| Microsoft pegs China search market as top priority (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2009 01:22 AM PST  Reuters - China is a vital market for Microsoft's Web search business, as it chases leaders Baidu Inc and Google in the world's biggest Internet market, the world's largest software maker said.
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| China confirms Briton's execution, despite UK plea (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2009 01:10 AM PST  AP - China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.
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| China, Britain clash over heroin case execution (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:56 AM PST  Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was appalled at China's execution of a Briton caught smuggling heroin on Tuesday, prompting China to denounce British "accusations" and defend its court system.
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| China, the world's biggest user of death penalty (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:59 PM PST  AFP - China -- which London said put to death a British national convicted on drugs charges on Tuesday -- executes more prisoners than the rest of the world combined, rights groups say.
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| China says billions missing from public funds (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST  AFP - Over 34.4 billion dollars went missing from public funds in China in the first 11 months of 2009, state media said Tuesday, with national auditors highlighting embezzlement, waste and fraud.
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| Annual income of Chinese farmers hits record high: media (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST  AFP - The average annual income of Chinese farmers hit a record 5,000 yuan (732 dollars) this year as increased demand for migrant workers saw more money sent back to rural areas, state media reported Monday.
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| Cousins ask China to reprieve Briton facing death (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST  Reuters - Cousins of a British man due to be executed for smuggling drugs into China made a last-ditch appeal to Chinese authorities for clemency for the relative they say is mentally ill.
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| China urges Hong Kong to heed democracy challenge (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:57 AM PST  Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday called on Hong Kong to handle political reform effectively, just as opposition democrats in the city planned fresh protests at the slow pace of change.
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