Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Xi waves off China economy fears, triggers deals (Reuters)
• Dreamworks Animation heads to China (Reuters)
• Gov. says Calif. will open trade offices in China (AP)
• China detaining Tibetans returning from India: group (Reuters)
• Did America Bond with China's Heir Apparent, Vice President Xi Jinping? (Time.com)
• China's Xi, U.S. officials talk food trade in Iowa (Reuters)
• China's next space mission to carry 3 astronauts (AP)
• IPO plan for China bear bile company raises ire (AP)
• China detains hundreds of Tibetans, group says (AP)
• China says not yet formally invited to Syria meeting (Reuters)
• China defends voting 'no' to Syria plan at UN (AP)
• China to launch next manned spacecraft in summer (Reuters)
• Apple's iPhone loses China market share (Reuters)
• Chinese navy steps up anti-piracy training (AP)
• U.S.-China discord remains after Xi's mood music (Reuters)

Xi waves off China economy fears, triggers deals (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:21 PM PST Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Friday dismissed worries of a hard landing for his country's economy and turned to courting American companies and states hungry for a slice of Chinese growth on the final day of his U.S. visit.

Dreamworks Animation heads to China (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:14 PM PST Reuters - "Kung Fu Panda" creator Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc plans to build a production studio in Shanghai with some of China's biggest media companies, a landmark deal that gives the company a foothold in one of the largest untapped markets for Hollywood.

Gov. says Calif. will open trade offices in China (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:46 PM PST AP - Gov. Jerry Brown says California will open a trade office in China to promote investment between the two economies.

China detaining Tibetans returning from India: group (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:51 PM PST Reuters - The Chinese government has detained several hundred Tibetans who returned from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama, and is forcing them to undergo political re-education, a human rights group said.

Did America Bond with China's Heir Apparent, Vice President Xi Jinping? (Time.com) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST Time.com - On Friday, China's Vice President Xi Jinping will wrap up his five-day trip to the U.S., his first visit since emerging as China's heir apparent

China's Xi, U.S. officials talk food trade in Iowa (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:33 AM PST Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, gathered with U.S. agricultural officials in America's grainbelt on Thursday and stressed their shared interests in fostering increased food security and trade in farm goods.

China's next space mission to carry 3 astronauts (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:23 AM PST AP - China's next space mission will carry three astronauts who will dock with and live inside an experimental orbiting module launched last year, state media said Friday.

IPO plan for China bear bile company raises ire (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:02 AM PST AP - A storm of criticism in China over share listing plans by a company that sells tonics made with bear bile is highlighting the increasingly affluent country's changing attitudes toward the environment and wildlife.

China detains hundreds of Tibetans, group says (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:56 AM PST AP - China has detained and forced into re-education classes hundreds of Tibetans who went to India to receive religious instruction from the Dalai Lama, a U.S.-based human rights group said.

China says not yet formally invited to Syria meeting (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:24 AM PST Reuters - China said on Friday it had yet to receive a formal invitation to a meeting of international powers in Tunis next week to discuss the Syria crisis and so could not say if it would attend.

China defends voting 'no' to Syria plan at UN (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST AP - China has defended its "no" vote at the United Nations where the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and strongly condemning human rights violations by his regime.

China to launch next manned spacecraft in summer (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:09 AM PST Reuters - China will launch its next manned space mission sometime between June and August, which will attempt to dock with an experimental module launched last year, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday.

Apple's iPhone loses China market share (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:24 PM PST Reuters - Apple Inc's share of China's booming smartphone market slipped for a second straight quarter in October-December, as it lost ground to cheaper local brands and as some shoppers held off until after the iPhone 4S launch last month.

Chinese navy steps up anti-piracy training (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:28 PM PST AP - China's fast-modernizing navy is stepping up training for anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia in a sign of its growing long-term commitment to overseas missions.

U.S.-China discord remains after Xi's mood music (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:52 PM PST Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping won the kind of reception in the United States that suggests Washington sees his rise as a chance to narrow economic and political rifts.

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