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Chinese e-cigs gain ground amid safety concerns (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:15 PM PST AP - With its slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke. The Ruyan V8, which produces a nicotine-infused mist absorbed directly into the lungs, is just one of a rapidly growing array of electronic cigarettes attracting attention in China, the U.S. and elsewhere — and the scrutiny of world health officials.

China farmers recall bitter days of famine for dam (Reuters) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 09:04 AM PST Reuters - Poor Chinese farmers facing forced resettlement for their nation's latest vast hydro project bear a wrenching past, none more so than the survivors of an exodus to the high northwest from 1959.

Tiananmen mothers call for probe of 1989 crackdown (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 07:18 AM PST AP - Two decades after China's crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, a group of mothers who lost their children in the uprising is calling on the country's leaders to "break the taboo" and account for the deaths.

US-China military talks resume, obstacles remain (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 07:07 AM PST AP - China and the U.S. resumed military-to-military consultations Friday after a five-month suspension over American arms sales to Taiwan, but a top Chinese officer warned the exchanges remain in a "difficult period."

U.S. satellite shootdown debris said gone from space (Reuters) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:55 AM PST Reuters - No debris remains in space from the U.S. destruction a year ago of an errant spy satellite loaded with toxic hydrazine fuel, the head of the Pentagon's Strategic Command said.

Report: Couple burned in Beijing set selves ablaze (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:25 AM PST AP - A man and a woman whose car caught fire near Tiananmen Square earlier this week had set themselves ablaze inside the vehicle, China's official news agency said Friday in a reversal of its previous report.

Tibetan monk sets himself on fire: activist group (Reuters) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:14 AM PST Reuters - A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in protest Friday during a prayer festival in a part of western China that erupted in deadly riots a year ago, an activist group said.

China "mothers" urge reckoning with 1989 bloodshed (Reuters) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 05:04 AM PST Reuters - A group representing families of demonstrators killed or maimed in the armed crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests 20 years ago has urged China to name the dead, denouncing official silence over the anniversary.

Adapting to a Chinese workplace (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:06 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - OK, so the global economy has tanked and you’re considering going to work for a local company in one of the world’s only safe markets â€" China.

China facing burden from chronic diseases (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 11:25 PM PST AP - China faces a growing burden on its health care industry as the number of people with chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension and diabetes rises, the government said Friday.

China urges US to mend ties as military talks resume (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 09:08 PM PST AFP - China has called on the United States to ease military tensions between the global powers, as the two sides resumed defence talks here following a rift over planned US arms sales to Taiwan.

Shanghai stocks hold on (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 09:01 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - Markets worldwide are rocky and generally sharply down in recent months. So why is the Shanghai A-share index up 17.4 percent so far this year?

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