Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China refuses Canada canola extension request (Reuters)
• China slams U.S. for sending Uighurs to Palau (Reuters)
• China manufacturing expands in October (AFP)
• China military recruiters target college graduates (AP)
• China chief says space arms inevitable: state media (AFP)
• China rushes to clean up oil spill on Yangtze (AFP)
• Houses toppled as 4.9-quake hits southwest China: govt (AFP)
• China says efforts ongoing to rescue hijacked ship (AFP)
• Shanghai set to build Disneyland: report (AFP)
• China imposes duties on imported chemicals (AFP)

China refuses Canada canola extension request (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:42 PM PST Reuters - China, Canada's top export market for canola seed last year, has refused a Canadian delegation's request to delay for six months a plan to reject Canadian canola with blackleg disease as of November 15, the Canola Council of Canada said on Monday.

China slams U.S. for sending Uighurs to Palau (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:42 AM PST Reuters - China lashed out at the United States on Monday after the Obama administration sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau.

China manufacturing expands in October (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:36 AM PST AFP - China's manufacturing activity continued to expand in October, as domestic and overseas demand strengthened and employment picked up, an independent survey published Monday showed.

China military recruiters target college graduates (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:02 AM PST AP - China is hoping to ease employment pressures from a flood of new college graduates by recruiting more of them into the military.

China chief says space arms inevitable: state media (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:44 PM PST AFP - A top China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an "historical inevitability", state media said Monday, marking an apparent shift in Beijing's opposition to weaponising outer space.

China rushes to clean up oil spill on Yangtze (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:38 PM PST AFP - Authorities in China rushed to clean up an oil spill at the mouth of the Yangtze River after an Iranian-registered ship ran aground in bad weather, state media said Monday.

Houses toppled as 4.9-quake hits southwest China: govt (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:30 PM PST AFP - A moderate earthquake hit southwest China Monday, injuring 28 people, toppling more than 1,000 houses, and killing hundreds of livestock, local authorities reported.

China says efforts ongoing to rescue hijacked ship (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST AFP - China said on Monday that efforts were ongoing to rescue the 25 crew members aboard a cargo ship hijacked last month by Somali pirates, as Premier Wen Jiabao headed to Egypt for talks with African leaders.

Shanghai set to build Disneyland: report (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:11 PM PST AFP - The Chinese government could give the green light this week for a multi-billion dollar Disney theme park in Shanghai, a report said Monday.

China imposes duties on imported chemicals (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:07 PM PST AFP - China on Monday imposed anti-dumping duties of as much as 35 percent on a chemical from the United States, in the latest tit-for-tat trade measure ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama.

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