Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Chinese worry New Year magic act cruel to goldfish (AP)
• China's 2012 athletes get Leeds base (AFP)
• China aims to bring AIDS spread under control by 2020 (Reuters)
• US expresses concern over detained Chinese lawyer (AP)
• Airline group says China congestion big problem (AP)
• China: Bomb suspect was avenging personal grudge (AP)
• Chinese man with grudge charged over Beijing bomb blast (Reuters)
• Reporters roughed up near China activist's home (AFP)
• BHP Billiton CEO harbored concern over China spying (Reuters)
• Apple says Foxconn suicide measures 'saved lives' (AFP)

Chinese worry New Year magic act cruel to goldfish (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:10 PM PST AP - Animal activists in China say a now-famous magic trick with goldfish swimming in sync for the Lunar New Year may have involved abuse including implanted magnets, and are asking the state broadcaster not to air it again.

China's 2012 athletes get Leeds base (AFP) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:38 AM PST AFP - China's athletes will be based in the northern English city of Leeds in the final build-up to the London 2012 Olympics, organisers announced Wednesday.

China aims to bring AIDS spread under control by 2020 (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:59 AM PST Reuters - China hopes to more or less bring the spread of AIDS under control by 2020, but faces an uphill task do to so due in part to ignorance and poor policy coordination, the government said on Wednesday.

US expresses concern over detained Chinese lawyer (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:56 AM PST AP - The United States says it is concerned about the continuing house arrest of a Chinese activist lawyer and his family after a secretly made video about their life under surveillance was released online last week.

Airline group says China congestion big problem (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:53 AM PST AP - Congestion in the skies above southern China's bustling Pearl River Delta region, home to five airports and thousands of manufacturers, is one of the world's biggest air traffic control problems, an airline industry group said Wednesday.

China: Bomb suspect was avenging personal grudge (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:46 AM PST AP - China's state news agency says a 22-year-old man has been charged with setting off a homemade bomb in central Beijing that left an American student injured.

Chinese man with grudge charged over Beijing bomb blast (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:09 AM PST Reuters - A Chinese court has charged a man with endangering public security after he set off a home-made bomb near one of Beijing's main diplomatic enclaves last year, injuring a U.S. student, state media said on Wednesday.

Reporters roughed up near China activist's home (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:24 PM PST AFP - Foreign reporters were roughed up this week as they tried to reach blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest in eastern China, journalists said Wednesday.

BHP Billiton CEO harbored concern over China spying (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:04 PM PST Reuters - Global miner BHP Billiton's boss, Marius Kloppers, confirmed on Wednesday he had harbored concerns about Chinese and competitor espionage on his business, citing it as a reason behind his push for market pricing of key commodities.

Apple says Foxconn suicide measures 'saved lives' (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:48 PM PST AFP - Apple said its contractor, Taiwan high-tech firm Foxconn, has "saved lives" with a suicide prevention programme established after a number of workers killed themselves at plants in China.

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