Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Top US envoy in Beijing after Myanmar visit (AFP)
• U.S. to press China on innovation policy at meeting (Reuters)
• Chinese AIDS activist flees to US after harassment (AP)
• China sentences 20 to prison for CCTV fire (AP)
• Chinese retail site, Yahoo! Japan unveil deal (AFP)
• EPA, Shanghai launch real-time air quality monitor (AP)
• Murderer freed after 'victim' found alive in China (AP)
• New Xinjiang boss vows crackdown on separatism (AFP)
• Growth in China passenger car sales slows in April (AP)
• China April imports, exports grow strongly (AP)

Top US envoy in Beijing after Myanmar visit (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2010 06:35 PM PDT AFP - A senior US diplomat arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with Chinese officials following a trip to Myanmar, where he expressed concerns over upcoming elections in the military-ruled nation.

U.S. to press China on innovation policy at meeting (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2010 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - The United States is pushing China in the run-up to high-level talks this month in Beijing to roll back controversial technological innovation policies that have raised new concerns about its openness to foreign companies.

Chinese AIDS activist flees to US after harassment (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT AP - Wan Yanhai is used to harassment by authorities, but the unwanted attention got steadily worse this year for the founder of a prominent Chinese AIDS advocacy group. Authorities ordered the group's anniversary celebration canceled, sent commercial regulators and tax inspectors to visit its offices, and had police interrupt his talk at a university.

China sentences 20 to prison for CCTV fire (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 05:22 AM PDT AP - A Beijing court sentenced 20 people to up to seven years in prison on Monday over last year's deadly fire at state broadcaster CCTV's iconic headquarters.

Chinese retail site, Yahoo! Japan unveil deal (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2010 04:20 AM PDT AFP - China's largest retail website Taobao and Yahoo! Japan on Monday announced a new partnership aimed at increasing online shopping options for consumers in the world's number two and three economies.

EPA, Shanghai launch real-time air quality monitor (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 04:16 AM PDT AP - The United States' Environmental Protection Agency has teamed up with a Chinese environmental bureau to provide real-time air quality monitoring from the site of the World Expo in Shanghai.

Murderer freed after 'victim' found alive in China (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 03:57 AM PDT AP - A man imprisoned nearly 10 years for murder was freed after his alleged victim turned up alive, a case that raises concerns about police using torture to extract confessions.

New Xinjiang boss vows crackdown on separatism (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2010 02:09 AM PDT AFP - The new head of China's restive Xinjiang region -- the scene of deadly ethnic unrest last year -- has pledged a renewed crackdown on separatist elements, state media said Monday.

Growth in China passenger car sales slows in April (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 01:05 AM PDT AP - Growth in China's passenger car sales slowed to 34 percent in April as a yearlong surge in demand began to falter, a private research group reported Monday.

China April imports, exports grow strongly (AP) Posted: 09 May 2010 11:29 PM PDT AP - China posted more double-digit trade growth in April in a positive sign for its recovery, but analysts said Beijing is unlikely to move quickly to let its currency rise because global demand still is too weak.

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