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China and U.S. grapple with military mistrust (Reuters)
Yahoo battle with China's Alibaba intensifies (Reuters)
Yum offers to buy Chinese restaurant chain (AP)
How an amateur stole $1.5 million in art from China's Forbidden City (The Christian Science Monitor)
More than 40 injured in China bank blast (AFP)
Wal-Mart buying minority stake in Yihaodian (AP)
China seems to rule out talks with Tibetan leader (AP)
Gasoline bomb explodes in China bank, hurts dozens (AP)
China bank bomb wounds 49, suspect caught (Reuters)
China automaker Great Wall denies talks with Saab (AP)
Taiwan and China set to add more flights (AFP)
Government-Christian tensions highlighted in China (AP)
China effectively rules out talks with new exiled Tibet PM (Reuters)
Prisoners in Chinese city targeted in 'red' push (AFP)
40 arrested in China for child trafficking (AFP)
No deaths in China bank blast: Xinhua (AFP)
China defends detention of artist Ai Weiwei (Reuters)

China and U.S. grapple with military mistrust (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Reuters - The Pentagon next week hosts the highest-level Chinese military visit to the United States since Beijing severed ties between the two armed forces in early 2010 in protest over a $6.3 billion U.S. arms deal with Taiwan.

Yahoo battle with China's Alibaba intensifies (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Yahoo Inc's battle with Alibaba Group intensified on Friday as they issued contradictory statements over the Chinese company's transfer of a major Internet asset to its chief executive.

Yum offers to buy Chinese restaurant chain (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:05 AM PDT

AP - Fast-food restaurant owner Yum Brands Inc. said Friday that it is formally offering to buy most of the remaining shares of Chinese hot pot chain Little Sheep.

How an amateur stole $1.5 million in art from China's Forbidden City (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:58 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Few cities in the world are kept under such close surveillance as Beijing, and the high-walled Forbidden City contains some of Chinaâs greatest national treasures.

More than 40 injured in China bank blast (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:55 AM PDT

AFP - More than 40 people were injured on Friday when a disgruntled former employee set off a petrol bomb at a bank in a Tibetan-inhabited region of northwest China, authorities said.

Wal-Mart buying minority stake in Yihaodian (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:02 AM PDT

AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is buying a minority stake in online company Yihaodian as it looks to tap into growing online sales in China.

China seems to rule out talks with Tibetan leader (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:42 AM PDT

AP - China appeared to rule out talks with the new head of Tibet's government-in-exile on Friday, quashing any hope of improved relations between Beijing and the new leadership.

Gasoline bomb explodes in China bank, hurts dozens (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:07 AM PDT

AP - A bank cashier fired for stealing money threw a gasoline bomb inside the bank in northwestern China on Friday, injuring dozens of people, some of whom jumped from a fifth-story window to escape, the local government said.

China bank bomb wounds 49, suspect caught (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:20 AM PDT

Reuters - A petrol bomb set off Friday by a disgruntled former employee at a rural bank in a Tibetan region of northwestern China's Gansu province wounded 49 people, Xinhua news agency and the local government said.

China automaker Great Wall denies talks with Saab (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:02 AM PDT

AP - Prospects for a rescue for struggling Saab Automobile remained uncertain Friday as several Chinese automakers brushed off reports they were in talks with the Swedish car company after an earlier financing deal fell through.

Taiwan and China set to add more flights (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:33 AM PDT

AFP - Taiwan and China are planning to boost their cross-strait weekly flights by a third to 500 to meet ever growing demand, the island's authorities said Friday.

Government-Christian tensions highlighted in China (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:15 AM PDT

AP - Leaders of underground Chinese Protestant churches condemned the government's persecution of a fellow congregation, while Catholics voted under the watchful eye of security forces for a new government-approved bishop, reports said.

China effectively rules out talks with new exiled Tibet PM (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:50 AM PDT

Reuters - China has effectively ruled out dialogue with the Tibetan government-in-exile's new prime minister, saying it will only meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama and will limit any talks to the Tibetan spiritual leader's future.

Prisoners in Chinese city targeted in 'red' push (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:13 AM PDT

AFP - Prisoners in the Chinese megacity of Chongqing could see their sentences cut if they take part in "red" cultural activities, as part of an ongoing drive to promote communist revolutionary ideals.

40 arrested in China for child trafficking (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2011 11:40 PM PDT

AFP - Police in China have arrested a gang of 40 people suspected of buying at least 22 children in the nation's southwest and trafficking them to a wealthier region, state press said Friday.

No deaths in China bank blast: Xinhua (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:30 PM PDT

AFP - An explosion at a bank in northwest China's Gansu province injured at least 39 people but caused no deaths, the official Xinhua news agency said Friday, citing witnesses and the local government.