Yahoo! News: World - China

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• NKorea's Kim to meet Chinese leaders on rare visit (AP)
• Chinese schools reopen with guards after attacks (AP)
• Chinese parents seek damages over milk scandal (AFP)
• China urges tough Internet laws (AFP)
• Chinese city adopts 'shoot to kill' policy (AFP)
• In China's primary school stabbings, some see social injustice as culprit (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Taiwan: No change on China policy after Ma comment (AP)
• Taiwan opens first tourism office in China (AP)
• China's Huawei seeks India meeting over telcom ban (AFP)
• China tainted-milk victims sue in Hong Kong (AP)
• Shanghai Expo opening attendance below expectations (AFP)
• At least 10 dead in China workers' dorm fire (AFP)
• Reports: NKorea's Kim to meet Chinese leaders (AP)

NKorea's Kim to meet Chinese leaders on rare visit (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 11:44 AM PDT AP - North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il was making his way Tuesday to China's capital on a rare overseas trip meant to be so secret that Beijing refused to confirm it — despite videos shot by foreign media showing him leaving a Chinese hotel.

Chinese schools reopen with guards after attacks (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 08:29 AM PDT AP - Flashing police cars guarded Beijing schools Tuesday and officers in another city were told they could shoot to kill to stop assaults on students, as Chinese authorities tried to assert control after three attacks last week left dozens of children injured. The government also banned further media coverage of the attacks, a watchdog group said.

Chinese parents seek damages over milk scandal (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2010 07:39 AM PDT AFP - Four mainland Chinese parents who said their children were poisoned by melamine-tainted dairy products launched a legal bid for damages in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

China urges tough Internet laws (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2010 06:59 AM PDT AFP - One of China's top propaganda officials has urged lawmakers to push through tough legislation to stop "hostile forces" abroad using the Internet to achieve their aims, state press said Tuesday.

Chinese city adopts 'shoot to kill' policy (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2010 06:52 AM PDT AFP - A Chinese city has ordered police to shoot to kill anyone attempting to harm students, following a spate of violent attacks against children that have stunned the nation, state press said on Tuesday.

In China's primary school stabbings, some see social injustice as culprit (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 May 2010 06:04 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Police mounted special guard on primary schools around China Tuesday, as children returned to class for the first time since three back-to-back knife attacks last week left more than 50 toddlers injured.

Taiwan: No change on China policy after Ma comment (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 04:58 AM PDT AP - Taiwan will maintain a robust defense to deal with a possible Chinese attack, a senior official said Tuesday in the first Defense Ministry comment since the president's contentious statement that the island would never seek U.S. help to defend itself.

Taiwan opens first tourism office in China (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 01:56 AM PDT AP - Taiwan opened a tourism office Tuesday in Beijing that represents the island's first official presence in China's capital since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.

China's Huawei seeks India meeting over telcom ban (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2010 01:27 AM PDT AFP - Chinese telecoms maker Huawei Technologies is planning to meet senior Indian officials to persuade them its equipment poses no security threat, a report said Tuesday.

China tainted-milk victims sue in Hong Kong (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 11:28 PM PDT AP - Frustrated by their inability to get compensation in China, four parents whose children were poisoned in the country's tainted milk scandal on Tuesday took their cases to Hong Kong, a former British colony that maintains a Western-style judicial system.

Shanghai Expo opening attendance below expectations (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT AFP - Attendance at Shanghai's World Expo fell far short of expectations during the opening weekend, despite long lines of visitors waiting to enter the massive site, official data showed Tuesday.

At least 10 dead in China workers' dorm fire (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2010 06:37 PM PDT AFP - At least 10 people have been killed in a fire at a dormitory for railway workers in China's Inner Mongolia region, the state Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing local firefighters.

Reports: NKorea's Kim to meet Chinese leaders (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 06:31 PM PDT AP - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is expected to meet top Beijing officials Tuesday, a day after he arrived in China for his first journey abroad in years, reports said.

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