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China shares rise on buying by government fund (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:58 AM CST AP - Chinese shares rose Monday after an arm of the country's sovereign wealth fund said it was buying more shares of major banks.

China warns of bird flu risk over Lunar New Year (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:52 AM CST Reuters - China has warned of the risk of further human cases of bird flu in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday after reporting two new cases over the weekend.

China reports second bird flu death this year (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:45 AM CST AP - A woman in eastern China has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Health Ministry said, the second death from the virus this year as the country's biggest festive season approaches and contact with poultry increases.

China to mark defeat of Tibetan rebellion (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:43 AM CST AP - Tibet's Communist Party-controlled legislature has voted to create a holiday to mark China's defeat of a pro-independence uprising 50 years ago in the Himalayan region, calling it a day of liberation from feudalism, state media reported Monday.

Cheaters use spy gear on China's civil service exam: state media (AFP) Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:36 AM CST AFP - More than 1,000 applicants were caught cheating on China's civil servant exams, with some using spy technology such as micro-earpieces and wireless transmitters, state media reported Monday.

China catches 1,000 cheaters during state exams (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 10:57 PM CST AP - Nearly 1,000 people have been caught cheating on China's notoriously competitive civil service entrance exams, some with high-tech listening devices in their ears, state media reported Monday.

Tibet to mark suppression of Dalai Lama-led rebellion: China (AFP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 10:07 PM CST AFP - China announced on Monday that Tibet would each year have a special day to celebrate the Chinese military's crushing of a Dalai Lama-led rebellion and the "freeing of slaves" 50 years ago.

China's civil service exam cheaters go high-tech (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 06:34 PM CST Reuters - Cheaters in China's famous civil service exams have gone so far as to put micro-receivers in their ears, in order to get answers from audio broadcasts as they sit in the testing room, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

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