Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China's First Space Lab Tiangong 1 May Launch Soon (SPACE.com)
• Rise of China state-owned firms rattles U.S. companies (Reuters)
• China state media press U.S. debt as Biden visits (Reuters)
• China appeals to US to focus on economic recovery (AP)
• China announces measures to support HK economy (AP)
• China to expand investment options for yuan (Reuters)
• Chinese gets 15 years for killing NZ taxi driver (AP)
• China's Baidu may face tougher rules after state media criticism (Reuters)
• China's likely next premier emerges from shadows in Hong Kong (Reuters)
• China launches terror crackdown in restive west (AP)
• China denies Pakistan gave it helicopter access (AP)

China's First Space Lab Tiangong 1 May Launch Soon (SPACE.com) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:30 AM PDT SPACE.com - The buzz out of Beijing is that China's Tiangong 1 space lab may fly sooner than expected, perhaps soaring into space by this month's end.

Rise of China state-owned firms rattles U.S. companies (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:09 AM PDT Reuters - When the leaders of the world's two biggest economies meet in Hawaii three months from now, U.S. President Barack Obama will still be able to brag to Chinese President Hu Jintao that the United States has more big companies than any other nation on the planet.

China state media press U.S. debt as Biden visits (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 04:48 AM PDT Reuters - The United States must ease Beijing's worries about its vast U.S. debt holdings, China's media said on Wednesday, marking a visit by Vice President Joe Biden, who said his hosts should not fret about their dollars or assume American power is waning.

China appeals to US to focus on economic recovery (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 03:55 AM PDT AP - Chinese commentators are marking a visit by Vice President Joseph Biden by offering a struggling United States advice: Stop flooding your economy with cheap credit.

China announces measures to support HK economy (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT AP - China's vice premier announced measures to boost Hong Kong's economy in a show of support for the Chinese territory's government as it struggles with public discontent over surging property prices and growing inequality.

China to expand investment options for yuan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 03:40 AM PDT Reuters - China pushed for greater international use of the yuan on Wednesday by promising to let foreign investors buy mainland shares and bonds, pushing up shares of brokerage stocks listed in Hong Kong.

Chinese gets 15 years for killing NZ taxi driver (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:09 AM PDT AP - A Shanghai court sentenced a Chinese man who admitted he killed a New Zealand taxi driver to 15 years in prison Wednesday, citing his remorse as a reason for not imposing a harsher sentence.

China's Baidu may face tougher rules after state media criticism (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:46 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese search engine Baidu Inc may face tighter regulations after facing a barrage of criticism from state media over its business practices at a time when it is cementing its dominance of the booming Internet market.

China's likely next premier emerges from shadows in Hong Kong (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:27 PM PDT Reuters - Bearing gifts for the people of Hong Kong, the man tipped to be China's next premier is wooing the southern financial boomtown this week in a political warm-up lap to assuming power from popular Premier Wen Jiabao.

China launches terror crackdown in restive west (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:00 PM PDT AP - Chinese security forces have launched a two-month "strike hard" crackdown against violence, terrorism and radical Islam following renewed ethnic violence in the restive western region of Xinjiang, the regional government said.

China denies Pakistan gave it helicopter access (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 06:38 PM PDT AP - China has rejected media reports that Pakistan gave it access to a radar-evading helicopter that crashed during the U.S. mission to kill Osama bin Laden, calling them "preposterous."

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