Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's leaders pledge stable economic growth (AFP)
• China says will be patient in pushing for North Korea talks (Reuters)
• China's Lofty Goals: Space Station, Moon and Mars Exploration (SPACE.com)
• China leaders emphasize fighting inflation (Reuters)
• China vows stable growth, inflation management (AP)
• American lawmakers press China ahead of talks (AP)
• Philippines skipped Nobel over China death verdict (AP)
• Tonnes of debris fished from Chinese dam (AFP)
• Nobel Peace Prize 'a bid to embarrass China': media (AFP)

China's leaders pledge stable economic growth (AFP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST AFP - China's leaders pledged to ensure "stable and healthy" economic development in 2011, state media said on Sunday in announcing the conclusion of a top-level annual meeting on the economy.

China says will be patient in pushing for North Korea talks (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:15 AM PST Reuters - China will be patient in pushing for multilateral talks on North Korea, state media on Sunday quoted the Chinese foreign minister as saying, repeating a call for emergency consultations to ease tensions on the peninsula.

China's Lofty Goals: Space Station, Moon and Mars Exploration (SPACE.com) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:45 AM PST SPACE.com - China is shifting its space program into high gear, with recently announced goals to build a manned space station by 2020 and send a spacecraft to Mars by 2013 — all on the heels of its second robotic moon mission this year.

China leaders emphasize fighting inflation (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:27 AM PST Reuters - China will ratchet up efforts to quell inflation in 2011 while pushing forward economic restructuring to help sustain robust growth, state media said on Sunday after the close of an annual policy-setting conference.

China vows stable growth, inflation management (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:56 AM PST AP - China's leaders wrapped up an annual economic planning meeting Sunday with a pledge to keep growth on track while stepping up moves to combat inflation and other potential destabilizing problems.

American lawmakers press China ahead of talks (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:41 AM PST AP - American lawmakers are pressing China for action on currency and high-tech trade in talks this week, and a planned Washington visit by President Hu Jintao next month has raised hopes Beijing might offer concessions.

Philippines skipped Nobel over China death verdict (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:47 PM PST AP - President Benigno Aquino III said the Philippines did not send a representative to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring a jailed Chinese dissident because of his efforts to spare Filipinos on death row in China.

Tonnes of debris fished from Chinese dam (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 05:08 AM PST AFP - Workers in central China have fished 78,000 tonnes of debris out of the water at the Three Gorges Dam since October, state media said Sunday.

Nobel Peace Prize 'a bid to embarrass China': media (AFP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 11:05 PM PST AFP - China's state media lashed out at the Nobel Peace Prize committee for the "political farce" of recognising Liu Xiaobo, after an empty chair stood in for the jailed dissident in Oslo.

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