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  China denies alleged attack on foreign journalists (AP)
AP - Local Chinese officials on Wednesday denied allegations by a Belgian television crew that they had been attacked while trying to report on the HIV epidemic in a hard-hit rural village, state media said.
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  US, China headed for possible currency clash (AP)
AP - The United States and China are headed for a possible clash over currency as they open wide-ranging talks on the future of their economic relations.
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  Saudis find melamine in Nestle milk powder from China (AFP)

Seized milk powder at a warehouse in Manila on October 3, 2008. Food inspectors in Saudi Arabia have discovered the potentially dangerous chemical melamine in Chinese-made milk powder distributed by Nestle in the kingdom, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority said.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - Food inspectors in Saudi Arabia have discovered the potentially dangerous chemical melamine in Chinese-made milk powder distributed by Nestle, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority has said.

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  China currency issue heating up on eve of US talks (AP)
AP - A decline in the Chinese currency's value against the U.S. dollar after months of hovering in a narrow range is threatening to bring the long-simmering issue to full boil as U.S.-China economic talks get under way in Beijing.
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  Chinese police to dispatch anti-terror liaisons (AP)
AP - China plans to send additional police liaisons to countries facing major terror threats in a bid to boost cooperation with local security forces and head-off attacks, the Public Security Ministry said Wednesday.
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  Saudis find melamine in Chinese milk powder (AFP)

Seized milk powder at a warehouse in Manila on October 3, 2008. Food inspectors in Saudi Arabia have discovered the potentially dangerous chemical melamine in Chinese-made milk powder distributed by Nestle in the kingdom, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority said.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - Food inspectors in Saudi Arabia have discovered the potentially dangerous chemical melamine in Chinese-made milk powder distributed by Nestle in the kingdom, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority said in a statement.

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  China stocks rise on government support (AP)
AP - Chinese stocks rose in active trading Wednesday after Wall Street gained and a government fund announced a large purchase of shares in a major state-owned commercial bank.
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  Chinese AIDS activist taken home by police (AP)
AP - A Chinese AIDS activist said Wednesday that she was forcibly taken back to her rural home after participating in World AIDS Day in Beijing.
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  China Internet cafes switching to Chinese OS (AP)
AP - Requirements that Internet cafes in a southern Chinese city install Chinese-developed operating systems are raising new concerns over cyber snooping by authorities, a U.S. government-funded radio station reported Wednesday.
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  China sees fall in foreign tourists this year: state media (AFP)

Two Swiss tourists wearing Chinese-style hats are helped by language students wearing AFP - The number of foreign tourists to China fell in the first 10 months of the year and the global economic crisis was expected to make things worse next year, authorities said in comments published Wednesday.

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  China praises Nepal for stopping Tibetan protests (AP)

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, left, shakes hands with Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda during a meeting in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Jiechi is on a three-day long visit to Nepal. Officials say China is happy with Nepal's stopping of protests by Tibetan exiles earlier this year and its help in getting the Olympic torch to Mount Everest. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)AP - Beijing praised Nepal on Wednesday for banning anti-China protests by Tibetan exiles earlier this year and detaining demonstrators, actions that helped bring the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest.

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  100 police staff protest over pay in China: rights group (AFP)

File photo shows a police officer in Beijing. About 100 police employees have damaged government property in a highly unusual protest in China over inadequate pay, a human rights group has said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - About 100 police employees damaged government property in a highly unusual protest in China over inadequate pay, a human rights group said on Wednesday.

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  China reluctant to invest in foreign banks (AP)
AP - China's sovereign wealth fund, which last year poured $5 billion into Morgan Stanley, is reluctant to plow more money into foreign banks until governments hash out coherent policies to cope with the global economic and financial turmoil, the fund's head said Wednesday.
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  Paulson urges Chinese to continue currency reforms (AP)
AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, preparing for his final round of economic talks with China, said Tuesday that Beijing must keep letting its currency rise in value against the dollar to help ease trade tensions with the United States.
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  Hong Kong finds more melamine-tainted Chinese eggs (AP)

Seized expired imported milk powder is pictured in a wherehouse in October 2008. The European Union decided on Wednesday to ban imports of Chinese food for infants and young children containing soya after the recent discovery of melamine-tainted products.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AP - The Hong Kong government says it has found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in another batch of eggs from mainland China.

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