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China raises '07 growth, passing Germany (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:34 AM CST AP - China issued revised data for 2007 on Wednesday that showed its economy has surpassed Germany to become the world's third-largest behind the U.S. and Japan.

The grandma who took on AIDS (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:24 AM CST McClatchy Newspapers - She’s been dubbed “Grandma Courage.”

China cuts gasoline, diesel prices (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:24 AM CST AP - China is cutting retail fuel prices for the second time in a month as it tries to boost slowing economic growth.

China quake parents want answers to ruined schools (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:15 AM CST AP - Nine Chinese parents whose children died when their classrooms crumbled in the Sichuan earthquake last year said Wednesday they will keep pursuing the government until they know why their school gave way.

China's next export: Starbucks coffee (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:42 AM CST AP - Starbucks Corp. launched a new brand of coffee grown by farmers in China and said it hopes to bring the blend to stores all over the world.

China overtakes Germany in growth for 2007 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:46 AM CST Reuters - China on Wednesday revised up the country's gross domestic product growth for 2007 to 13.0 percent from 11.9 percent, leapfrogging Germany in the process to become the world's third-largest economy.

China chemical plant project moved after protests (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:38 AM CST AP - A chemical plant that provoked vehement protests from Xiamen residents worried over potential health hazards will now be built in a less populated area, China's Environment Ministry said.

Activist held after protest outside Shanghai meeting: rights groups (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 11:55 PM CST AFP - Shanghai police have detained an outspoken activist after she protested outside a city government meeting about forced evictions, human rights groups said Wednesday.

RBS sells Bank of China stake for $2.37 billion (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 11:30 PM CST AP - Shares in Bank of China rose Wednesday after Royal Bank of Scotland sold its entire stake in the mainland's No. 3 lender for nearly $2.37 billion, joining a recent string of investors who have cut their holdings in Chinese banks.

Chinese children "snatched" for sale by biker gang (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 10:51 PM CST Reuters - Chinese police have broken up a motorcycle gang which snatched toddlers while they were playing or sleeping to sell for as little as $125 in faraway provinces, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

China's population of Web users hits 298 million (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 09:45 AM CST AP - China's fast-growing population of Internet users has risen to 298 million after passing the United States last year to become the world's largest, a government-sanctioned research group said Tuesday.

Experts draw link between tainted milk, kidney stones (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 08:33 AM CST Reuters - Scientists in China and Hong Kong have established for the first time in a study that consuming the plastic-making chemical melamine can cause kidney stones in people.

China woos U.S. ahead of Obama inauguration (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 06:18 AM CST Reuters - China and the United States must boost cooperation to overcome the global economic downturn, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday, calling the crisis a crucial moment in their sometimes tense relationship.

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