Yahoo! News: World - China

---

• China to promote condoms to cap HIV/AIDS cases (Reuters)
• U.S. lawmakers agree on bill to fight China subsidies (Reuters)
• Taiwanese officer accused of spying for China (AP)
• Twenty dead in attack in China's restive west (Reuters)
• China to toughen rules against insider trading: magazine (Reuters)
• China urges assistance for Syria to spur diplomacy (AP)
• China village election fever tests bounds of democracy (Reuters)
• China tells Arab League it backs humanitarian aid for Syria (Reuters)
• China, Philippines argue over planned oil search (AP)
• China chemical blast kills 16, dozens missing (AP)

China to promote condoms to cap HIV/AIDS cases (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:22 AM PST Reuters - China hopes to cap the number of people living with HIV/AIDS at 1.2 million by 2015, up from around 780,000 at present, partly by promoting increased condom use, the government said in an action plan released on Wednesday.

U.S. lawmakers agree on bill to fight China subsidies (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:19 AM PST Reuters - Senior U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday they hope to move quickly on a bipartisan bill to preserve the Commerce Department's ability to impose duties on subsidized goods from China, which has been placed in jeopardy by a court ruling.

Taiwanese officer accused of spying for China (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:54 AM PST AP - Taiwan's defense ministry said Wednesday that an air force officer has been detained on suspicion of passing military secrets to China, the latest case involving the transmission of classified information from the democratic island to the communist mainland.

Twenty dead in attack in China's restive west (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:44 AM PST Reuters - Attackers wielding knives killed 13 people in China's Xinjiang region before police shot seven of them dead, the government said, in the latest violence to strike the ethnically divided northwestern area.

China to toughen rules against insider trading: magazine (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:07 AM PST Reuters - China will soon publish precise definitions of what constitutes insider trading that would make it easier to prosecute and punish illegal traders, the New Century magazine reported on its website, citing sources with knowledge of the situation.

China urges assistance for Syria to spur diplomacy (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:25 AM PST AP - China is urging world powers to provide humanitarian assistance to Syria, as Beijing tries to bolster diplomacy while continuing to oppose any armed intervention into the conflict.

China village election fever tests bounds of democracy (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:18 AM PST Reuters - Hundreds of Chinese clapped and cheered their favorite candidates on Wednesday ahead of the election of a new village committee, creating a front line of democratic activism after a violent standoff over corrupt land grabs.

China tells Arab League it backs humanitarian aid for Syria (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 09:26 PM PST Reuters - China backs international efforts to send humanitarian aid to Syria, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said, after Western powers proposed a United Nations resolution authorizing humanitarian aid.

China, Philippines argue over planned oil search (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:14 PM PST AP - Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario says the Philippines has the right to invite companies to explore for oil and gas in waters near the South China Sea, dismissing China's claim to the area.

China chemical blast kills 16, dozens missing (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:51 PM PST AP - Fears of new blasts have halted rescue efforts at a north China chemical plant where an explosion killed at least 16 people, injured more than 40 and left dozens more missing.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World - China To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610