Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Report: Google near certain to close China site (AP)
• Chinese fishing boat, 7 crew hijacked off Cameroon (Reuters)
• China's new generation picky about factory jobs (AP)
• Economy the focus as China political session ends (AP)
• China to bid on US high-speed rail projects (AP)
• Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report (Reuters)
• China's Li Na bundled out of Indian Wells tennis (AFP)

Report: Google near certain to close China site (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 01:12 PM PST AP - A newspaper Web site is reporting Google Inc. is "99.9 percent" sure to close its search engine in China after negotiations over censorship stalled.

Chinese fishing boat, 7 crew hijacked off Cameroon (Reuters) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 12:54 PM PST Reuters - A Chinese fishing vessel with seven fishermen aboard was hijacked off the coast of Cameroon in the latest attack in the waters of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, the Chinese embassy in Cameroon said on Saturday.

China's new generation picky about factory jobs (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:11 AM PST AP - Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts.

Economy the focus as China political session ends (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 06:25 AM PST AP - Mao Zedong's grandson couldn't have put it more simply. China's biggest challenge? "Economic development," he said, as the nation's most public political meetings end with sweeping goals to expand growth — and help more Chinese enjoy it.

China to bid on US high-speed rail projects (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 04:39 AM PST AP - China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed train lines and is stepping up exports of rail technology to Europe and Latin America, a government official said Saturday.

Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report (Reuters) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 02:34 AM PST Reuters - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.

China's Li Na bundled out of Indian Wells tennis (AFP) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 07:00 PM PST AFP - Australian Open semi-finalist Li Na of China was bundled out of the second round of the Indian Wells hardcourt tennis tournament by British qualifier Elena Baltacha.

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