| 'Misunderstandings' with China are bygones: French PM (AFP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 02:27 AM PST  AFP - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon told Chinese students Tuesday that any "misunderstandings" between Paris and Beijing were a thing of the past, following a heated row last year over Tibet.
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| China denies aid package, Uighur expulsions linked (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:41 AM PST AP - The Chinese government denied Tuesday that $1.2 billion in aid it gave Cambodia was linked to the Southeast Asian nation's deportation of 20 Muslims who had sought asylum after fleeing ethnic violence in China's far west. |
| China blasts claim it 'hijacked' climate talks (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:03 AM PST  AP - China dismissed Tuesday a British editorial accusing it of "hijacking" the U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen as baseless and politically motivated.
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| Chinese activists warned over dissident trial (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:27 PM PST  AFP - Reform activists in Beijing said Tuesday they had been warned not to attend the trial this week of leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, as European and US diplomats sought access to the hearing.
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| China 'regrets' WTO decision on film, music trade (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:13 PM PST  AFP - China said Tuesday it "regrets" a decision by the World Trade Organization to reject its appeal against a ruling that orders Beijing to free up distribution of US films, music and books.
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| China sentences tiger killer to 12 years in jail (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:23 PM PST  AFP - A man who shot dead a rare tiger in southwestern China was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 580,000 yuan (85,000 dollars), state media reported Tuesday.
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| French PM calls for more flexible yuan (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:06 PM PST  AFP - Visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Tuesday called for a more flexible yuan, saying such a policy would help boost domestic consumption in China and resolve global trade imbalances.
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| Atmosphere of fear at Christmas in north China (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:43 PM PST  AFP - Christians in north China are facing a Christmas of fear after 10 local religious leaders were jailed in recent weeks and their new church shut down amid a crackdown on unauthorised worship.
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| Auto sales in rural markets boost China to No. 1 (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:16 PM PST  AP - Minivan salesman Zhu Yi has a problem that most auto dealers elsewhere would happily swap for their own — he doesn't have enough vehicles to satisfy customer demand.
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| Chinese man gets 12 years for killing rare tiger (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:38 PM PST AP - A court has sentenced a man to 12 years in jail for killing a rare tiger in southwestern China. |
| China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:26 PM PST Reuters - China has sought a WTO probe into U.S. duties on Chinese-made tires but was stymied for now by U.S. objections, state media said, the latest in a series of disputes between the two economic giants to reach the global trade umpire. |
| Liu trial a travesty: Human Rights Watch (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:14 PM PST AFP - China's most prominent dissident is set to face a "pre-determined political trial" with Beijing "showing contempt for its universal human rights commitments," Human Rights Watch charged Tuesday. |
| China thanks Cambodia for expulsions (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:40 PM PST AP - Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping thanked Cambodia on Monday for deporting 20 Muslim asylum-seekers while handing the country $1.2 billion in aid , the government spokesman said. |
| China will target 8 pct growth in 2010: minister (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:18 PM PST  AFP - China will target eight percent economic growth next year as the government maintain's pro-growth policies aimed at fighting the global turn-down, a top minister said Monday.
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| UK officials: China sets execution date for Briton (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:24 AM PST AP - China plans to execute a British man convicted of drug smuggling before the end of the year, officials said Monday, ignoring a personal appeal from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to spare the man's life. |
| Cambodia tightens economic links with China (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:08 AM PST Reuters - Cambodia signed 14 deals worth an estimated $850 million with China on Monday, two days after defying international pressure by deporting 20 ethnic Chinese asylum-seekers, underlining growing trade and diplomatic links. |
| Minister: China aims for 2010 GDP growth of 8 pct (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:57 AM PST AP - China's government is targeting 8 percent growth next year as the global economy recovers, the country's industry minister said Monday. |
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