Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China tries microblogging top political event (AP)
• US-born panda freed from quarantine in China (AP)
• China rejects reform calls but rhetoric softens (AP)
• China accuses Dalai Lama as Tibet anniversary looms (AFP)
• China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February (AP)
• Iran says hopes China won't bow to sanctions pressure (Reuters)
• China Southern Airlines to raise $1.6 bln (AFP)
• China warns US against selling F-16s to Taiwan (AP)
• China: US assets should not be 'politicized' (AP)
• China says committed to U.S. debt, wary on gold (Reuters)

China tries microblogging top political event (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:32 AM PST AP - So this is how you get through China's biggest political event of the year: "Sit still, stare toward the front, pretend like you're looking but you're really not, pretend like you're listening but you're really not ... make your brain blank."

US-born panda freed from quarantine in China (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:31 AM PST AP - After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country.

China rejects reform calls but rhetoric softens (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:15 AM PST AP - China's top lawmaker rejected calls to open up the communist political system to reform Tuesday, but his milder rhetoric indicated confidence among Chinese authorities that a crackdown on dissent has been effective.

China accuses Dalai Lama as Tibet anniversary looms (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 07:13 AM PST AFP - China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama of trying to "create chaos" in Tibet, on the eve of the sensitive anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule that drove the Buddhist monk into exile.

China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:44 AM PST AP - China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in February, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry group reported Tuesday.

Iran says hopes China won't bow to sanctions pressure (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:46 AM PST Reuters - Iran said on Tuesday it hoped China would not give in to pressure to agree to new sanctions that the United States and its allies hope to win U.N. approval for over its nuclear program.

China Southern Airlines to raise $1.6 bln (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 02:57 AM PST AFP - China Southern Airlines, the nation's biggest carrier by fleet size, said Tuesday it plans to raise 10.75 billion yuan (1.6 billion dollars) to repay bank loans and replenish its capital.

China warns US against selling F-16s to Taiwan (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:01 AM PST AP - China on Tuesday warned the United States against any future arms sales to Taiwan, including F-16 fighter jets the island has been pushing for in hopes of upgrading its air defense capabilities.

China: US assets should not be 'politicized' (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:02 AM PST AP - An official in charge of China's foreign reserves tried to ease American concern Tuesday about the political impact of its huge holdings of U.S. government debt and indicated Beijing has no plans for a big increase in its gold stockpile.

China says committed to U.S. debt, wary on gold (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2010 11:27 PM PST Reuters - China, the world's biggest holder of foreign exchange reserves, renewed its commitment to the U.S. Treasury market on Tuesday but said it would be wary of substantially boosting its gold holdings.

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