Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Chinese airline seeks permission to fly to Hawaii (AP)
• China warns foreign media not to cover protests (AP)
• Report on China's 'Jasmine Revolution'? Not if you want your visa. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 'Red Songs' fuels Chinese politician's ambitions (AP)
• Tokyo: No protest over China jets nearing islands (AP)
• China to unveil defense budget to nervous region (Reuters)
• Special Report: Wall St wannabe points to China's growth risks (Reuters)
• Australia wanted to curb China resource investment: WikiLeaks (Reuters)
• China rights group slams 'repression', web curbs (AFP)
• Western journalists 'fabricate' news: China media (AFP)
• China railways scandal widens, raising criticism (AP)
• China says it wants green growth within five years (AFP)
• Majority of mid-sized China firms seek more capital: survey (Reuters)
• China says yuan could become a reserve currency: report (Reuters)

Chinese airline seeks permission to fly to Hawaii (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:19 AM PST AP - China's second-largest airline has applied to the People's Republic of China for permission to operate the first regularly scheduled direct flights between China and Hawaii.

China warns foreign media not to cover protests (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:48 AM PST AP - Chinese police are further intensifying pressure on foreign reporters, warning them to stay away from spots designated for Middle East-inspired protests and threatening them with expulsion or a revoking of their credentials.

Report on China's 'Jasmine Revolution'? Not if you want your visa. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:07 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The Chinese government is threatening foreign correspondents that their visas will be revoked if they continue to try to report on demonstrations held as part of a Chinese “Jasmine Revolution.”

'Red Songs' fuels Chinese politician's ambitions (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:42 AM PST AP - Three mornings a week, retired locomotive driver Xiao Hunhou ventures out to a hilly park in this teeming city to belt out Mao-era propaganda songs with his "New Light" choir.

Tokyo: No protest over China jets nearing islands (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:48 AM PST AP - Japan will not lodge a complaint against China for sending two warplanes into airspace near disputed islands in the East China Sea but is concerned by the incident and Chinese military activity in the area, a senior official said Thursday.

China to unveil defense budget to nervous region (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:29 AM PST Reuters - Japan scrambled fighter jets this week when two Chinese naval planes flew close to disputed islands. Nothing came of the incident, but Tokyo's comments later spoke volumes about its anxiety as Beijing's military might grows.

Special Report: Wall St wannabe points to China's growth risks (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:05 AM PST Reuters - Yujiapu does not roll off the tongue like Wall Street, but planners in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin hope it soon will.

Australia wanted to curb China resource investment: WikiLeaks (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:03 PM PST Reuters - Australia's changes to foreign investment rules in 2009 were aimed at limiting Chinese investments in local mining companies, according to confidential U.S. embassy cables.

China rights group slams 'repression', web curbs (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PST AFP - Rights campaigners in China are facing a "new wave of frenzied repression" after an anonymous online call for anti-government rallies echoing those in the Arab world, a Hong Kong-based group said Thursday.

Western journalists 'fabricate' news: China media (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:12 PM PST AFP - An official Chinese newspaper has accused foreign journalists in the country of fabricating news in the latest sign of official nerves over an online campaign for anti-government rallies.

China railways scandal widens, raising criticism (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:36 PM PST AP - A widening probe into corruption in China's powerful Railways Ministry is raising questions over the scale and pace of its multibillion-dollar drive to build costly high-speed railways, though it is unlikely to derail the program.

China says it wants green growth within five years (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:25 PM PST AFP - China, the world's biggest polluter, plans to "go green" in the next five years, emphasising energy efficiency and the battle on its choking pollution in its plans to revamp the economy, experts say.

Majority of mid-sized China firms seek more capital: survey (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:45 PM PST Reuters - More than half of China's mid-sized companies will seek to raise capital within the next two years, highlighting an urgent need for funding to fuel rapid expansion, a survey showed on Thursday.

China says yuan could become a reserve currency: report (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:54 PM PST Reuters - The Chinese yuan could potentially become a world reserve currency as the country gears up to boost its global clout, deputy central bank governor Yi Gang said in remarks published on Thursday.

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