Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Georgetown, Chinese basketball teams brawl (AP)
• Analysis: China steps up iron ore drive in Africa (Reuters)
• Biden visit to China sees sides coming together (AP)
• Obama's brother in Shanghai to promote bio-novel (AP)
• China, U.S. seek to boost confidence as Biden visits (Reuters)
• Coca Cola plans $4 billion investment in China (AP)
• Coca-Cola to invest $4 billion more in China starting 2012 (Reuters)
• New Chinese stealth jet starts talk of Russian help (Reuters)
• China Mobile profit grows quickest in 3 years on high-end users (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Party insider maps bold path for China's next leaders (Reuters)
• Lenovo says quarterly profit nearly doubles (AP)
• HK stock market in JV talks with China exchanges (AP)
• Tibetan monk who set himself on fire is cremated (AP)

Georgetown, Chinese basketball teams brawl (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT AP - A wild brawl broke out between Georgetown and a Chinese men's basketball team Thursday night, putting an immediate end to a supposed goodwill game that coincided with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the country.

Analysis: China steps up iron ore drive in Africa (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 06:05 AM PDT Reuters - A bold push by China into iron ore projects in Africa and elsewhere will increase its access to supply and may help moderate prices but will only slowly reduce its dependence on the three companies that dominate the market.

Biden visit to China sees sides coming together (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:12 AM PDT AP - U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden stressed the importance of personal ties as he met Thursday with his Chinese counterpart for talks that officials described as productive and optimistic about a resolution of U.S. economic woes.

Obama's brother in Shanghai to promote bio-novel (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:45 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's half brother attended this year's Shanghai book fair, where he signed autographs and promoted his semi-autobiographical novel "Nairobi to Shenzhen," organizers said Thursday.

China, U.S. seek to boost confidence as Biden visits (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:01 AM PDT Reuters - China and the United States share a responsibility for boosting global market confidence and the American economy remains fundamentally sound, the Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden who is on a trust-building visit.

Coca Cola plans $4 billion investment in China (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:48 AM PDT AP - Coca Cola Co. said Thursday it plans to invest $4 billion in China as food brands scramble to expand in its fast-growing consumer market.

Coca-Cola to invest $4 billion more in China starting 2012 (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:41 AM PDT Reuters - Coca-Cola , the world's largest soft drinks producer said on Thursday it will invest $4 billion more in China over the next three years starting from 2012.

New Chinese stealth jet starts talk of Russian help (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 01:40 AM PDT Reuters - Similarities between a new Chinese fighter jet and a prototype Russian plane have brought suggestions that Moscow may be quietly helping Beijing compete with the world's military powers.

China Mobile profit grows quickest in 3 years on high-end users (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:27 AM PDT Reuters - China Mobile logged its fastest half-yearly profit growth in nearly three years as the world's largest mobile operator by subscribers attracts more high-end 3G users upgrading to smartphones.

Exclusive: Party insider maps bold path for China's next leaders (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:57 PM PDT Reuters - A former Chinese official's manifesto for a new burst of reform mixing Mao, markets and guarded political relaxation has opened a rare window into ideas shaping the country's next generation of "princeling" leaders.

Lenovo says quarterly profit nearly doubles (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:30 PM PDT AP - Lenovo Group, the world's No. 3 personal computer manufacturer, said Thursday its quarterly profit nearly doubled on strong emerging market sales.

HK stock market in JV talks with China exchanges (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 08:36 PM PDT AP - Hong Kong's stock exchange is in talks with its counterparts in mainland China to set up a joint venture to develop new financial products in another step toward closer ties with markets in the world's second biggest economy.

Tibetan monk who set himself on fire is cremated (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 06:21 PM PDT AP - A monk who set himself on fire in an ethnically Tibetan region of western China has been cremated.

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