Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China casts nervous eye at erstwhile ally Myanmar (Reuters)
• China says not involved in cyberattacks on Google (AFP)
• China's economy may surpass Japan: report (Reuters)
• China paper slams U.S. for cyber role in Iran unrest (Reuters)
• Senior Chinese cadres call for dissident's release (AP)
• Bank of China to sell up to $5.8 billion in bonds (AP)
• Police detain nine over south China land riot (AFP)
• Illegal gold miners freeze to death in China (Reuters)

China casts nervous eye at erstwhile ally Myanmar (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST Reuters - The giant red poster staring over China's Wanding border crossing with Myanmar proclaims that their "brotherly feelings will last forever."

China says not involved in cyberattacks on Google (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:08 PM PST AFP - China on Monday denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and defended Internet censorship as necessary, as a row with Washington over the US firm's threat to leave the country rumbled on.

China's economy may surpass Japan: report (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:14 AM PST Reuters - China could overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in 2010, one year before Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jim O'Neill had previously expected.

China paper slams U.S. for cyber role in Iran unrest (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 04:28 AM PST Reuters - China's Communist Party mouthpiece on Sunday accused the United States of mounting a cyber army and a "hacker brigade," and of exploiting social media like Twitter or Youtube to foment unrest in Iran.

Senior Chinese cadres call for dissident's release (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:49 AM PST AP - Four senior Communist Party officials known for their liberal views are pushing for the release of an imprisoned Chinese dissident who had issued a daring call for political reform, one of the group said Sunday.

Bank of China to sell up to $5.8 billion in bonds (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:46 AM PST AP - Bank of China plans to sell up to 40 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) in bonds to replenish its capital and meet government standards following a record surge in lending last year amid Beijing's stimulus measures, a state-run news agency reported.

Police detain nine over south China land riot (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST AFP - Police in southern China have detained nine people linked to a violent riot over a land dispute and issued an arrest warrant for the suspected ringleader, local authorities said Sunday.

Illegal gold miners freeze to death in China (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2010 08:39 PM PST Reuters - Six men and a woman who had been illegally prospecting in remote mountains near the Mongolian border froze to death in a blizzard, China's Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

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