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Yahoo! News: World - China

Moderate quake hits China's Sichuan province: USGS (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST

A quake reading on a seismograph. A moderate 5.2-magnitude quake hit the Chinese province of Sichuan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A moderate 5.2-magnitude quake hit the Chinese province of Sichuan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

U.S. regrets China's response to arms sales (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:26 PM PST

A child runs past a torpedo on display outside the Taiwan Armed Forces Museum in Taipei January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangReuters - The United States said on Saturday it regretted China's announced cuts in bilateral contacts and its plans to punish U.S. companies involved in a $6.4 billon arms package for Taiwan.

China suspends military exchanges with US (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:57 AM PST

FILE - In this July 20, 2006 photo, a U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during the annual Han Kuang No. 22 exercises in Ilan County, 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Taipei, Taiwan. The United States is planning to sell US$6.4 billion in arms, including Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles, mine hunter ships and information technology, to Taiwan, a move that will infuriate China and test whether President Barack Obama's efforts to improve trust with Beijing will carry the countries through a tense time. (AP Photo/File)AP - China suspended military exchanges with the United States, threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defense companies and warned Saturday that cooperation would suffer after Washington announced $6.4 billion in planned arms sales to Taiwan.

U.S. defends Taiwan arms sales in teeth of Chinese anger (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:03 AM PST

Reuters - The State Department on Saturday defended fresh U.S. plans to sell Taiwan arms after China said it would cut cooperation and punish certain U.S. arms makers in response.

China flight disrupted after passenger burns toilet paper (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 01:28 AM PST

A China Southern Airlines airplane prepares to take off. A China Southern Airlines flight has had to turn around, returning to the capital of China's restive Xinjiang region after a passenger burned toilet paper in the washroom, state media reported.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - A China Southern Airlines flight had to turn around Saturday, returning to the capital of China's restive Xinjiang region after a passenger burned toilet paper in the washroom, state media reported.

Two held after aircraft toilet fire in China's Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:37 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese police have detained two people after a domestic flight from the restless western region of Xinjiang was forced to turn around when a passenger set fire to toilet paper in the washroom, state media said on Saturday.

240,000 short of water in southern China drought (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:05 PM PST

Chinese fishing boats are seen near the dried river banks of Yangtze, in Wanxian, southwest China's Chongqing municipality. Officials warned that 240,000 people were suffering from water shortages in a mountainous region in southern China that has been hit by a five-month-long drought, according to state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Officials warned Saturday that 240,000 people were suffering from water shortages in a mountainous region in southern China that has been hit by a five-month-long drought, state media reported.

China prosecutes 3,400 officials for environmental abuse (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:22 PM PST

Protesters against corrupt local officials are seen marching in Pizhou, east China's Jiangsu province, on January 8. China has prosecuted nearly 3,400 officials in 19 months for environmental abuses that killed about 3,600 people and cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars, according to state media.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - China has prosecuted nearly 3,400 officials in 19 months for environmental abuses that killed about 3,600 people and cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars, state media reported Saturday.

China expects auto sales growth to slow (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:56 PM PST

Newly assembled cars are seen a car park outside the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. Ltd building, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. China will continue to boost its auto sector in 2010, but expects sales to grow more slowly after overtaking the US as the world's largest auto market last year, according to state media.(AFP/File)AFP - China will continue to boost its auto sector in 2010, but expects sales to grow more slowly after overtaking the US as the world's largest auto market last year, state media reported Saturday.

A new world wonder? China's Great Wall remade in tons of chocolate (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:08 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - What do you do with empty Olympic facilities to try to make them useful once the Games are over?

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