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The grumpy mood in Taiwan (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 02:28 AM CST McClatchy Newspapers - The Taiwanese are not happy campers these days. The economy stinks. And voters are happy with neither the ruling Nationalist party nor the main opposition party.

China lawyers to sue Christie's over Yves Saint Laurent auction: report (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:35 AM CST AFP - Chinese lawyers will sue auction giant Christie's over the sale of relics owned by the late Yves Saint Laurent which they say were stolen from a looted Beijing palace, according to state press.

More than 80 pct of China's coastal waters polluted: report (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:06 AM CST AFP - Raw sewage and pollution from agricultural run-off polluted 83 percent of China's coastal waters in 2008, according to state media.

Air China warns it faces loss due to fuel hedging (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 10:17 PM CST AP - Air China Ltd., one of China's three major state-owned carriers, warned Saturday it faces a "significant loss" for 2008 because of wrong-way bets on fuel prices that will cost nearly $1 billion.

Iran said to buy high-performance metals: report (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:14 PM CST Reuters - U.S. security and law enforcement officials say they have new evidence of efforts by Iran to evade sanctions and acquire metals from China used in high-tech weaponry, The Wall Street Journal said on Friday.

China parents of melamine victim paid $29,000 (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:20 PM CST Reuters - The parents of the first Chinese child killed by tainted milk formula have received $29,000 compensation, state media said, with the government hoping the payments and a trial will quell popular anger.

Obama's half brother performs in China (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:03 PM CST AP - The news release didn't say who Mark Ndesandjo was. Nor did the posters and e-mails promoting the concert Friday in this southern Chinese boomtown where he played piano to raise money for orphans.

China names "Western liquors" in new health scare (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 10:42 AM CST Reuters - A wide range of food products, especially some Western liquors and domestic peanut oils, have failed quality tests in south China, state media reported on Friday in the latest in a series of food-safety scares.

Chinese woman who had son strangled given death (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:16 AM CST AP - A court in central China has sentenced a woman to death for hiring someone to strangle her 9-year-old son so she could have another child with her new husband without violating population laws, a court official and reports said Friday.

China shares rebound on industrial stimulus hope (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:35 AM CST AP - Chinese shares rebounded Friday on hopes Beijing will soon release stimulus plans for more industries after auto and steel producers.

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