Yahoo! News: World - China

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• US renews concerns over China clampdown (AFP)
• Chinese rights lawyer released amid crackdown (AFP)
• China's Li Na vows to learn from losing streak (AFP)
• Special Report: China set to unearth shale power (Reuters)
• China tells visiting senators both must work together (Reuters)
• Muscat fires Melbourne to shock victory (AFP)
• Tainted bean sprouts latest food scare in China (AP)
• Firms bidding for China contracts face uneven playing field (Reuters)
• Vatican honoring Chinese Catholic layman (AP)
• China oil giant Sinopec 'cuts off oil exports' (AFP)
• US Senate delegation in China amid crackdown (AP)
• EU report: China shields $1 trillion market (AP)
• China rights lawyer resurfaces amid crackdown (AP)
• Japan quake causes worry at Shanghai auto show (AFP)
• HK activists urge boycott over China crackdown (AFP)
• Chinese megacity orders 'red' song push (AFP)
• Dad of murdered Chinese student to fly to Canada (AP)
• China dogs' rescue shows growing animal activism (AP)

US renews concerns over China clampdown (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT AFP - The United States on Wednesday reiterated its concerns about China's clampdown on dissent after Beijing freed two of the human rights lawyers held in a wave of detentions.

Chinese rights lawyer released amid crackdown (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 01:45 PM PDT AFP - A top Chinese rights lawyer has returned home after two months in police custody, his wife said Wednesday, amid a fierce crackdown on government critics and activists.

China's Li Na vows to learn from losing streak (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:07 PM PDT AFP - China's Li Na has vowed to learn the lessons from her defeats as her post-Australian Open misery continued on Wednesday when she exited Stuttgart's WTA tournament in the second round.

Special Report: China set to unearth shale power (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:31 AM PDT Reuters - China has spent tens of billions of dollars buying into energy resources from Africa to Latin America to slake the unquenched thirst for fuel from its growing industry and burgeoning cities.

China tells visiting senators both must work together (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:55 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan told a group of visiting U.S. senators Wednesday that both countries must work together to increase trust and avoid politicizing economic issues, adding that ensuring the global recovery should be a priority.

Muscat fires Melbourne to shock victory (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT AFP - Aussie hardman Kevin Muscat resurrected Melbourne Victory's AFC Champions League hopes on Wednesday with a crucial penalty which handed China's Tianjin Teda a shock first defeat.

Tainted bean sprouts latest food scare in China (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:06 AM PDT AP - In the latest food scare to hit China, authorities in a northeastern city have found bean sprouts tainted with banned food additives to make the vegetables grow faster and look shinier, state media said Wednesday.

Firms bidding for China contracts face uneven playing field (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:05 AM PDT Reuters - Foreign companies bidding for public projects in China, valued at $1 trillion a year, face a sharply tilted playing field, a European Union business lobby said Wednesday, citing favoritism and corruption as influencing the award of contracts.

Vatican honoring Chinese Catholic layman (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:49 AM PDT AP - The Vatican has put a Chinese Catholic scholar who lived nearly five centuries ago on track for beatification, a move intended to raise the profile of the church in a country that keeps a tight grip on all religious expression.

China oil giant Sinopec 'cuts off oil exports' (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:11 AM PDT AFP - Chinese oil giant Sinopec has stopped exporting oil products to maintain domestic supplies amid disruption concerns caused by Middle East unrest and Japan's earthquake, a report said Wednesday.

US Senate delegation in China amid crackdown (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 02:04 AM PDT AP - An unusually large group of 10 U.S. senators visited China on Wednesday amid a major crackdown by authorities on the country's embattled dissident community.

EU report: China shields $1 trillion market (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 01:48 AM PDT AP - Opaque bidding laws, outright favoritism and other practices by China effectively bar foreign companies from winning public procurement contracts, a market equal to a fifth of the Chinese economy, a European business group said Wednesday.

China rights lawyer resurfaces amid crackdown (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:54 AM PDT AP - China has released one of the most prominent activists taken into custody since a massive security crackdown was launched two months ago to stamp out any Middle East-inspired protests.

Japan quake causes worry at Shanghai auto show (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:45 AM PDT AFP - Japan's earthquake and tsunami disasters have cast a pall over the Shanghai auto show, where industry heavyweights are fretting over just how long the resulting supply disruptions will last.

HK activists urge boycott over China crackdown (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:08 AM PDT AFP - Hong Kong rights groups on Wednesday urged the territory's residents to stop travelling to mainland China in protest at a crackdown on dissidents and activists.

Chinese megacity orders 'red' song push (AFP) Posted: 19 Apr 2011 10:50 PM PDT AFP - A city in southwest China has ordered state radio and television to promote the mass study of "red songs", which sing the praises of the ruling Communist Party, according to official press.

Dad of murdered Chinese student to fly to Canada (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2011 08:11 PM PDT AP - The father of Chinese student murdered in Canada who was last seen alive on a webcam struggling with a man says at first he was hoping there had been a mix-up in names and that it was not his daughter.

China dogs' rescue shows growing animal activism (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:24 PM PDT AP - After spotting a truck packed with hundreds of whimpering dogs on a Beijing highway, a man put out a call on a microblogging site, begging fellow animal lovers to help him force the driver to release the animals.

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