Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Chinese man gets 12 years for killing rare tiger (AP)
• China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties (Reuters)
• China thanks Cambodia for expulsions (AP)
• China blasts claim it 'hijacked' climate talks (AP)
• China will target 8 pct growth in 2010: minister (AFP)
• UK officials: China sets execution date for Briton (AP)
• Deported Uighurs told UN of fears of China return (AP)
• China envoy's Taiwan visit stirs backlash (AP)
• France, China sign aviation, nuclear deals (AFP)
• Cambodia tightens economic links with China (Reuters)
• Minister: China aims for 2010 GDP growth of 8 pct (AP)
• France's Safran, GE win major deal to equip Chinese jet (AFP)
• Leading China dissident to be tried Wednesday: family (AFP)
• China gets Myanmar assurances on pipeline, border (Reuters)
• China praises Cambodia as Uighurs deported (Reuters)
• Kadeer slams deportation of Uighurs from Cambodia (AFP)

Chinese man gets 12 years for killing rare tiger (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:38 PM PST AP - A court has sentenced a man to 12 years in jail for killing a rare tiger in southwestern China.

China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:26 PM PST Reuters - China has sought a WTO probe into U.S. duties on Chinese-made tires but was stymied for now by U.S. objections, state media said, the latest in a series of disputes between the two economic giants to reach the global trade umpire.

China thanks Cambodia for expulsions (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:40 PM PST AP - Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping thanked Cambodia on Monday for deporting 20 Muslim asylum-seekers while handing the country $1.2 billion in aid , the government spokesman said.

China blasts claim it 'hijacked' climate talks (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:08 PM PST AP - China dismissed Tuesday a British editorial accusing it of "hijacking" the U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen as baseless and politically motivated.

China will target 8 pct growth in 2010: minister (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:18 PM PST AFP - China will target eight percent economic growth next year as the government maintain's pro-growth policies aimed at fighting the global turn-down, a top minister said Monday.

UK officials: China sets execution date for Briton (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:24 AM PST AP - China plans to execute a British man convicted of drug smuggling before the end of the year, officials said Monday, ignoring a personal appeal from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to spare the man's life.

Deported Uighurs told UN of fears of China return (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:08 AM PST AP - Ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated over the weekend had warned the U.N. refugee agency they feared long jail terms or even the death penalty if they were sent back to China, according to statements seen Monday by The Associated Press.

China envoy's Taiwan visit stirs backlash (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:24 AM PST AP - A senior Chinese envoy's visit to Taiwan for trade talks has sparked a backlash among critics who fear the Taiwanese government's China-friendly policies are opening the door to eventual unification with the mainland.

France, China sign aviation, nuclear deals (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:51 AM PST AFP - France and China on Monday hailed their reinvigorated ties, putting a spat over Tibet behind them and sealing a series of economic deals during a visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.

Cambodia tightens economic links with China (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:08 AM PST Reuters - Cambodia signed 14 deals worth an estimated $850 million with China on Monday, two days after defying international pressure by deporting 20 ethnic Chinese asylum-seekers, underlining growing trade and diplomatic links.

Minister: China aims for 2010 GDP growth of 8 pct (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:57 AM PST AP - China's government is targeting 8 percent growth next year as the global economy recovers, the country's industry minister said Monday.

France's Safran, GE win major deal to equip Chinese jet (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:47 AM PST AFP - French aerospace and defence industries group Safran and US conglomerate General Electric have reached a multi-billion dollar deal to provide engines for China's new C919 passenger jet, Safran said Monday.

Leading China dissident to be tried Wednesday: family (AFP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 11:17 PM PST AFP - Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo will be tried Wednesday on subversion charges, his wife and lawyer said, more than a year after he was detained following his role in a bold pro-democracy petition.

China gets Myanmar assurances on pipeline, border (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:34 PM PST Reuters - Myanmar has given China political assurance over an important crude oil pipeline and promised to maintain stability along the border after unrest in August pushed thousands of refugees into the Chinese side.

China praises Cambodia as Uighurs deported (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:06 PM PST Reuters - China will deal with 20 ethnic Uighurs who were deported from Cambodia over the weekend as illegal immigrants, praising relations with the Southeast Asian country as a model of good cooperation.

Kadeer slams deportation of Uighurs from Cambodia (AFP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 07:34 PM PST AFP - The deportation to China of 20 Uighurs who had sought refuge in Cambodia shows that Beijing's mistreatment of the mainly Muslim minority continues unabated, Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said Monday.

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