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