Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China vows crack down on 'terrorism' after attacks (AFP)
• Israel: Chinese military chief to visit (AP)
• Chinese foreign minister to meet Sudan's Bashir (Reuters)
• Toxic spill averted as tropical storm nears China (AFP)
• China vows crackdown on sex-selective abortions (AP)
• China urges global economic policy coordination (AP)
• China erects, then destroys Japanese immigrant memorial (Reuters)
• Analysis: Behind the bluster, China reprices U.S. risk (Reuters)
• Dalai Lama's political successor sworn in (AFP)
• China's top Xinjiang official vows "terrorist" crackdown (Reuters)

China vows crack down on 'terrorism' after attacks (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT AFP - The top official in China's restive Xinjiang has vowed to "resolutely" crack down on "terrorists" after a series of deadly attacks hit the northwestern region, the local government said Monday.

Israel: Chinese military chief to visit (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 08:17 AM PDT AP - The Chinese military's chief of staff will visit Israel next week for the first time, the Israeli military said Monday, in what may signal a renewed warming of ties between the Jewish state and Beijing.

Chinese foreign minister to meet Sudan's Bashir (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:59 AM PDT Reuters - China's foreign minister was due to meet Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir Monday for the highest-level talks between the two allies in the Sudanese capital since South Sudan seceded to form an independent state.

Toxic spill averted as tropical storm nears China (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:49 AM PDT AFP - China said Monday it had temporarily averted a toxic chemical spill at a plant on its northeast coast, but remained on alert as a tropical storm that has killed three people in South Korea approached.

China vows crackdown on sex-selective abortions (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:36 AM PDT AP - China is vowing to strengthen enforcement to prevent sex-selective abortions and close a yawning gender gap in a country that already has tens of millions more boys than girls.

China urges global economic policy coordination (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 03:37 AM PDT AP - The official newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party on Monday lambasted the U.S. for its credit rating downgrade and called for better coordination between the West and developing nations on economic policy.

China erects, then destroys Japanese immigrant memorial (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 01:34 AM PDT Reuters - Officials in northeast China demolished a memorial to Japanese immigrants to allay a public outcry over its construction last month, state media said on Monday, a sign of lingering anti-Japanese sentiment in the region once occupied by Japan.

Analysis: Behind the bluster, China reprices U.S. risk (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 01:07 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese editorials flaying Washington for fiscal recklessness over its debt dramatics and downgrade mask a growing unease in Beijing: a fear that China's own economic policies are shifting too slowly.

Dalai Lama's political successor sworn in (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT AFP - Lobsang Sangay, a 43-year-old Harvard scholar, took office Monday as head of the Tibetan government in exile, vowing to free his homeland from Chinese "colonialism".

China's top Xinjiang official vows "terrorist" crackdown (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:01 PM PDT Reuters - The top official in China's Xinjiang province has called for a crackdown on terrorists and religious extremists after a series of deadly attacks, provincial government said on Monday.

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