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• Dalai Lama tweets to Chinese web users (AFP)
• Dalai Lama tweets to Chinese citizens about Tibet (AP)
• US says preparing to ease high-tech export controls (AFP)
• Another Foxconn worker dies in China; 9th in 2010 (AP)
• Pepsi to invest $2.5 billion in China (AFP)
• PepsiCo to invest additional $2.5B in China (AP)
• China and U.S. look to close world's biggest trade gap (Reuters)
• PetroChina shares flat after foreign investment plan (AFP)
• US presses Beijing on clean-energy market access (AP)
• A Swinger's Case Sparks Debate About China's Attitude to Sex (Time.com)
• Foxconn employee dies in 10th fall this year (Reuters)
• Experts: Bangkok crackdown no replay of Tiananmen (AP)
• Red roofs invade Chinese city, angering residents (AP)
• Taiwan writer held at World Expo over t-shirt: report (AFP)
• Chinese court backs sentence for police chief (AP)
• New Chinese fighter jet expected by 2018: U.S. intelligence (Reuters)
• Chinese students press Locke on U.S. export controls (Reuters)
• Stability, prosperity linked in Xinjiang: Beijing (AFP)
• U.S.-China talks to soothe but not solve troubles (Reuters)
• California boy, 13, reaches Camp 2 on Everest (AP)

Dalai Lama tweets to Chinese web users (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 09:10 AM PDT AFP - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, held his first Internet chat with Chinese web users Friday, in a wide-ranging dialogue touching on politics and his eventual successor.

Dalai Lama tweets to Chinese citizens about Tibet (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 08:53 AM PDT AP - The Dalai Lama tried to hold a rare direct conversation with people inside China on Friday, answering questions live on Twitter about the fate of long-tense Tibet.

US says preparing to ease high-tech export controls (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 07:43 AM PDT AFP - The United States may soon ease restrictions on some high-tech exports to China, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Friday -- a move that Beijing has demanded for years.

Another Foxconn worker dies in China; 9th in 2010 (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:57 AM PDT AP - A worker at Foxconn Technology Group, which makes iPhones and iPads, jumped to his death Friday from a building in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen — the ninth suicide this year at the world's largest contract maker of electronics, state-run media reported.

Pepsi to invest $2.5 billion in China (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:51 AM PDT AFP - PepsiCo, the maker of Pepsi soft drinks, said Friday it would invest 2.5 billion dollars in China over the next three years in new plants, research facilities and promotional activities.

PepsiCo to invest additional $2.5B in China (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 05:18 AM PDT AP - PepsiCo Inc. said Friday that it plans to invest an additional $2.5 billion in China in the next three years on new plants and research facilities as the food and beverage maker builds up its presence in the growing market.

China and U.S. look to close world's biggest trade gap (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2010 04:38 AM PDT Reuters - The world's largest bilateral trade gap -- and how to narrow it -- will be the focus of high-level China-U.S. talks in Beijing next week, with export barriers taking center stage and the yuan lurking on the side.

PetroChina shares flat after foreign investment plan (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 03:06 AM PDT AFP - Shares in PetroChina closed slightly down on Friday after the Chinese oil giant announced a plan to invest 60 billion dollars abroad over the next decade in order to secure much-needed resources.

US presses Beijing on clean-energy market access (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:52 AM PDT AP - Commerce Secretary Gary Locke pressed Beijing on Friday to give U.S. clean energy companies greater access to its market to help combat climate change.

A Swinger's Case Sparks Debate About China's Attitude to Sex (Time.com) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:45 AM PDT Time.com - A Chinese court has convicted a former teacher of engaging in group sex, forcing the nation to question whether its laws cross the line by letting the government control what goes on in the bedroom

Foxconn employee dies in 10th fall this year (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:11 AM PDT Reuters - An employee of tech firm Foxconn died on Friday after falling from a building in the southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, the tenth such fall since the start of this year, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Experts: Bangkok crackdown no replay of Tiananmen (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 01:47 AM PDT AP - Before the military crackdown on Red Shirts in Bangkok this week, one Thai protester ominously claimed: "This will end as our Tiananmen Square."

Red roofs invade Chinese city, angering residents (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 12:07 AM PDT AP - Their drab concrete apartment buildings are starting to look more like Spanish villas with red-tiled roofs, and that's angering many who live in them.

Taiwan writer held at World Expo over t-shirt: report (AFP) Posted: 20 May 2010 11:20 PM PDT AFP - A Taiwanese writer was detained by police at the World Expo in Shanghai for wearing a T-shirt printed with "sensitive words", Taiwanese media said Friday.

Chinese court backs sentence for police chief (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 10:52 PM PDT AP - A court in southern China upheld the death penalty Friday of a former police chief convicted of taking bribes from local gang leaders.

New Chinese fighter jet expected by 2018: U.S. intelligence (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2010 10:44 PM PDT Reuters - China is building an advanced combat jet that may rival within eight years Lockheed Martin Corp's F-22 Raptor, the premier U.S. fighter, a U.S. intelligence official said.

Chinese students press Locke on U.S. export controls (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2010 10:39 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, addressing students at a top Chinese university, said on Friday the Obama administration was moving to ease restrictions on exports of high-technology goods to China.

Stability, prosperity linked in Xinjiang: Beijing (AFP) Posted: 20 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT AFP - China has linked prosperous economic development to ethnic stability in its restive Xinjiang region where nearly 200 people were killed in unrest last year, state media said Friday.

U.S.-China talks to soothe but not solve troubles (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2010 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - High-level talks between China and the United States next week will not bring big breakthroughs, but may help prevent destabilizing breakdowns as the two powers grapple with North Korea and other contentious global troubles.

California boy, 13, reaches Camp 2 on Everest (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 06:50 PM PDT AP - A 13-year-old American boy has arrived at Mount Everest's Camp 2, a step closer to completing his goal of conquering the highest peaks on all seven continents.

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