Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's New Moon Probe Arrives in Lunar Orbit (SPACE.com)
• Chinese PM dismisses EU criticism (AP)
• China to help Africa to curb schistosomiasis (Reuters)
• EU should not press China on yuan: Chinese PM (Reuters)
• China faces hurdles amid quest for a Nobel Prize (AP)
• Limited progress in climate talks in China (AP)
• Climate talks struggle as China, U.S. face off (Reuters)
• Vietnam demands China release 9 fishermen (AP)
• Official: Taiwan to budget for 2012 F-16 upgrade (AP)
• US, China defense chiefs to meet amid thaw in ties (AP)
• Vietnam-China row over detained sailors intensifies (Reuters)

China's New Moon Probe Arrives in Lunar Orbit (SPACE.com) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:15 PM PDT SPACE.com - China's new moon probe arrived at its destination today (Oct.6) after firing its braking thrusters to enter into lunar orbit, according to state media reports.

Chinese PM dismisses EU criticism (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:40 PM PDT AP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Wednesday dismissed criticism from European officials of his country's economic and financial policies, ending a day of talks at the EU headquarters on a sour note.

China to help Africa to curb schistosomiasis (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:20 AM PDT Reuters - China is to help sub-Saharan Africa tackle schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, a disease that kills some 280,000 Africans each year, by improving treatment of human waste and perhaps even replacing water buffalo with tractors.

EU should not press China on yuan: Chinese PM (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:04 AM PDT Reuters - The European Union should stop pressing China to revalue the yuan as a rapid revaluation could cause turmoil, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday.

China faces hurdles amid quest for a Nobel Prize (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:19 AM PDT AP - It's Nobel season, and China is engaged in an annual bout of hand-wringing: Why can't the country that invented the compass and gunpowder â€" and that recently rocketed from poverty to global power â€" win one of the venerated prizes?

Limited progress in climate talks in China (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:52 AM PDT AP - U.N. climate talks being held in China this week are making limited progress as rich and poor nations remain divided on key issues, negotiators said Wednesday.

Climate talks struggle as China, U.S. face off (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:39 AM PDT Reuters - The United States and EU said on Wednesday that U.N. climate talks were making less progress than hoped due to rifts over rising economies' emission goals, while China pushed back and put the onus on rich nations.

Vietnam demands China release 9 fishermen (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT AP - Vietnam demanded on Wednesday that China release nine fishermen arrested in the South China Sea, in the latest row in the region over islands claimed by Beijing.

Official: Taiwan to budget for 2012 F-16 upgrade (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:26 AM PDT AP - Taiwan's military will ask the legislature to allocate money for possible U.S. help to upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighter jets, but still prefers Washington to sell it a relatively advanced version of the plane, an air force spokesman said Wednesday.

US, China defense chiefs to meet amid thaw in ties (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT AP - China's defense minister will meet his U.S. counterpart at an international gathering in Vietnam next week as the two nations move to end an eight-month freeze on military exchanges, state media said Wednesday.

Vietnam-China row over detained sailors intensifies (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:25 PM PDT Reuters - Vietnam has asked China for the unconditional release of nine fishermen detained last month near disputed islands, Vietnamese media reported on Wednesday, raising tension a week before regional defense ministers meet.

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