Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China calls for new checks amid milk scare (AFP)
• China gives 5 years to activist who probed quake (AP)
• China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S. (Reuters)
• Stranded panda lured to safety in China (AP)
• China says it has 6,000 captive tigers (AFP)
• China's CIC gives breakdown of U.S. equity stakes (Reuters)
• Lawmaker: Taiwan still wants US subs (AP)
• China releases first national pollution census (AP)
• Lawyer in China mob trial gets 1 1/2 years on appeal (AP)
• China quake activist jailed for subversion: lawyer (AFP)
• China points to farms as major pollution risk (AFP)
• China urges more talks on Iran nuclear plans (AP)
• China urges agreement on Iran nuclear fuel proposal (Reuters)
• China quake activist jailed for inciting subversion (Reuters)
• China Power denies coal deal with Resourcehouse (AFP)
• China builds lighthouse to back East China Sea claim (Reuters)

China calls for new checks amid milk scare (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 09:19 AM PST AFP - China warned Tuesday of a continued "grim" food safety outlook following the re-emergence of a tainted milk scandal and called for strengthened efforts nationwide to contain the threat.

China gives 5 years to activist who probed quake (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST AP - A Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of children crushed in their schools during the Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Tuesday to five years, underscoring the government's determination to suppress questions about why the buildings fell.

China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 08:44 AM PST Reuters - Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country boost defense spending, adjust PLA deployments, and possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan.

Stranded panda lured to safety in China (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 05:55 AM PST AP - It was like getting a cat out of a tree — Sichuan style.

China says it has 6,000 captive tigers (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 03:40 AM PST AFP - China said Tuesday it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.

China's CIC gives breakdown of U.S. equity stakes (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:19 AM PST Reuters - China Investment Corp , the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, has made its biggest U.S. equity bets in natural resources and financial stocks.

Lawmaker: Taiwan still wants US subs (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:47 AM PST AP - A Taiwanese lawmaker says the island's navy commander told him that the island still wants to acquire diesel submarines from the United States, despite their absence from a recent U.S. arms package.

China releases first national pollution census (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:18 AM PST AP - China has revealed its most ambitious measure of what explosive development has done to its environment, saying Tuesday its first national pollution census has mapped nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste.

Lawyer in China mob trial gets 1 1/2 years on appeal (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:01 AM PST AP - The lawyer for an alleged mob boss in southwest China was given a reduced 1 1/2-year prison term Tuesday during his appeal on charges that he helped his client falsely claim torture by police during interrogation, the court said.

China quake activist jailed for subversion: lawyer (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 12:55 AM PST AFP - A Chinese activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in the massive 2008 Sichuan earthquake was jailed Tuesday for five years for subversion, his lawyer said.

China points to farms as major pollution risk (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 12:54 AM PST AFP - China on Tuesday named pollution from farms as a major cause for concern, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases released its first nationwide survey on sources of environmental degradation.

China urges more talks on Iran nuclear plans (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:54 PM PST AP - China has called for more talks in the wake of calls by other world powers for possible sanctions on Iran if it goes through with its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.

China urges agreement on Iran nuclear fuel proposal (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:58 PM PST Reuters - China on Tuesday urged all sides to work toward agreement on an internationally-backed nuclear fuel proposal for Iran, after Western powers urged broader sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.

China quake activist jailed for inciting subversion (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST Reuters - A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in China's devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

China Power denies coal deal with Resourcehouse (AFP) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:59 PM PST AFP - China Power International on Tuesday denied it had signed a 60 billion US dollar deal to buy coal from Australian miner Resourcehouse.

China builds lighthouse to back East China Sea claim (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:45 PM PST Reuters - China has finished building a series of lighthouses and stone tablets on islands and reefs off its coast to delineate its territorial waters in the disputed East China Sea, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

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