Yahoo! News: World - China

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• North Korea considers return to nuclear talks (AP)
• China vows to stand by isolated North Korea (Reuters)
• Traditions fade as China settles nomads in towns (AP)
• China's judiciary embroiled in graft scandals (AFP)

North Korea considers return to nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier on Monday that the North was prepared to return to multination disarmament talks depending on progress in its two-way negotiations with the U.S.

China vows to stand by isolated North Korea (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:22 PM PDT Reuters - China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea on Monday, calling their relationship a boon to peace, while reports of swoops on North Korean ships underscored strains behind a recent easing of tension.

Traditions fade as China settles nomads in towns (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT AP - Herding reindeer and hunting bears and boars in the forests on Siberia's fringe was Gu Gejun's life. Now his rifle has been confiscated, and the only reindeer he herds are in an urban tourist park.

China's judiciary embroiled in graft scandals (AFP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:44 PM PDT AFP - "To get rich is glorious" has been the mantra in booming communist China for 30 years, but few have embraced the slogan more vigorously than Wen Qiang, a leading law official in the country's southwest.

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