Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Pakistan let China see crashed U.S. "stealth" copter (Reuters)
• Chinese military chief visits Israel for 1st time (AP)
• One-child policy a surprising boon for China girls (AP)
• China's first aircraft carrier ends sea trials (AP)
• Locke says China need not fret over dollar assets (Reuters)
• New US ambassador to China takes up post (AP)
• China says will shut plant as thousands protest (Reuters)
• On China's flagship high-speed rail line, caution, resignation (Reuters)
• China sends anti-terrorism unit to restive west (AP)

Pakistan let China see crashed U.S. "stealth" copter (Reuters) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 03:58 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests from the CIA not to, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Chinese military chief visits Israel for 1st time (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:47 AM PDT AP - After years of rocky relations, Israel welcomed China's military chief Sunday for the first such visit, giving the Jewish state an opportunity to increase its profile with the economic giant that is seeking to strengthen its foothold in the Middle East.

One-child policy a surprising boon for China girls (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:20 AM PDT AP - Tsinghua University freshman Mia Wang has confidence to spare.

China's first aircraft carrier ends sea trials (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 06:17 AM PDT AP - A Chinese news agency says the country's first aircraft carrier has ended its initial sea trials.

Locke says China need not fret over dollar assets (Reuters) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 03:23 AM PDT Reuters - China should rest easy that its investments in the dollar remain safe, the newly arrived U.S. ambassador in Beijing, Gary Locke, said on Sunday, adding that the world's two biggest economies could find common ground despite economic and political strains.

New US ambassador to China takes up post (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 02:48 AM PDT AP - The new U.S. ambassador to China, the first Chinese-American to take up the post, said Sunday that the two countries could solve many of the world's problems if their governments work together more.

China says will shut plant as thousands protest (Reuters) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 02:47 AM PDT Reuters - Authorities in northeastern China on Sunday ordered a petrochemical plant to be shut down immediately after thousands of people demonstrated, demanding the relocation of the factory at the center of a toxic spill scare, state media said.

On China's flagship high-speed rail line, caution, resignation (Reuters) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 12:16 AM PDT Reuters - China's landmark Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line was designed to go 350 km (217 miles per hour), but after a batch of train recalls and last month's deadly crash on another route, that speed was about 150 kph too fast for passenger Qi Dezhou.

China sends anti-terrorism unit to restive west (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 05:45 PM PDT AP - China has sent its elite Snow Leopard anti-terrorism unit to its far western frontier where ethnic violence has flared, hoping to boost security before the area stages an international trade convention in weeks, a state newspaper reported Saturday.

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