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- Chinese workers held in Sudan board plane to leave
(AP)
AP - Chinese workers abducted in Sudan during a rebel attack on a work site boarded a Red Cross plane to leave rebel territory Tuesday after apparently being released, a state news agency said.
- Walmart names ex-Woolworths veteran as new China CEO
(Reuters)
Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has named an industry veteran, but a relative newcomer to China, to run what is a strategically crucial business for the world's biggest retailer as it faces tougher competition in the fastest growing major economy.
- Kidnapped Chinese workers in Sudan freed
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rebel forces in Sudan's border state of South Kordofan released 29 Chinese workers to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday, 10 days after they were kidnapped, Sudan's foreign ministry said.
- China vows to continue crackdown on Tibetan unrest
(AP)
AP - China on Tuesday vowed to crack down on unrest in Tibetan areas and accused overseas activist groups and the Dalai Lama of fomenting the recent violence.
- US trip of China's next leader: From Obama to Iowa
(AP)
AP - In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He returns next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation.
- China sees "trust deficit" before Xi's U.S. trip
(Reuters)
Reuters - China and the United States suffer a "trust deficit" that Vice President Xi Jinping's trip to Washington could help ease, a Chinese diplomat said in a speech published on Tuesday, playing down Chinese fears about a U.S. "pivot" towards Asia.
- China forges Arab ties, hedging bets in the Gulf
(AP)
AP - To celebrate Chinese New Year last month, Dubai's swankiest hotel bathed its sail-shaped facade in red lighting accented with an image of a twisting golden dragon.
- China says it may send envoys over Syria violence
(AP)
AP - China says it is considering sending envoys to discuss ways to end the violence in Syria.
- Chinese rural ire grows with land grabs: survey
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than half of Chinese farmers are unsatisfied with rural policies, according to a survey published on Tuesday that showed rising cases of agricultural land seizures by the state and a trend towards bigger farms as millions leave villages for work in cities.
- Canada's Harper in China visit focused on energy
(AP)
AP - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties following U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of a pipeline carrying Canadian oil across the continental United States.
- China fines parents of HK-born second child: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mainland Chinese who have a second child in Hong Kong will be fined for breaching China's one-child policy, Chinese media quoted a family planning official as saying, as mainland Chinese women flock to the former British colony to give birth.
- China to publish sensitive wealth gap data
(AP)
AP - Chinese state media say the government plans to conduct a nationwide income survey to help it calculate a politically sensitive measure of wealth inequality.
- After U.S. oil snub, Canada focuses on China
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canada will focus on exporting oil and other goods to China and other booming Asian economies even if Washington overturns its decision to block a pipeline that would have sent more Canadian crude to the United States.
- China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985
(AP)
AP - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa.
- No way China can sustain its growth: Biden
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden warned on Monday that there is no way that China will be able to sustain its current level of economic growth because of what he called its "God-awful" one-child policy.
- Citi gets approval to issue credit card in China
(AP)
AP - Citigroup Inc.'s Chinese subsidiary is set to become the first U.S.-based bank to issue its own credit cards in China.
- Syria protesters hurl rocks at China embassy in Libya
(Reuters)
Reuters - Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.
- China defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions
(Reuters)
Reuters - China defended its rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, with a top state newspaper saying Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq exposed the risks of forced regime change.
- China growth could halve if Europe crisis worsens: IMF
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's annual economic growth could be cut nearly in half this year if Europe's debt crisis tips the world economy into a recession, putting pressure on Beijing to unveil "significant" fiscal stimulus, the International Monetary Fund said.
- China says Tibet facing "urgent" task to maintain stability
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's mountainous region of Tibet is facing an urgent task to maintain stability and all government workers must be on their highest guard ahead of the Tibetan New Year and the fourth anniversary of riots, a newspaper said on Monday.