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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, an endangered Siberian tiger runs away with a chicken tossed by tourists at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday.



Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:29:10 GMT

A worker is pictured preparing to feed Siberian tigers with chickens at the world's largest Siberian tigers park in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. Eleven Siberian tigers have starved to death over the past three months at a zoo in Shenyang, after the cash-strapped animal park fed them cheap chicken bones, according to state media.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Eleven Siberian tigers have starved to death over the past three months at a zoo in northeast China, after the cash-strapped animal park fed them cheap chicken bones, state media reported.



11 Siberian tigers starve to death in China zoo: report (AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:25:16 GMT

President Barack Obama speaks at the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asian power.



US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:06:40 GMT

A Chinese flag flies outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.



Google says talks with China ongoing (AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMT

This picture taken Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010 shows a Chinese selects fruits at a department store in Beijing, China. China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy on track. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China's inflation rose in February amid galloping growth and demand for scarce labor, increasing pressure on Beijing to ease off its stimulus while keeping a recovery going in the world's third-largest economy.



China's February inflation accelerates (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:10 GMT

Photo taken in June 2008 shows Chinese paramilitary policemen patrolling past a slogan promoting national unity, in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Chinese security forces have stepped up a crackdown in Tibet's capital Lhasa, two years after protests marking a failed 1959 uprising erupted in deadly violence, police and reports said Thursday.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Chinese security forces have stepped up a crackdown in Tibet's capital Lhasa, two years after protests marking a failed 1959 uprising erupted in deadly violence, police and reports said Thursday.



China steps up security crackdown in Tibet (AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:50:44 GMT
Reuters - They build the skyscrapers and lay the highways, mind the city children, sew the clothes and tend the shops, but China's army of migrant laborers are still fundamentally aliens in the country's bustling urban centers.
Urbanizing China long way from residence reform (Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:30:59 GMT

People are pictured shopping for food at a supermarket in Beijing. Chinese consumer prices rose for the fourth month running in February while new lending slowed sharply, data showed, as the government campaigns to tame inflation in the booming economy.(AFP/Li Xin)AFP - Chinese consumer prices rose for the fourth month running in February while new lending slowed sharply, data showed Thursday, as the government campaigns to tame inflation in the booming economy.



China's consumer prices soar in February (AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:14 GMT
AP - China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that requires training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said, citing problems with the current crop of mainland journalists.
China orders reporters trained in Marxist theory (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:52:41 GMT
Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.
Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:38:51 GMT
AP - China has tightened controls on pay for its top bankers, joining global efforts to try to limit financial risks by linking longer-term performance more closely to compensation.
China limits bonuses for bankers to manage risk (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:21:04 GMT
SPACE.com - China has selected two military air transport pilots as its first female astronauts, the country's state media reported Wednesday. The only hitch? The women had to be hitched – as in married – to make the cut.
Just One Hitch in Choosing China's First Women Astronauts (SPACE.com)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:15:56 GMT

In this picture taken March. 3, 2010 show Chinese protesters are escorted away by Police official after trying to approach the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Police have long tried to shush and isolate potential activists, usually starting with a low-key meeting, a warning and perhaps a drink or a meal. But now the country's troublemakers are openly blogging and Tweeting their stories about 'drinking tea' with the cops and bonding like never before. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda.



China's troublemakers bond over 'drinking tea' (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:48:51 GMT

A man reads the news at a stall in Shanghai in 2009. A Chinese editor involved in authoring an unusually bold editorial that demanded reform of a controversial household registration system says he and others have suffered retaliation.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - A Chinese editor involved in authoring an unusually bold editorial that demanded reform of a controversial household registration system says he and others have suffered retaliation.



China editor says punished over bold editorial (AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:12:26 GMT

China's Shenzhou VI manned mission into space carrying two astronauts, lifts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, in China's Gansu province in 2005. China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/Xinhua/File)AFP - China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday.



China chooses first women astronauts (AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:57:37 GMT

Smoke billows from several chimneys at a factory in Jilin in northern China. China's environment is "still deteriorating", a senior official has said as the booming nation burnt record amounts of coal and lagged behind in meeting its energy-saving goals.(AFP/AFP)AFP - China's environment is "still deteriorating", a senior official said Wednesday, as the booming nation burnt record amounts of coal and lagged behind in meeting its energy-saving goals.



China environment worsening, may miss energy goals (AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:26:40 GMT

Labourers work at the construction site of a metro in Shenyang, Liaoning province March 10, 2010. When exports collapsed last year due to the global financial crisis, China unleashed an infrastructure investment frenzy to make up the shortfall. More than 30 cities from Shenyang in the north to Guangzhou in the south are building or expanding metro systems. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - In a tunnel deep beneath Shenyang's busy streets, Lu Ze flicked a switch and a lone light bulb revealed a cluttered concrete floor.



High stakes in China's big dig (Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:22:19 GMT
AP - A U.N. torture investigator said Wednesday he is very concerned about the fate of missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng and believes he has been severely tortured.
UN expert concerned about missing Chinese lawyer (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:51:15 GMT

Phone giant China Mobile said Wednesday it will pay about 5.8 billion US dollars for a 20 percent stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as part of its bid to enter the wireless banking market.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Phone giant China Mobile said Wednesday it will pay about 5.8 billion US dollars for a 20 percent stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as part of its bid to enter the wireless banking market.



China Mobile buys 20% stake in mainland bank (AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:59 GMT

Tibetan protestors chant anti-Chinese slogans as they stage a protest march at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising. The Dalai Lama has admitted there is "little hope" of the current Chinese government compromising on the issue of Tibet, after years of vain attempts to win autonomy for his homeland.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)AFP - The Dalai Lama admitted on Wednesday there was "little hope" of the current Chinese government compromising on the issue of Tibet, after years of vain attempts to win autonomy for his homeland.



'Little hope' of resolving Tibet issue: Dalai Lama (AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:40 GMT