Yahoo! News: World - China

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• UN rights panel raps China over 'disappeared' (AFP)
• U.S. sees signs of worsening human rights in China (Reuters)
• China faces uphill battle to give better healthcare (Reuters)
• German man charged with spying on exiles for China (AP)
• China transcript omits mentions of detained artist (AP)
• Shanghai begins building long-sought Disney park (AP)
• Disney's Magic Kingdom comes to the Middle Kingdom (Reuters)
• China concerned over release of radioactive water (AP)
• Nitrite, perhaps in milk, kills 3 Chinese children (AP)
• Nitrite-tainted milk kills 3 children in China (Reuters)

UN rights panel raps China over 'disappeared' (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:06 AM PDT AFP - A UN human rights panel on Friday expressed rare public concern at a wave of reported arrests of activists and lawyers in China, warning that so-called enforced disappearances were a crime under international law.

U.S. sees signs of worsening human rights in China (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:46 AM PDT Reuters - The United States has seen signs that an already negative trend for human rights in China has worsened early this year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

China faces uphill battle to give better healthcare (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:30 AM PDT Reuters - As a young Chinese doctor earning 4,000 yuan ($600) a month, Zhang Fei was faced with having to cough up 2,000 yuan for a bill that a patient left unpaid after Zhang removed a tumor from her womb.

German man charged with spying on exiles for China (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:56 AM PDT AP - Prosecutors say they have charged a German man with spying on ethnic Uighur exiles on behalf of China's intelligence services.

China transcript omits mentions of detained artist (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:19 AM PDT AP - China's Foreign Ministry removed all references to a detained artist from its official transcript of a news conference given by its spokesman, in an apparent sign it wants to stifle discussion of the case.

Shanghai begins building long-sought Disney park (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:17 AM PDT AP - Dipping golden shovels into a trench of sand, Walt Disney Co. executives and their Shanghai partners broke ground Friday for a long-sought theme park that will feature the world's biggest "Magic Kingdom" castle, and ambitions to match.

Disney's Magic Kingdom comes to the Middle Kingdom (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:53 AM PDT Reuters - Walt Disney Co broke ground on its long-awaited Shanghai Disneyland theme park on Friday, banking on its global brand and fairytale attractions to draw millions of visitors and boost its profits in the region.

China concerned over release of radioactive water (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:03 AM PDT AP - China says it is concerned over Japan's release of radioactive water from its crippled nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Nitrite, perhaps in milk, kills 3 Chinese children (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:23 PM PDT AP - Official media say three children have died from nitrite poisoning after drinking milk from two dairies in northwestern China. Thirty-five others, mostly children, were sickened and are being treated.

Nitrite-tainted milk kills 3 children in China (Reuters) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - Three children have died and 35 people have become ill from drinking nitrite-tainted milk in China's northwestern Gansu province, Xinhua news agency reported Friday, the latest food safety scandal to hit the dairy industry.

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