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China spiritual group endures despite 10-year ban (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 01:36 AM PDT AP - A musician dies in police custody, a lawyer is beaten, an aid worker abandons China after 10 years of persecution — the stories are the human toll behind China's decade-long campaign to wipe out Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that the government calls an evil cult.

Taiwan and China to increase economic cooperation (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 11:41 PM PDT AP - Taiwan and China will discuss a partial free trade agreement and sign pacts this weekend to increase economic cooperation, a senior Taiwanese negotiator said Friday.

Wal-Mart China sweetens jobs deal after union talks (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 11:29 PM PDT Reuters - Wal-Mart Inc has agreed to revise a plan on a payroll cut involving 2,000 mid-level managers across its outlets in China after a trade union stepped in to mediate, state media reported on Friday.

China reveals it has 1,054 tons of gold (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 11:04 PM PDT Reuters - China revealed on Friday that it had quietly raised its gold reserves by three-quarters since 2003, increasing its holdings to 1,054 tons and confirming years of speculation it had been buying.

China announces visit by Japanese leader (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:13 PM PDT AP - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will make an official visit to China next week, Beijing announced Friday, a day after protesting an offering given by the Japanese leader to a war shrine seen as a symbol of his country's militarist past.

China confirms Japanese PM to visit amid shrine row (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:08 PM PDT AFP - China has confirmed that Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso would visit Beijing next week, amid a diplomatic spat over his offering to a controversial war shrine.

Wife of Chinese dissident appeals to US Congress (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 09:25 PM PDT AP - The wife of prominent Chinese lawyer and activist Gao Zhisheng has appealed to the U.S. Congress to pressure China to disclose her husband's whereabouts since his disappearance in February.

China confirms Japan summit, downplays shrine row (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 08:21 PM PDT Reuters - China on Friday officially announced a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso next week, brushing aside rancor over his offering to a controversial shrine for the war dead to focus on the financial crisis instead.

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