Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's Big Brother Is Watching Karaoke (The Newsroom)
• Clinton to press China FM on Internet issue (Reuters)
• China sentences 4 more to death over ethnic riots (AP)
• China, Dalai Lama's envoys no sign of compromise (AP)
• China-Tibet talks resume amid bitter climate (AFP)
• China issues warning over US arms sales to Taiwan (AP)

China's Big Brother Is Watching Karaoke (The Newsroom) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:57 AM PST The Newsroom - Karaoke will never be the same in China. The government there has created a new law called the "National Karaoke Content Management System," also know as "The Black Box," which censors singers from belting out lyrics that are obscene or call for independence in places including Tibet.

Clinton to press China FM on Internet issue (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:05 AM PST Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will press China's foreign minister on the issue of Internet freedom, a growing irritant in ties between the two powers, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.

China sentences 4 more to death over ethnic riots (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:17 AM PST AP - China sentenced four more people to death for involvement in rioting last year in the restive far-western region of Xinjiang, the country's worst ethnic violence in decades, an official said Wednesday.

China, Dalai Lama's envoys no sign of compromise (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:50 PM PST AP - Emissaries for the exiled Dalai Lama and China showed little public sign of compromise as they prepared Wednesday for their first talks in more than a year on restive Chinese-ruled Tibet.

China-Tibet talks resume amid bitter climate (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:31 PM PST AFP - Talks on Tibet's future resume this week after a 14-month hiatus that has seen China tighten its grip on the Himalayan region, leaving few signs Tibetan autonomy hopes will be realised soon, observers say.

China issues warning over US arms sales to Taiwan (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 07:32 PM PST AP - Contacts with China's military would likely be the first to suffer if Beijing moves to retaliate over upcoming U.S. arms sales to Taiwan — the latest in a flurry of disputes elevating tensions between Washington and Beijing.

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