Yahoo! News: World - China

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• US defense chief: China moving fast on new weapons (AP)
• US concerned over China's new weapons: Gates (AFP)
• U.S. will respond to Chinese military advances: Gates (Reuters)
• Rise in abortions in China, young women targeted (AP)
• China GDP grew about 10 percent in 2010 - Vice Premier (Reuters)
• Shanghai overtakes Singapore as world's busiest port (AFP)
• Volkswagen says China sales hit record in 2010 (AFP)

US defense chief: China moving fast on new weapons (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:38 PM PST AP - China is farther along in its development of a new stealth fighter jet than the U.S. had predicted, and that plane and other Chinese military advances are worrisome, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.

US concerned over China's new weapons: Gates (AFP) Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:35 PM PST AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday voiced concern over China's latest hi-tech weaponry and called for improving uneasy military relations with Beijing to help defuse tensions.

U.S. will respond to Chinese military advances: Gates (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:34 PM PST Reuters - The United States will enhance its own capabilities in response to China's growing military muscle, Defense chief Robert Gates said on Saturday, as he to flew to Beijing for talks with China's political and military leaders.

Rise in abortions in China, young women targeted (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2011 07:48 AM PST AP - The leaf-strewn median on Eternal Peace Road hides a grim secret: Numerous tiny fetuses lie in unmarked graves dug by women from the abortion clinic across the street.

China GDP grew about 10 percent in 2010 - Vice Premier (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:49 PM PST Reuters - China's economy grew by around 10 percent in 2010, with retail sales up 18.5 percent, showing that it is now relying more on domestic consumption, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks published on Saturday.

Shanghai overtakes Singapore as world's busiest port (AFP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:17 PM PST AFP - Shanghai said it overtook Singapore for the first time in 2010 to become the world's busiest container port, as the global economic recovery boosted cargo traffic through China's business centre.

Volkswagen says China sales hit record in 2010 (AFP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:26 PM PST AFP - German automaker Volkswagen said its sales in China, the world's biggest vehicle market, soared 37 percent year-on-year in 2010 to an annual record of more than 1.9 million cars.

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