Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Report: China unmanned spacecraft launches (AP)
• U.S., EU, Japan press China on financial services at WTO (Reuters)
• China's Hu says Europe can solve its economic woes (Reuters)
• G20 to keep focus on China currency flexibility: U.S. (Reuters)
• Analysis: Three ways to invest in China without fear (Reuters)
• China seizes $30 million of fake drugs (Reuters)
• China's 1st Space Docking Mission to Launch Today With German Experiment Aboard (SPACE.com)
• China, others to go after "criminals" along the Mekong (Reuters)
• Slowing sales hit BYD, Chinese automakers' profits (AP)
• China denies it is behind hacking of U.S. satellites (Reuters)
• Global Fund, China agree to cut $95m from grants (AP)
• China, 3 countries meet over Mekong River security (AP)
• China plans 2012 manned space flight after docking test (Reuters)
• China invokes Waco siege in denouncing Dalai Lama (Reuters)
• Activists slam US studio for filming in China city (AP)
• GDF Suez looks to China fund to expand Asia access (AP)
• China land grab disputes spread west, hit new high (Reuters)

Report: China unmanned spacecraft launches (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:30 PM PDT AP - China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 blasted off Tuesday morning, the Chinese state media reported. It is the latest step in what will be a decade-long effort by China to place a manned permanent space station in orbit.

U.S., EU, Japan press China on financial services at WTO (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:52 PM PDT Reuters - The United States criticized China on Monday for failing to fulfill World Trade Organization commitments to open its financial services market, while the European Union and Japan pressed for answers on specific areas of Beijing's regulations.

China's Hu says Europe can solve its economic woes (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:49 AM PDT Reuters - China believes Europe can overcome its economic problems, President Hu Jintao said on Monday, without mentioning whether Beijing will play any major role in helping to solve the euro zone's debt crisis.

G20 to keep focus on China currency flexibility: U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:48 AM PDT Reuters - Greater currency flexibility from China and other emerging economies will be reviewed by G20 leaders this week as they focus on the need for balanced global economic growth, a top U.S. Treasury official said on Monday.

Analysis: Three ways to invest in China without fear (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:12 AM PDT Reuters - Everyone's obsessed with the euro zone these days, and every little rumor sends global stock markets into wild gyrations. But here's a little secret: If you really want to know what could blow up your portfolio for years to come, forget Europe. What you should really be concerned about is a potential Chinese bust.

China seizes $30 million of fake drugs (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 07:30 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese police have seized fake drugs worth more than 190 million yuan ($29.9 million) during raids in the poor central province of Henan, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday.

China's 1st Space Docking Mission to Launch Today With German Experiment Aboard (SPACE.com) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 06:30 AM PDT SPACE.com - When China launches its Shenzhou 8 spacecraft on an unmanned docking test flight today, a German-Chinese science payload will be along for the ride, marking the first time China has ever collaborated with another country on one of its Shenzhou missions.

China, others to go after "criminals" along the Mekong (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:53 AM PDT Reuters - China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand have agreed to joint security operations to go after "criminal organizations" which operate along the Mekong River after 13 Chinese sailors were killed in the area this month, Chinese state media reported Monday.

Slowing sales hit BYD, Chinese automakers' profits (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 04:17 AM PDT AP - Weaker than expected sales are sapping the earnings of China's automakers, with BYD Co. reporting a sharp drop in profit so far this year, while state-owned FAW recorded a net loss in the third quarter.

China denies it is behind hacking of U.S. satellites (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:01 AM PDT Reuters - Beijing on Monday denied a U.S. commission's claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on U.S. environment-monitoring satellites, saying that the committee had "ulterior motives" in writing such a draft report.

Global Fund, China agree to cut $95m from grants (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 01:08 AM PDT AP - A global health fund and China have agreed to cut $95 million from grants for disease-fighting programs in the country amid donor pressure to prevent misuse of money and reduce aid given to the world's second-largest economy.

China, 3 countries meet over Mekong River security (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:20 AM PDT AP - Officials from China, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar have agreed to cooperate on law enforcement on the Mekong river, where 13 Chinese sailors were killed earlier this month.

China plans 2012 manned space flight after docking test (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT Reuters - China will launch up to two manned space missions in 2012 as it hones the skills needed to secure a long-term manned presence in outer space, an official spokeswoman said on Monday, on the eve of the launch of an unmanned spacecraft.

China invokes Waco siege in denouncing Dalai Lama (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:51 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese state media denounced the Dalai Lama on Monday for his views on reincarnation, saying that the exiled Buddhist monk was trying to revise history, compounding his crimes as a separatist.

Activists slam US studio for filming in China city (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:13 PM PDT AP - Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly has been beaten.

GDF Suez looks to China fund to expand Asia access (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:54 PM PDT AP - French power and gas company GDF Suez wants its new alliance with China's sovereign wealth fund to bring in Chinese partners to help develop global energy projects and expand its Asian presence, the company's chairman said Monday.

China land grab disputes spread west, hit new high (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:23 PM PDT Reuters - Rural land grab disputes are hitting new highs in China and spreading to the undeveloped west of the country, according to a country-wide survey published in a state-run magazine.

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