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Summary Box: Blackouts in China (AP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 8:30 pm ]

AP - WHAT'S HAPPENING: Areas of China are hit by intentional daylong blackouts, leaving factories and homes without power.

Summary Box: Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 8:26 pm ]

AP - OLIVE BRANCH: Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants healthy and stable ties between the two countries. The remarks come before a possible visit to Washington in January.

Two missing after China oil rig accident (AFP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 6:18 pm ]

A Chinese rescuer (centre L) prepares to help airlift the crew off the damaged oil rig on the Shengli oil field off Dongying in northeast China's Shandong province. Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said Wednesday, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.(AFP)AFP - Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said Wednesday, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.


Blind China activist due to be freed, his wife says (AFP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 6:18 pm ]

A pro-democracy activist holds a placard with a picture of blind activist Chen Guangcheng during a protest in Hong Kong in 2007. Chen, who was jailed after uncovering rights abuses in China's AFP - A blind activist jailed after uncovering rights abuses in China's "one child" population control policy could be freed this week after more than four years in prison, his wife said Wednesday.


China demands Japan free skipper in tense maritime row (AFP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 5:02 pm ]

A Chinese fishing boat, which was seized by a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat near a disputed island on September 7. Beijing Wednesday demanded that Tokyo free the captain of a Chinese fishing trawler who was arrested after his vessel collided with two Japan Coast Guard vessels in disputed waters.(AFP/Japan Coast Guard/File)AFP - Beijing Wednesday demanded that Tokyo free the captain of a Chinese fishing trawler who was arrested after his vessel collided with two Japan Coast Guard vessels in disputed waters.


China's rich drag feet on Gates-Buffett charity meet (AFP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 4:51 pm ]

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corp is pictured in July 2010. Just two of China's super-rich have accepted an invitation to meet with US philanthropists Gates and Warren Buffett, with others fearing they will be pressured to give to charity, a report said.(AFP/POOL/File/Jason Alden)AFP - Only two of China's super-rich have accepted an invitation to meet with US philanthropists Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, with others fearing they will be pressured to give to charity, a report said.


Blind activist lawyer set to be released in China (AP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 4:19 pm ]

FILE - In this undated file photo released by his supporters, blind activist Chen Guangcheng sits in a village in China. Police prepared Wednesday, Sept 8, 2010, for the release from prison of the blind, self-taught activist lawyer in much the same way they treated him before his jailing four years ago: putting his family under surveillance and ringing his rural east China home with plainclothes security. (AP Photo/Supporters of Chen Guangcheng, File)AP - Police prepared Wednesday for the release from prison of a blind, self-taught activist lawyer in much the same way they treated him before his jailing four years ago: putting his family under surveillance and ringing his rural east China home with plainclothes security personnel.


China's Hu extols 'progress' in US ties (AFP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 4:17 pm ]

US National Economic Council chairman Larry Summers (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. President Jintao extolled AFP - President Hu Jintao on Wednesday extolled "fresh progress" in China-US ties as he met a White House delegation that held talks here on th**** issues including North Korea, Iran and trade.


China's Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 1:49 pm ]

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, fourth from left, reacts during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, third from right, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the two countries.


Myanmar leader wants better China ties as polls loom (AFP)

[ 8 Sep 2010, 1:49 pm ]

The head of Myanmar's military junta, General Than Shwe (C) walks out from his plane on arrival at Beijing International Airport. Than Shwe said Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe said Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham.