Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China says Xinjiang riot media openness a success (Reuters)
• Australia says Uighur leader is no 'terrorist' (AFP)
• China accepts 1st environment lawsuit against govt (AP)
• One-child policy debate reignited in China (AFP)
• China July new loans below 500 bln yuan: report (AFP)
• Another China activist charged with subversion (AP)
• Kids put the heat on police exam cheaters in China (AP)
• Economic reformer leads southern Chinese province (AP)

China says Xinjiang riot media openness a success (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 07:10 AM PDT Reuters - China's central and regional propaganda offices have concluded that their strategy of media openness following ethnic riots in the far western city of Urumqi was a success, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

Australia says Uighur leader is no 'terrorist' (AFP) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:32 AM PDT AFP - Australia has rebuffed Chinese objections over a visit by exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, saying she is not a "terrorist" and there is no reason to exclude her.

China accepts 1st environment lawsuit against govt (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:57 AM PDT AP - A court in southwest China has accepted the country's first lawsuit filed by an environmental group against a local government, a member of the group said Friday.

One-child policy debate reignited in China (AFP) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:50 AM PDT AFP - Analysts say recent media attention reflects a struggle between demographers alarmed by a shrinking workforce and ageing population and officials clinging to the mindset that China has too many people.

China July new loans below 500 bln yuan: report (AFP) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:48 AM PDT AFP - New loans issued by Chinese banks in July are expected to not exceed 500 billion yuan (73.2 billion dollars), less than a third of that lent in June, state media reported Friday.

Another China activist charged with subversion (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:25 AM PDT AP - A Chinese activist who questioned why so many schoolchildren died in 2008's massive earthquake has been charged with subversion and will stand trial in mid-August, his lawyer said Friday.

Kids put the heat on police exam cheaters in China (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:34 PM PDT AP - Police officers contemplating cheating on promotion exams met their match this week in northwestern China — 18 serious-faced fifth-graders walking the beat.

Economic reformer leads southern Chinese province (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 07:28 PM PDT AP - One of Wang Yang's favorite slogans is "Free your thinking," and many believe the economic reformer will soon be one of China's top leaders unless he stumbles on his current job: running Guangdong — the nation's richest province.

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