Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's Gay Community Fights Online Censorship (Time.com)
• China natural disasters claim 279 lives in June (AFP)
• China manufacturing slows: omen for weaker growth (AP)
• China's communists mark 90th, hail party's success (AP)
• China's Hu warns of risks as Communist Party turns 90 (AFP)
• Reports: China investigating offshore oil spills (AP)
• China contests remarks by UN rights chief on Sudan (AP)
• China's Hu says Party survival rests on growth, stability (Reuters)
• Asian manufacturing activity slows in June (AFP)
• China's Hu: Communist party faces 'growing pains' (AFP)

China's Gay Community Fights Online Censorship (Time.com) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT Time.com - Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups in Beijing say a popular social-networking website is deleting their posts. It's all part of China's on-again off-again crackdown on gay rights

China natural disasters claim 279 lives in June (AFP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:16 AM PDT AFP - China said Friday that 279 people died in natural disasters in June and another 93 had gone missing, as the country was hit by floods, mudslides and earthquakes.

China manufacturing slows: omen for weaker growth (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:07 AM PDT AP - Chinese manufacturing slipped to its slowest pace in 28 months in June, sapped by inflation-fighting curbs on credit and weaker overseas demand, according to surveys released Friday.

China's communists mark 90th, hail party's success (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:49 AM PDT AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao celebrated the Communist Party on its 90th anniversary Friday for its ability to adapt and said it must use that skill to fight corruption and ease social conflict if it is to stay in power.

China's Hu warns of risks as Communist Party turns 90 (AFP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:07 AM PDT AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao warned the ruling Communist Party faced severe "growing pains" as it turned 90 on Friday and said corruption, and alienation from China's masses, could erode public support.

Reports: China investigating offshore oil spills (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:27 AM PDT AP - Recent spills in China's largest offshore oil field are being investigated, reports say.

China contests remarks by UN rights chief on Sudan (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:21 AM PDT AP - A Chinese diplomat in Geneva says the U.N.'s top human rights official went too far by criticizing China for failing to arrest Sudan's president.

China's Hu says Party survival rests on growth, stability (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:22 AM PDT Reuters - China's ruling Communist Party must ensure economic growth and its iron grip on stability do not slacken, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, using the party's 90th anniversary as a show of unity ahead of a tricky leadership succession.

Asian manufacturing activity slows in June (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:31 PM PDT AFP - Manufacturing activity in Asia's emerging economies slowed further in June, data showed Friday, suggesting measures designed to cool explosive growth were taking hold in the region.

China's Hu: Communist party faces 'growing pains' (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 08:08 PM PDT AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday warned that the ruling Communist party, marking its 90th birthday, was facing "growing pains" and said members needed to be more disciplined than ever.

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