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2 hrs ago | CNET News.com

Apple asks Fair Labor Association to inspect Foxconn

The iPhone maker announced today that it has asked the Fair Labor Association , an organization "dedicated to ending sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide," to investigate Foxconn facilities in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China.

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3 hrs ago | Yahoo!

China's VP, heir-apparent Xi Jinping, arrives for critical U.S. visit

China's Vice President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington late Monday for a whirlwind visit to the White House, Pentagon, Iowa and Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Xi Jinping, Los Angeles, CA, US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, Tom Vilsack,

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Tri-cityherald.com

Teenage Tibetan nun sets herself on fire in China

CORRECTS SPELLING OF THE NUN'S NAME AND ADD THAT SHE DIED ACCORDING TO FREE TIBET - In this undated photo released by Free Tibet on Sunday, Feb.

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Newkerala.com

China loans two pandas to Canada

The Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens Saturday signed an agreement with two Canadian zoos in this regard in Chongqing municipality in southwest China.

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South China Morning Post

Star mayor of Chongqing faces uncertain future

Ally of party boss Bo Xilai is reportedly summoned to Beijing to explain why he led armed convoy to US consulate during political turmoil last week The future of Chongqing's mayor appears to be up in the air in the wake of political turmoil in the southwestern municipality last week.

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The Guardian

A battle for Tibetan hearts and minds

Special report: in Aba, a remote town on the Tibetan plateau, the Guardian witnesses how Chinese authorities are trying to quell dissent through security, propaganda and 're-education' On the roof of the world, Chinese paramilitaries are trying to snuff out Tibetan resistance to Beijing's rule with spiked batons, semi-automatic weapons and fire ... (more)

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Apocalypse Preppers

A new series on Preppers is attracting lots of attention. The series will air on NatGeo but even ABC Nightline just gave it a plug.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

The China Post

Real estate prices may decline despite bullish outlook: scholar

Real estate developers are generally optimistic about Taiwan's property market, but a scholar has warned of the possibility of prices going down, a report said yesterday.

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Pay Attention To Me!

China's Environmental Year in Review

As air pollution crept back up to hazardous levels in the Chinese capital, smog was probably the most talked about environmental story of the year.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Environment, Science, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Japan,

Global Voices Online

China: The Political Drama of Wang Lijun's "Stress Leave"

Some background on Wang Lijun, the former police chief of Chongqing who sought temporary refuge in a nearby US consulate last week before turning himself over to central government authorities.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Chinese Communist Party, Hu Jintao

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Canada.com

Harper's panda diplomacy with China yields cute, cuddly results

Giant Pandas Yuan Zai and Huan Huan eat bamboo branches at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province on January 9, 2012.

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Foreign Policy

Lies, damn lies, and Weibo rumors of Kim Jong Un's demise

"On the morning of February 10th at 2:45 pm, unknown persons broke into the residence of the highest leader North Korea Kim Jong En and shot him dead." Suspicious traffic patterns had been seen outside of the North Korean embassy in Beijing, and this explanation, it appears, seems as good as any: Users of China's Sina Weibo, the local Twitter ... (more)

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China Daily

Workers return home from Sudan

BEIJING / CHENGDU - Fu Shan hugged and kissed her husband Zhang Qianhui, one of the 46 workers who were attacked by Sudanese anti-government forces.

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Brandon Sun

Chinese celebrity author Han Han sues blogger for accusing him of using ghostwriter

In this Dec. 10, 2010 photo, Han Han, a novelist and a semiprofessional race car driver, poses during a Peugeot sport car promotional event in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province.

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Tri-cityherald.com

China says top cop spent a day in US consulate

Beijing says a celebrity police chief linked to one of the country's rising political stars spent a day in a U.S. consulate in southwestern China amid speculation that he sought political asylum.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Honolulu Advertiser

Carlisle advised to reimburse city $3,300 for wife's China trip

Mayor Peter Carlisle has been advised to reimburse the city $3,300 to cover the cost of his wife's trip to China with him in June 2011, the city Ethics Commission said today.

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BBC News

China lock-down seals off Tibetan unrest

But it is not easy to see them from the ground: most are in Tibetan areas that are now being closely monitored following unrest.

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Xchangemag.com

Hackers Breach Systems at Apple's Taiwanese Supplier

Hackers claimed to have breached the computer systems at Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer for Apple and other major companies that The New York Times recently depicted as subjecting workers to horrendous conditions.

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Aurora Era-Banner

Apple faces protests over labour conditions in Chinese unit

Demonstrations are to be held in New York, San Francisco, London, Sydney and Bangalore on Thursday to protest against conditions at the company's iPhone factory Protesters plan to target Apple iPhone stores across the world on February 9 to protest against the poor working conditions at the company's factory in China.

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York Dispatch

US says missing Chinese top cop met US diplomats

The celebrity top cop relieved of his duties in a major Chinese city met officials at a U.S. consulate amid unconfirmed reports of an asylum bid, but then left the building, the U.S. State Department said.

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