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Prince Charles raises Tibet issue in China talks (AFP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:21 PM PDT AFP - Britain's Prince Charles raised the issue of Tibet during talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in London on Thursday, a spokesman at his Clarence House office said.

China-France deal further squeezing Dalai Lama (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 10:42 AM PDT AP - China expects France to shun the Dalai Lama as part of a fence-mending deal reached this week, the latest sign of Beijing's hardened determination to isolate Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader.

Man dies after detonating bomb in China: police (AFP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 09:26 AM PDT AFP - A man died Thursday when he detonated a bomb in an office building in China's Muslim-populated Xinjiang region, police said.

China orders tighter controls on online videos (AFP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:24 AM PDT AFP - China issued new rules on Thursday aiming to crack down on "harmful" political or religious online videos, two weeks after footage of police allegedly beating Tibetan monks circulated on the Web.

Man dies after detonating bomb in China: reports (AFP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:21 AM PDT AFP - A man died on Thursday after detonating a bomb in an office building in the capital of China's Muslim-populated Xinjiang region, state press reported.

Obama and Hu schedule meeting in Beijing (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:11 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao, who agreed to meet in Beijing this year, are looking to improve the often-tense relations between two nations seen as pivotal to hopes of ending the global economic crisis.

The 'new' Sino-U.S. dialogue (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:41 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - You may have seen the headlines already. Presidents Obama and Hu met in London during the G-20 summit and agreed to continue a regular high-level dialogue that was begun under former President Bush. The "new" dialogue will only be once a year, rather than twice a year, but will involve both the Timothy Geithner and Hillary Clinton, the Treasury secretary and secretary of state respectively.

China orders tightened Internet controls (AFP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:07 AM PDT AFP - China issued new rules on Thursday cracking down on the posting of "harmful" political or religious videos online, two weeks after footage of police allegedly beating Tibetan monks circulated on the Internet.

China's police start drive to end inmate deaths (Reuters) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:16 AM PDT Reuters - China's police will start a three-month campaign to eliminate "unnatural deaths" of inmates, the Ministry of Public Security said, after a series of deaths threatens the removal of detention centers from police control.

Obama, Hu vow to battle protectionism (AFP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:13 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama and Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao agreed to fight protectionism and work to improve military ties at their first face-to-face meeting in London.

Obama, Hu stress crisis response in first meeting (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:47 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, promised to work together to renew global growth and build a strategic partnership but did not discuss Beijing's unease about its holdings of U.S. debt and other disputes in their first meeting at the London economic summit.

64 infected by hepatitis at hospital in China (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 12:46 AM PDT AP - Police have detained the director of a Chinese hospital where at least 64 people were infected with the potentially deadly liver disease hepatitis C after receiving transfusions from blood collected illegally, state media reported.

Corrupt ex-head China rail firm boss jailed (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:52 PM PDT AFP - The former head of China's first listed rail firm was sentenced to life in jail for nearly a decade of corruption that saw tens of millions of dollars misused, state media reported Thursday.

France, China presidents hold clear-the-air meeting (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:00 PM PDT AFP - The French and Chinese presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Hu Jintao held talks in London in a bid to end tensions over Tibet, a Chinese official said.

China to spend $1.2 billion on quake-zone schools (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:01 PM PDT Reuters - The Chinese government will spend an extra 8 billion yuan ($1.17 billion) this year on making schools in earthquake-prone areas safer, state media said on Thursday.

China to honor revolutionary martyrs online (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 05:51 PM PDT Reuters - China is encouraging people to pay respects to the martyrs of the Communist revolution on a new website set up ahead of a traditional holiday to remember the dead, state media said on Thursday.

US says it will cut frequency of China talks (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 02:44 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it will continue high-level talks with China started under the Bush administration, but will only hold one per year while expanding the scope beyond economics to foreign policy.

China, U.S. broaden forum to further ties (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 01:01 PM PDT Reuters - The United States and China agreed on Wednesday to recast high-level talks on sensitive economic issues by broadening them also to include strategic matters that could include climate change.

Obama accepts invitations to visit China, Russia (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 08:24 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to visit China later this year. The White House said Wednesday that Obama has accepted an invitation from President Hu Jintao. Obama and Hu met in London ahead of the G-20 economic summit.

WHO: World must fight drug-resistant TB threat (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:57 AM PDT AP - The Gates Foundation is funding tests of new treatments for tuberculosis patients in China, part of a critical worldwide effort to stanch emerging, hard-to-cure strains of the disease that the World Health Organization says are like a time bomb.

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