Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China taking 'more aggressive' stance at sea: US admiral (AFP)
• Report says Uighur journalist jailed in China for 15 years (AFP)
• China blames desulphurising chemical for oil pipeline blast (AFP)
• First details on China oil spill's cause emerge (AP)
• China sentences Uighur writer to 15 years in jail (AP)
• New China floods feared as Yangtze swells (AFP)
• China jails Uighur journalist for 15 years: employer (Reuters)
• Typhoon lashes southern China, killing 3 (AP)
• 13 confirmed dead in China mine flood: media (AFP)

China taking 'more aggressive' stance at sea: US admiral (AFP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:26 AM PDT AFP - US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen said on Friday that China had adopted an increasingly aggressive stance on the high seas, with Beijing pushing territorial claims.

Report says Uighur journalist jailed in China for 15 years (AFP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:50 AM PDT AFP - A Chinese court has sentenced a Uighur journalist to 15 years in jail for endangering state security after speaking to foreign journalists about deadly riots in Xinjiang, according to a report.

China blames desulphurising chemical for oil pipeline blast (AFP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT AFP - Chinese authorities on Friday blamed a chemical used to remove sulphur from crude oil for a blast at a storage facility that caused a spill on the country's northeast coast.

First details on China oil spill's cause emerge (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:38 AM PDT AP - The first details emerged Friday on the cause of China's largest reported oil spill, while environmentalists urged the government to do more to warn local residents of potential danger, saying children are playing still off nearby beaches.

China sentences Uighur writer to 15 years in jail (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 06:08 AM PDT AP - A Chinese court sentenced a Uighur journalist to 15 years in jail Friday for critical writings and comments he made to foreign media after last year's deadly ethnic riots in China's western Xinjiang region, a friend said.

New China floods feared as Yangtze swells (AFP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:52 AM PDT AFP - China, already reeling from deadly floods, braced Friday for a potential new deluge on the Yangtze downstream from the huge Three Gorges Dam as its reservoir's level hit a high for the year.

China jails Uighur journalist for 15 years: employer (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 04:33 AM PDT Reuters - A Chinese court in the restive western region of Xinjiang has given a Uighur journalist and website manager 15 years in jail for endangering state security by speaking to foreign journalists, his employer said on Friday.

Typhoon lashes southern China, killing 3 (AP) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:24 AM PDT AP - Typhoon Chanthu killed three people before weakening into a tropical storm Friday after making landfall in southern China's Guangdong province.

13 confirmed dead in China mine flood: media (AFP) Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:52 PM PDT AFP - Authorities have confirmed the deaths of 13 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in northwest China at the weekend -- one of a spate of recent accidents to hit the sector, state media said Friday.

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