| SEC files fraud charges against 2 Chinese execs
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AP - Federal regulators have filed civil fraud charges against the chairman and the former CEO of a Chinese company, accusing them of duping people to invest in a coal company that was an empty shell. |
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| As China clamps down, Tibet struggle grows radical
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 AP - Police don't travel far to monitor the goings-on at the Gami Temple at the edge of the Tibetan plateau. The police station sits inside the monastery, just outside the gates to the main prayer hall.
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| Company sues Apple over iPad name in Shanghai
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 AP - Apple Inc. defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling Chinese electronics company that denies having sold the mainland China rights to the popular tablet computer's name.
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| Tibetans mark new year under shadow of immolations
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Reuters - Tibetans in northwest China marked a tense traditional new year with prayer, the sounding of a gong and subdued defiance on Wednesday, in the wake of a string of self-immolations and protests against Chinese control. |
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| China frets as choice for Hong Kong leader strays off script
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Reuters - A political storm that has rocked the candidacy of the frontrunner to become Hong Kong's next leader poses a delicate challenge for Beijing, and in particular for the man expected to take over as China's president in 2013. |
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| Uighur protests as China's Xi visits Turkey
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Reuters - Activists from China's Muslim Uighur minority burnt Chinese flags in Ankara on Tuesday where China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping was holding talks with Turkish officials on regional issues. |
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| Summary Box: China carmaker plant in Bulgaria
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AP - CHINA ARRIVES: Great Wall Motors launched operations in Bulgaria on Tuesday, becoming the first Chinese automaker to assemble cars in the European Union. |
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| Chinese carmaker opens plant in Bulgaria
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AP - Great Wall Motors launched operations in Bulgaria on Tuesday, becoming the first Chinese automaker to assemble cars in the European Union. |
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| China, Turkey signs currency swap deal
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 AP - China and Turkey on Tuesday set aside differences on how to deal with the raging violence in Syria and signed a three-year currency swap deal worth $1.6 billion (euro1.2 billion) to enable bilateral trade in local currencies.
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| Famous faces help boost animal rights in China
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 AP - Celebrities like basketball star Yao Ming have helped energize China's animal rights movement by speaking out against shark fin soup and bear bile tonics, an animal welfare group said Tuesday.
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| Blast at steel plant in NE China kills at least 13
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AP - At least 13 people have been killed and 17 hurt in a blast at a steel plant in northeastern China. |
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| Wal-Mart takes controlling stake of Chinese site
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AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to buy a controlling interest in the fast-growing Chinese online retailer Yihaodian. |
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