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Yahoo! News: World - China

China tells US to halt spy plane flights (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT

A US Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft in flight. China has demanded that the United States stop spy plane flights near the Chinese coast, saying they have AFP - China has demanded that the United States stop spy plane flights near the Chinese coast, saying they have "severely harmed" trust, but the Pentagon insisted Wednesday it was within its rights.

China boosts naval power with carrier program: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:13 PM PDT

A vessel reported to be the Ukrainian-made aircraft carrier Reuters - China is building two aircraft carriers as part of a military modernization program that is causing concern among other Asian countries, sources said on Wednesday.

U.S. lawmaker vows look at China trade "abuses" (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Reuters - A top Republican lawmaker Wednesday said he planned to turn up the pressure on China over a long list of trade "abuses" after Congress returns from its upcoming August recess.

China protests U.S. spy flights near its coast (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Reuters - China warned that recent U.S. surveillance flights near its coast have severely harmed mutual trust and were a major obstacle to better military ties between the two countries, state media reported Wednesday.

China orders rail crash probe be made public (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:04 AM PDT

The wreckage of high-speed train carriage is carried on a truck from Shuangyu, on the outskirts of Wenzhou in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. The Chinese cabinet has ordered that the results of an investigation into a deadly high-speed train crash be made public, amid a growing outcry over official handling of the accident.(AFP)AFP - The Chinese cabinet on Wednesday ordered that the results of an investigation into a deadly high-speed train crash be made public, amid a growing outcry over official handling of the accident.

China downplays capability of first aircraft carrier (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:02 AM PDT

China's first aircraft carrier, the former Soviet carrier Varyag, which China bought from Ukraine in 1998, undergoes a re-fitting at the port of Dalian, in northeast China's Liaoning province on July 4. China sought to downplay the capability of its first aircraft carrier, saying the vessel would be used for training and AFP - China sought to downplay the capability of its first aircraft carrier Wednesday, saying the vessel would be used for training and "research", amid concerns over the country's military build-up.

World Bank urges China to tackle diseases (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:49 AM PDT

Reuters - The World Bank on Tuesday urged China to step up efforts to fight chronic diseases, the main cause of death in the country, warning of rising health expenditure and an economic slowdown if rapid action is not taken.

Senate confirms Gary Locke as U.S. envoy to China (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:54 AM PDT

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington to be ambassador to China May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as ambassador to China, sending to Beijing an envoy who has said he would press for greater access to Chinese markets.

Hundreds riot in China over vendor's death (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:26 AM PDT

This image was posted on Chinese website Youku.com and shows Chinese police marching through Anshun, in southwest China's Guizhou province on July 26. Hundreds of people rioted in southwest China after security forces reportedly beat a disabled street vendor to death, according to government authorities and state media.(AFP/Youku.Com)AFP - Hundreds of people rioted in southwest China after security forces reportedly beat a disabled street vendor to death, government authorities and state media said.

China train crash 'threatens' rail exports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:18 AM PDT

A Chinese high-speed train leaves the station in Shanghai. A fatal crash on China's high-speed train network could scuttle Beijing's ambitions to sell the technology overseas and could also hit its existing rail exports, analysts said.(AFP/File)AFP - A fatal crash on China's high-speed train network could scuttle Beijing's ambitions to sell the technology overseas and could also hit its existing rail exports, analysts said Wednesday.

China's farmers see hope in effort to stem soil erosion caused by Three Gorges Dam (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:24 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Chinese officials set about trying to repair the environmental damage that the Three Gorges Dam has caused around the reservoir's edge, a simple but effective project just downstream could model a solution to the mammoth problem.

China premier orders probe into deadly train crash (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:06 AM PDT

Relatives of the victims in Saturday's train crash talk to the media as they hold a banner demanding pursuit of truth of the accident during a protest at Wenzhou South Railway Station in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The Chinese government on Tuesday ordered a two-month, nationwide safety campaign for its railway system after a collision between two bullet trains killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday ordered a sweeping and transparent probe into the weekend collision between two bullet trains that killed at least 39 people and raised public anger about the government's handling of the accident.

China's Three Gorges project: A huge dam with big troubles (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - At first sight, the view from Xiang Yue's house is idyllic: Her windows look out across the blue-green waters of the Yangtze River to mountainsides clad in groves of orange trees.

China says rebuilt aircraft carrier for research (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:40 AM PDT

AP - China officially acknowledged Wednesday that it is rebuilding an aircraft carrier bought more than a decade ago, but says the refurbished ship will be used only for research and training — a strong indication it plans to build carriers of its own.

China rescues 89 trafficked children, arrests 369 (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities have rescued 89 trafficked minors as young as 10 days and the oldest 4 years and arrested 369 suspects after uncovering two child trafficking gangs, authorities said Wednesday.

China police investigate death of disabled peddler (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in southern China are investigating the beating death of a disabled peddler that sparked a violent protest in the latest outbreak of anger over perceived bullying by officials.

Rescue center in China nurses raptors back to life (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:04 AM PDT

In this May 16, 2011 photo, a veterinarian stretches her hands to protect a little owl, which is poisoned by pesticide and suffering from a neurological disorder that makes it difficult to keep its balance while standing, after a medical check at the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center in Beijing, China. As Beijing falls along a north-south migratory route that the birds use, more than 43 types of raptors can be found in the city year-round, some of which die or are injured in collisions with skyscrapers and overhead lines or trapped by illegal bird catchers. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Each year the Beijing Raptors Rescue Center cares for and nurses back to health more than 300 injured birds that were rescued from the wild or turned in by their captors.

China says 89 abducted children freed (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:30 PM PDT

Photo illustration of a child in Beijing. Chinese police said Wednesday they had freed 89 children in a crackdown on trafficking launched this year after online reports of widespread abductions sparked public outrage.(AFP/Illustration/Peter Parks)AFP - Chinese police said Wednesday they had freed 89 children in a crackdown on trafficking launched this year after online reports of widespread abductions sparked public outrage.

Riot in south China after death of fruit vendor (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Angry residents in a southern Chinese city went on the rampage after officials apparently beat to death a disabled fruit vendor, a state media said on Wednesday, in the latest incident of social unrest in the world's second-largest economy.

China rescues dozens of infants from human traffickers (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese police rescued 89 infants kidnapped for sale and arrested 369 people they said were linked to two human trafficking rings this month, state media reported Wednesday.

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