Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China hopes development solves region's tensions (AP)
• Professor given 3 1/2 years in China swingers case (AP)
• Chinese kung fu kids guard against school attacks (Reuters)
• China to train pandas to survive in wild (AP)
• China cracks down on stimulus-linked graft (AP)
• China tells U.S. to put fiscal house in order (Reuters)
• China official gets suspended death sentence for graft (AFP)
• China stands firm on currency ahead of talks with US (AFP)
• College students stabbed in dorms in south China (Reuters)

China hopes development solves region's tensions (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 06:55 AM PDT AP - China's leaders said faster economic development is the needed medicine for one of its most restive regions, announcing a plan Thursday that resembles efforts already under way in equally tense Tibet.

Professor given 3 1/2 years in China swingers case (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:29 AM PDT AP - A college professor accused of organizing a swingers club and holding private orgies in China was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison, officials said, in a case that touched off national debate about sexual freedom.

Chinese kung fu kids guard against school attacks (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - Parents in Beijing are taking no chances over the safety of their children after a series of attacks on schoolchildren frightened and angered China.

China to train pandas to survive in wild (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 01:16 AM PDT AP - China plans to build a center where giant pandas born in captivity will be trained to survive in the wild, state media reported Thursday.

China cracks down on stimulus-linked graft (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 12:49 AM PDT AP - China disclosed widespread corruption Thursday linked to its 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus, announcing that thousands of officials have been punished for taking bribes, embezzlement and other abuses.

China tells U.S. to put fiscal house in order (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2010 12:45 AM PDT Reuters - Europe's debt crisis has laid bare the fragility of global finances and the United States, too, must tame its fiscal deficit, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday, spelling out Beijing's concerns before talks with Washington.

China official gets suspended death sentence for graft (AFP) Posted: 20 May 2010 12:29 AM PDT AFP - A former top official at China's commerce ministry was given a suspended death sentence on Thursday for graft including taking bribes from electronics giant GOME, state media said.

China stands firm on currency ahead of talks with US (AFP) Posted: 19 May 2010 10:41 PM PDT AFP - China stood firm against outside pressure to revalue its currency on Thursday ahead of key talks with the United States, and reiterated its concerns about soaring American debt levels.

College students stabbed in dorms in south China (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2010 10:02 PM PDT Reuters - Knife-wielding men stabbed nine college-age students at a vocational school in southern China, breaking into their dormitories after a dispute at a food stall hours earlier, local media said.

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