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Yahoo! News: World - China

A new mantra for China's big thirst: Less is more (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 11:37 AM PDT

Zhang Jiqing, a farmer, walks near the lake at Zhangyigang village in Xichuan County, Henan province, China on Jan. 20, 2009. In China's latest grand attempt to reroute nature, three canals will bring water hundreds of miles to Beijing and other thirsty cities in the north. More than 350,000 people in the way will be forced to move. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - It is China's latest grand attempt to tame nature. Three canals will bring water hundreds of miles to Beijing and other thirsty cities in the north. More than 350,000 people in the way will be forced to move.

China clamps down ahead of key Tibetan anniversary (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 11:12 AM PDT

A Tibetan nun turns prayer wheels at a monastery in Daofu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, March 6 , 2009.. Military convoys lumber between towns, police patrol streets and Internet service is unplugged as China mounts a show of force in its Tibetan areas to prevent a repeat of uprisings against Chinese rule.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Military convoys rumble along winding mountain roads, the Internet has been cut in potential trouble spots and motorists must run a gantlet of inspection checkpoints as Beijing mounts a show of force in Tibetan areas to prevent a repeat of uprisings against Chinese rule.

China says quake's strength caused schools to fall (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 07:42 AM PDT

AP - The strength of last year's massive earthquake in southwestern China was the main reason so many schools collapsed, an official said Sunday, ignoring claims that shoddy construction was to blame.

China says confident US will be in 2010 Expo (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 03:37 AM PDT

AP - Organizers of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai said Sunday they were confident the United States would overcome funding problems to take part and appealed to President Barack Obama for his support.

Global acclaim can't hide Dalai Lama's troubles (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 01:07 AM PST

Fifty years after fleeing Tibet, the Dalai Lama is as far as ever from returning home -- leaving him the leader of a people he never sees and the head of a stateless government.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Fifty years after fleeing Tibet, the Dalai Lama is as far as ever from returning home -- leaving him the leader of a people he never sees and the head of a stateless government.

China says quake was sole cause of school deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:46 PM PST

Reuters - A government investigation found that schools in West China felled by a quake last May collapsed because of the size of the tremor, an official said Sunday, rejecting claims some were weakened by construction flaws.

Dalai Lama guard recalls leader's dramatic escape (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:31 PM PST

Ratu Ngawang, former guard of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, at his residence in New Delhi on March 5. Sitting in his riverside house in north Delhi, Ngawang casts his mind back 50 years and recalls how he helped smuggle the Dalai Lama to safety as Chinese soldiers followed in hot pursuit.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Sitting in his riverside house in north Delhi, Ratu Ngawang casts his mind back 50 years and recalls how he helped smuggle the Dalai Lama to safety as Chinese soldiers followed in hot pursuit.

China won't adopt national voucher plan: vice minister (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 08:51 PM PST

Reuters - China has no plan to issue national vouchers as part of its economic stimulus plan, but Vice Finance Minister Liao Xiaojun encouraged local governments to use them to help spur consumption, the Beijing News reported on Sunday.

Tiger kills man who jumps into enclosure in China (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 08:37 PM PST

AP - A Siberian tiger at a wildlife park near Beijing attacked and killed a man who climbed into its enclosure thinking he found a shortcut down from the Great Wall, a park official said Sunday.

Tensions high as China braces for Tibet protests (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 08:31 PM PST

Hong Kong University student Christina Chan holds a Tibetan flag before the start of the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the former British colony in early May 2008. Last year's anniversary of the failed uprising in Tibet saw unrest that not only angered Chinese leaders, who were building up to the August Olympics, but also made Tibet a top agenda item for world leaders dealing with Beijing.(AFP/File/Andrew Ross)AFP - Chinese authorities have imposed a security lockdown in Tibet as the Himalayan region this week marks the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising that sent the Dalai Lama into exile.

China evasive on number of students killed in quake (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 07:48 PM PST

A Chinese mother, joined by her husband, cries after offering prayers for her dead daughter at the earthquake-damaged town of Beichuan in China's Sichuan Province in mid May 2008. The country has declined to reveal how many schoolchildren were killed in last year's devastating earthquake, saying the politically sensitive figure still was not calculated nearly 10 months later.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China declined on Sunday to reveal how many schoolchildren were killed in last year's devastating earthquake, saying the politically sensitive figure still was not calculated nearly 10 months later.

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