Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Huntsman: GOP rivals don't know enough about China (AP)
• U.S. official defends science-technology exchanges with China (Reuters)
• China's 1st Space Docking Inspires Love Poetry (SPACE.com)
• China spacecraft make first successful docking (AP)
• eBay of the East: Inside Taobao, China's Online Marketplace (Time.com)
• China completes first space docking test (Reuters)
• China's Space Docking Destination Caught in Skywatcher Video & Photos (SPACE.com)
• China military accepting bigger recruits, tattoos (AP)
• China's Wen recalls family past of persecution (Reuters)
• Rural mothers-to-be in China lack syphilis testing (AP)
• China urges IAEA to enhance nuclear safeguards (AP)
• Senators: US losing sway in Africa as China rises (AP)

Huntsman: GOP rivals don't know enough about China (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Wednesday that recent comments by rivals Herman Cain and Mitt Romney raise concerns about taking the nation's security and economic policies toward China in the wrong direction.

U.S. official defends science-technology exchanges with China (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's top science official said U.S.-China science cooperation benefits the United States, rejecting moves to curb the exchanges by lawmakers who say it strengthens China's military.

China's 1st Space Docking Inspires Love Poetry (SPACE.com) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PDT SPACE.com - The first Chinese space docking today (Nov. 2) inspired not just national and scientific pride, but some romantic sentiment as well.

China spacecraft make first successful docking (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:05 PM PDT AP - China moved one step closer to setting up its own space station early Thursday, with two spacecraft docking successfully above the earth.

eBay of the East: Inside Taobao, China's Online Marketplace (Time.com) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:50 PM PDT Time.com - Tapeworm-laced diet pills? China's e-commerce giant has no trouble selling stuff, but customers can't know what, exactly, they're buying.

China completes first space docking test (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:56 AM PDT Reuters - China successfully carried out its first docking exercise on Thursday between two unmanned spacecraft, a key test of the rising power's plans to secure a long-term manned foothold in space.

China's Space Docking Destination Caught in Skywatcher Video & Photos (SPACE.com) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:00 AM PDT SPACE.com - A robotic Chinese space capsule is poised to make its docking debut a space laboratory Wednesday (Nov. 2), and amateur astronomers are keeping watch.

China military accepting bigger recruits, tattoos (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:24 AM PDT AP - China's military is accepting recruits who are heavier and have more visible tattoos, conceding to rising prosperity and individuality among the nation's young.

China's Wen recalls family past of persecution (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:45 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said his family was "constantly attacked" in Maoist political campaigns that convulsed the country over past decades, giving a rare glimpse into his tumultuous past as he prepares to leave office.

Rural mothers-to-be in China lack syphilis testing (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 09:55 PM PDT AP - Nearly half of pregnant women do not get tested for syphilis in poor areas of southern China where the sexually transmitted disease has seen a resurgence, researchers said Wednesday.

China urges IAEA to enhance nuclear safeguards (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:17 PM PDT AP - China has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to do more to strengthen nuclear safety and to use lessons taken from Japan's crisis to improve the handling of emergencies.

Senators: US losing sway in Africa as China rises (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 06:08 PM PDT AP - Senators voiced concern Tuesday that the United States has lost influence with African governments as China has emerged as the continent's main trading partner and a major source of investment for infrastructure development.

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