Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China cracks down after calls for protests (AFP)
• China tries to stamp out 'Jasmine Revolution' (AP)
• Chinese police snuff out planned Arab-inspired protests (Reuters)
• China's Huawei 'in London Underground phones bid' (AFP)

China cracks down after calls for protests (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2011 03:18 PM PST AFP - China has detained top activists and deployed heavy security in large cities after the launch of a web campaign calling for protests echoing popular uprisings in the Arab world, campaigners said on Sunday.

China tries to stamp out 'Jasmine Revolution' (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST AP - Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a "Jasmine Revolution," with only a handful of people joining protests apparently modeled on the pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East.

Chinese police snuff out planned Arab-inspired protests (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2011 02:59 AM PST Reuters - Police dispersed scores of people who gathered in central Beijing on Sunday after calls spread online across China urging pro-democracy gatherings inspired by protest rallies across the Middle East.

China's Huawei 'in London Underground phones bid' (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2011 07:44 PM PST AFP - Chinese technology giant Huawei is offering to install for free a mobile phone network worth £50 million on the London Underground train system in time for the 2012 Olympics, a report said Sunday.

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