Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China releases human rights activist Hu Jia: wife (AFP)
• Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from (Reuters)
• Prominent Chinese activist released (AP)
• China's Wen in Britain for second leg of Europe tour (AFP)
• Chinese prime minister offers support for euro (AP)
• China to remain long-term investor in Europe's debt (Reuters)
• 26 charged in Shanghai fire, blamed on corruption (AP)
• Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says assistant freed (AFP)
• China's Baidu invests $306 mln in travel website (AFP)
• Released Chinese artist-activist Ai's associates freed (Reuters)
• Taiwan's legislature may open to Chinese tourists (AP)

China releases human rights activist Hu Jia: wife (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT AFP - China has released high-profile human rights activist Hu Jia after he completed a sentence of more than three years for subversion, his wife said in a Twitter posting early on Sunday.

Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - One of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family in the early hours of Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges, but he was not ready to speak in public, his wife said.

Prominent Chinese activist released (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 03:47 PM PDT AP - A prominent Chinese dissident who was jailed for sedition more than three years ago was released Sunday, his wife said.

China's Wen in Britain for second leg of Europe tour (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 02:42 PM PDT AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Britain on Saturday for a visit focused on boosting economic ties, on the second leg of a three-nation tour in which Beijing is seeking a greater foothold in Europe.

Chinese prime minister offers support for euro (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 04:03 AM PDT AP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has offered his country's support for Europe and its common currency amid the eurozone's debt crisis.

China to remain long-term investor in Europe's debt (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday he was "still confident" that Europe can overcome the debt crisis and said China would remain a long-term investor in Europe's debt market.

26 charged in Shanghai fire, blamed on corruption (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:18 AM PDT AP - Prosecutors in China's commercial hub of Shanghai have charged 26 people with bribery and other crimes related to an apartment-building fire that killed 58 people last year, a local government website reported Saturday.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says assistant freed (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:16 AM PDT AFP - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei confirmed a fourth associate of his had been released from detention, just days after the activist himself was unexpectedly freed on bail.

China's Baidu invests $306 mln in travel website (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:49 PM PDT AFP - Chinese search engine Baidu has agreed to invest $306 million in domestic travel website Qunar as it seeks to cash in on the booming tourism market in China.

Released Chinese artist-activist Ai's associates freed (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT Reuters - Four associates of Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei detained along with him in a controversial case were freed after Ai's release, friends of the artist said on Saturday.

Taiwan's legislature may open to Chinese tourists (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:03 PM PDT AP - Taiwan's parliamentary speaker has said he will consider opening the legislative floor to Chinese tourists so they can learn from the island's freewheeling democracy.

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