Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's U.N. influence rising, West should be careful: institute (Reuters)
• China's promise lures grads home (The Christian Science Monitor)
• US lawmakers fume over China's Iran links (AFP)
• China says Norway ties remain strained over Nobel (AP)
• China ban keeps up to 100 billion bags from landfills (AFP)
• Korea on menu as China's Hu awaits White House (Reuters)
• Freed China democracy activist vows to keep up fight (AFP)
• GM says China sales up 11 percent in November (AP)
• Reports: Man dies in attack on China school head (AP)
• China charges Australian CEO with embezzlement (AP)

China's U.N. influence rising, West should be careful: institute (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:50 PM PST Reuters - China's engagement with the United Nations is on the rise as its economic power grows, but the West should be cautious with calls for it to act as a responsible world leader, as Beijing's goals may not be the same as the West's, said a new report on Friday.

China's promise lures grads home (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Dressed in a demure lace-frilled blouse and a sensible midcalf skirt, sipping a cup of Starbucks tea, Guo Yixin could be an ambitious young executive almost anywhere.

US lawmakers fume over China's Iran links (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:56 AM PST AFP - US lawmakers united Wednesday in anger over China's links with Iran, but also blamed the administration of Barack Obama for not imposing sanctions on Chinese companies trading with Tehran.

China says Norway ties remain strained over Nobel (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:41 AM PST AP - China said Thursday its ties with Norway continue to be strained, following the decision by the Oslo-based Nobel Committee to award this year's peace prize to a jailed Chinese dissident.

China ban keeps up to 100 billion bags from landfills (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:26 AM PST AFP - As many as 100 billion plastic shopping bags have been kept out of landfills in China since authorities ordered supermarkets to stop giving them out for free, a packaging industry group official said.

Korea on menu as China's Hu awaits White House (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:06 AM PST Reuters - An invitation to dinner at the White House could help coax Chinese President Hu Jintao to stomach tougher pressure on ally North Korea when he visits Washington next month.

Freed China democracy activist vows to keep up fight (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:58 AM PST AFP - A veteran Chinese political dissident on Thursday defiantly vowed to advance human rights and democracy in China, just days after completing a 12-year jail term for subversion.

GM says China sales up 11 percent in November (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:48 AM PST AP - General Motors Co. says its sales in China climbed 11 percent in November from a year earlier, on strong demand for its Buick and Chevrolet models.

Reports: Man dies in attack on China school head (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:12 AM PST AP - A man has detonated explosives near a university president in eastern China, killing himself and possibly injuring the president in an apparent suicide bombing, media reports said Thursday.

China charges Australian CEO with embezzlement (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:18 PM PST AP - An Australian businessman detained last month in southern China has been charged with embezzlement, Australia's government confirmed Thursday.

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