Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Analysis: Risks may blunt tough U.S. talk on China (Reuters)
• Chinese spacecraft dock in orbit for second time (AP)
• 9 dead in gas explosion at restaurant in NW China (AP)
• Chinese executioner says job not "complicated" (Reuters)
• China holds mine boss who smeared coal on face (AP)
• Philippines rejects new Chinese territorial claim (AP)
• Pakistan and China stage war games (AP)
• Canada says Europe should use own resources (AP)
• China's recalled bullet trains to resume service (AP)
• Analysis: Obama toughens tone with China as business vents (Reuters)
• Obama presses China to act like "grown up" nation (Reuters)
• China railway officials fired for fraud over "trash" bridge (Reuters)

Analysis: Risks may blunt tough U.S. talk on China (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 03:06 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's sharp words on China may burnish a tough image as the United States heads into the 2012 election but they carry risks as both Washington and Beijing face a tricky period of political transition.

Chinese spacecraft dock in orbit for second time (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 06:33 AM PST AP - Two unmanned Chinese spacecraft successfully docked together for a second time Monday, state-run media reported, in China's latest step toward placing its own space station in orbit.

9 dead in gas explosion at restaurant in NW China (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 05:07 AM PST AP - An explosion in a restaurant in a tourist city in northwestern China on Monday killed at least nine people and injured another 34, state media said.

Chinese executioner says job not "complicated" (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:22 AM PST Reuters - Hu Xiao says his job as one of China's executioners is usually not very complicated, except for the time when a prisoner he was about to kill stood up and ran toward his loaded rifle.

China holds mine boss who smeared coal on face (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:11 AM PST AP - Chinese police detained a mine boss who smeared coal on his face to pretend he had been in the shaft where 34 miners died and nine are still trapped, state media said Monday.

Philippines rejects new Chinese territorial claim (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 03:15 AM PST AP - China has claimed new territory less than 50 miles (80 kilometers) from a Philippine province, boosting tensions over potentially resource-rich areas of the South China Sea, but the Philippines has dismissed the claim, an official said Monday.

Pakistan and China stage war games (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 02:39 AM PST AP - Pakistan and China are staging joint military exercises, showcasing their relationship as Islamabad's ties with Washington suffer.

Canada says Europe should use own resources (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:01 AM PST AP - Europe should use its own resources to resolve its debt crisis before other countries contribute, Canada's finance minister said Monday.

China's recalled bullet trains to resume service (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2011 10:30 PM PST AP - Bullet trains on China's showcase Beijing-to-Shanghai line that were recalled over safety concerns following a deadly crash on another line will gradually resume service from this week, Chinese state media reported Monday.

Analysis: Obama toughens tone with China as business vents (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2011 08:43 PM PST Reuters - The head of Boeing chose his words carefully as he explained to President Barack Obama the "dilemma" that Corporate America faces in trying to do business in China.

Obama presses China to act like "grown up" nation (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2011 08:16 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama pressed China on Sunday to recognize it is now a "grown up" economy and start behaving more responsibly on currency and trade issues hurting American companies.

China railway officials fired for fraud over "trash" bridge (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2011 07:56 PM PST Reuters - China's Railways Ministry fired 10 officials for fraud for allowing contractors to use substandard materials, including "waste," to build railway bridges, state media reported on Monday.

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