Yahoo! News: World - China

Rights group reports protests among Tibetans (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:33 AM CST AP - Protests have broken out in a volatile Tibetan area of western China just weeks before the anniversary of last year's deadly rioting across the Himalayan region, Tibetan advocacy groups reported Wednesday.

"Hostile" forces stirring up China jobless: official (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:57 PM CST Reuters - China must guard against "hostile forces" within and outside the country working to stir up trouble among its masses of newly unemployed workers, a senior trade union official said in comments published on Wednesday.

China promises to keep exchange rate steady (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:47 PM CST AP - China promised Wednesday to keep its exchange rate stable and said it would use part of its $1.95 trillion in foreign currency reserves to boost imports and consumer spending to combat the global financial crisis.

Evangelical church leaders detained in China (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 10:57 PM CST AP - Police raided a private evangelical seminar in central China and detained more than 60 worshippers, with four of them still in custody a week after the roundup, a U.S.-based Christian group said Wednesday.

McDonald's eye 500 stores in China in 3 years (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 10:10 PM CST Reuters - McDonald's Corp plans to open about 500 stores in China in three years, Brian Durkin, vice president of development for McDonald's in China, told a conference on Wednesday.

A snow day in Beijing (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 07:46 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - Today is a snow day (I wish). About an inch of snow fell overnight in Beijing. And this morning, workers are out with their big brooms sweeping the sidewalks free.

AIDS top killer disease in China last year: govt (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 12:51 PM CST Reuters - The AIDS virus became the top deadly infectious disease in China last year for the first time, killing 6,897 people in the first nine months of 2008, the official news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday.

Hu wraps up Africa tour with Mauritius deals (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 10:15 AM CST AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday pledged further aid to Africa, despite his country's economic downturn, as he wrapped up a four-nation visit to the continent.

China probes tourists' illegal organ transplants (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 09:04 AM CST AP - China will investigate whether 17 Japanese tourists received illegal organ transplants, state media said Tuesday.

Russia, China sign $25 billion energy deal (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 08:47 AM CST AP - Russia and China signed a $25 billion energy deal in Beijing on Tuesday that will see the Asian country secure oil supplies from Moscow for the next 20 years in return for loans, Russia's state pipeline monopoly Transneft said.

Coming from the 'beautiful country' (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 02:48 AM CST McClatchy Newspapers - There are few places that I go as an American where I get an unmitigated welcome mat thrown out for me.

China's 'left behind' children (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 02:06 AM CST McClatchy Newspapers - One of the tragedies of China’s economic model is that many children are left behind in villages when their parents go off as migrants to look for jobs.

China bans fake doctors from TV ads: state media (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:55 AM CST AFP - China has banned actors from portraying doctors and patients in TV and radio medical programmes and advertisements, state media reported Tuesday.

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