP)
• China to build, launch satellite for Laos (AFP)
• China lays first charges over Xinjiang riots (Reuters)
• Beijing grounds pigeons for National Day celebrations (AFP)
• Hong Kong publisher to issue banned China book (AP)

Young Chinese opt for Red Guard look in weddings (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 11:34 AM PDT AP - Sun Fengqing is not getting married in a white dress, or even a traditional cheongsam. She's going to wear a green military outfit with a Red Star on her hat and a Mao Zedong badge — the uniform of the young Red Guard from China's Cultural Revolution.

China to build, launch satellite for Laos (AFP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 08:59 AM PDT AFP - China will build and launch a communications satellite for Laos, Chinese media reported Saturday, following similar ventures for Nigeria and Venezuela.

China lays first charges over Xinjiang riots (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:10 AM PDT Reuters - China announced the first charges to be laid in connection with violent unrest in July that shook China's northwest region of Xinjiang, home to Muslim Uighurs.

Beijing grounds pigeons for National Day celebrations (AFP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:14 AM PDT AFP - Authorities in Beijing have ordered that pigeons remain in their birdcages on October 1 to prevent them disturbing celebrations to mark 60 years of communist rule.

Hong Kong publisher to issue banned China book (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:10 AM PDT AP - A Hong Kong publisher best known for a memoir of the Chinese premier ousted for opposing a crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square is releasing a critique of authoritarian rule that is banned in mainland China.

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