Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China reports suspected human bird flu case (Reuters)
• 'Octomom' case stuns one-child public in China (AP)
• China reveals its space plans up to 2016 (AP)
• Chinese city finds cancer-causing fungi in food (Reuters)
• Man deported from Canada admits crimes: China (Reuters)
• Surveys shows China manufacturing slowing further (AP)
• Suspect confesses to biggest China corruption case (AP)
• Camera at nature reserve spies panda eating meat (AP)
• China says its most wanted man admits crimes (Reuters)
• China's factories falter, pro-growth policies eyed (Reuters)
• U.S.-trained China official seen behind blind activist's jailing (Reuters)
• Chinese senior diplomat visits Iran amid tensions (Reuters)

China reports suspected human bird flu case (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:40 AM PST Reuters - China has reported a suspected human case of the H5N1 virus, or bird flu, in a southern city bordering Hong Kong, officials said on Friday.

'Octomom' case stuns one-child public in China (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 08:08 AM PST AP - The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from giggly to goofy, baffled to bawling.

China reveals its space plans up to 2016 (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 08:02 AM PST AP - China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to a plan released Thursday that shows the country's space program is gathering momentum.

Chinese city finds cancer-causing fungi in food (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:31 AM PST Reuters - Chinese food safety regulators in the southern city of Shenzhen have found carcinogenic mildew in peanuts and cooking oil, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Man deported from Canada admits crimes: China (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:07 AM PST Reuters - China's most wanted man, who was deported from Canada in July after a decades-long legal battle, has admitted to his crimes and will now be handed over to prosecutors, state media reported on Friday.

Surveys shows China manufacturing slowing further (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:07 AM PST AP - China's manufacturing slowed in December for a second month due to weak global demand amid U.S. and European economic woes, a survey released Friday showed.

Suspect confesses to biggest China corruption case (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:47 AM PST AP - Prosecutors said Friday they indicted a former fugitive at the center of China's biggest corruption scandal and that he has confessed to bribery and smuggling.

Camera at nature reserve spies panda eating meat (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:14 AM PST AP - A camera at a Chinese nature reserve has spied a wild panda eating meat.

China says its most wanted man admits crimes (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:04 AM PST Reuters - China's most wanted man, who was deported from Canada in July after a decades-long legal battle, has admitted to his crimes and will now be handed over to prosecutors, state media reported Friday.

China's factories falter, pro-growth policies eyed (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:08 AM PST Reuters - China's factory activity shrank again December as demand at home and abroad slackened, a purchasing managers' survey showed on Friday, reinforcing the case for pro-growth policies to underpin the world's second-largest economy.

U.S.-trained China official seen behind blind activist's jailing (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:25 PM PST Reuters - The rising Chinese official who critics say engineered the jailing of the blind legal rights activist Chen Guangcheng, has come a long way from Connecticut, where he studied public policy and claims to have worked as an aide to the mayor of New Haven.

Chinese senior diplomat visits Iran amid tensions (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:28 PM PST Reuters - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun visited Iran for talks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, during growing tensions over Tehran's threat to choke off Middle Eastern oil shipments in retaliation against proposed Western sanctions.

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