Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China urges Syria government, rebels to start dialogue (Reuters)
• Chinese village unites for symbolic poll in bid to end graft (Reuters)
• Protesters become leaders in China village vote (AP)
• China COFCO eyes Hong Kong for property unit IPO: exec (Reuters)
• China to promote cultural identity to Taiwan's youth (Reuters)

China urges Syria government, rebels to start dialogue (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:21 AM PST Reuters - China urged the Syrian government and rebels trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad to end all acts of violence, especially against civilians.

Chinese village unites for symbolic poll in bid to end graft (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:31 AM PST Reuters - Residents of a southern Chinese village on Saturday elected a reformist leader to run a new administrative authority that many hail as a model for greater grassroots democracy following an uncompromising standoff over land grabs and abuse of power.

Protesters become leaders in China village vote (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:12 AM PST AP - Two protesters who led a rebellion against officials accused of stealing farmland were elected Saturday to run their fishing village in a much-watched election that reformers hope will promote democracy as a way to settle many of the myriad disputes besetting China.

China COFCO eyes Hong Kong for property unit IPO: exec (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 02:50 AM PST Reuters - China's top grain trader, COFCO Group , will seek to list its commercial property unit in Hong Kong, its chairman told Reuters on Saturday, without clarifying the timing or scale of the offering.

China to promote cultural identity to Taiwan's youth (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 01:22 AM PST Reuters - A senior Chinese official pledged on Saturday to reach out to the youth of Taiwan to get them to identify more closely with China, as Beijing frets about pro-independence sentiment on the self-ruled democratic island it claims as its own.

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