Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2184 world World - China en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:19:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2184 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidenttoll afp/20091126/chinaminingaccidenttoll AFP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:19:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidenttoll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259205492071-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5X89dqMSbaBpjh7PPft0Hw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A relative cries following the funeral of one of the miners killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Hegang in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. Rescuers have recovered the corpse of the last person missing after the explosion, bringing the death toll to 108, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Rescuers have recovered the corpse of the last person missing after an explosion in a coal mine in northeastern China, bringing the death toll to 108, state media reported on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidenttoll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259205492071-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5X89dqMSbaBpjh7PPft0Hw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A relative cries following the funeral of one of the miners killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Hegang in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. Rescuers have recovered the corpse of the last person missing after the explosion, bringing the death toll to 108, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails ap/20091126/as_china_black_jails AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:44:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0f32117dc29b45c899c8ccb938552851.china_black_jails_xaw106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h0jmMJ.u1AyyPhHtm_vsVQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, a man walks through a former black jail where a young woman says she was raped while being illegally detained in Beijing, China. A large-scale system of secret detention centers set up in Beijing where Chinese citizens are held, forcibly restrained and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government. Two articles, published Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, are prominently displayed on the opening page of Xinhua's Web site. Calling the extensive network of secret jails a 'gray industrial chain,' the articles say their existence 'damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image.', but the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that the unofficial jails don't exist. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forcibly held and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_china_black_jails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0f32117dc29b45c899c8ccb938552851.china_black_jails_xaw106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h0jmMJ.u1AyyPhHtm_vsVQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, a man walks through a former black jail where a young woman says she was raped while being illegally detained in Beijing, China. A large-scale system of secret detention centers set up in Beijing where Chinese citizens are held, forcibly restrained and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government. Two articles, published Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, are prominently displayed on the opening page of Xinhua's Web site. Calling the extensive network of secret jails a 'gray industrial chain,' the articles say their existence 'damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image.', but the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that the unofficial jails don't exist. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/sc_nm/us_science_genes_chinese nm/20091125/us_science_genes_chinese Reuters science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:24:52 GMT Reuters - A large analysis of the genes of 8,200 ethnic Chinese has revealed subtle genetic differences between inhabitants in northern China and southern China, and even between different Chinese dialect groups. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall ap/20091125/us_chinese_drywall AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:21:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c4f41a39da040bdaf01d93df730643e.chinese_drywall_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n.WMdwkRvQVEfvpPHxtrFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chinese_drywall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c4f41a39da040bdaf01d93df730643e.chinese_drywall_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n.WMdwkRvQVEfvpPHxtrFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/climate_china ap/20091125/climate_china AP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:57:10 GMT AP - China will seek binding pollution targets for developed countries and reject similar requirements for itself at an international climate summit next month, China's top climate envoy said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaflumutation afp/20091125/chinaflumutation AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:33:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaflumutation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259177592454-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=k6PsyfWO4_rrT3jh.82amw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A Chinese nurse prepares to inoculate a woman with the swine flu vaccine at a hospital in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province on November 10. China has discovered eight people with mutated versions of swine flu but drugs are still effective against the new strains, a senior health official told the official Xinhua news agency.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China has discovered eight people with mutated versions of swine flu but drugs are still effective against the new strains, a senior health official told the official Xinhua news agency.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaflumutation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259177592454-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=k6PsyfWO4_rrT3jh.82amw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A Chinese nurse prepares to inoculate a woman with the swine flu vaccine at a hospital in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province on November 10. China has discovered eight people with mutated versions of swine flu but drugs are still effective against the new strains, a senior health official told the official Xinhua news agency.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidentrescue afp/20091125/chinaminingaccidentrescue AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:06:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidentrescue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259165497907-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=UIXwKrkBB90g.aTQml5f8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="The head of the mining rescue department in Hegang, 56-year-old Zhang Fucheng, speaks to AFP in his office on November 24. Zhang has lost count of how many hellish scenes he has plunged into in 35 years as a China mine rescue worker, but he is certain of one thing -- this weekend's deadly blast was the worst.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Zhang Fucheng has lost count of how many hellish scenes he has plunged into in 35 years as a China mine rescue worker, but he is certain of one thing -- this weekend's deadly blast was the worst.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidentrescue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259165497907-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=UIXwKrkBB90g.aTQml5f8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="The head of the mining rescue department in Hegang, 56-year-old Zhang Fucheng, speaks to AFP in his office on November 24. Zhang has lost count of how many hellish scenes he has plunged into in 35 years as a China mine rescue worker, but he is certain of one thing -- this weekend's deadly blast was the worst.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/as_china_flu_mutation ap/20091125/as_china_flu_mutation AP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:45:42 GMT AP - China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_flu_china nm/20091125/us_flu_china Reuters health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:16:31 GMT Reuters - China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_mine_explosion ap/20091125/as_china_mine_explosion AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:14:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_mine_explosion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259038799678-1-0.jpg?x=68&y=130&q=85&sig=z3cY4DUSNgHmXpqup77Lcw--" align="left" height="130" width="68" alt="A map of China locating the city of Hegang and Heilongjiang province, where 107 miners died in a mine explosion(AFP Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of dead in China's worst mining accident in two years rose to 107 Wednesday after three more bodies were pulled out of the coal mine, state media said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_mine_explosion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259038799678-1-0.jpg?x=68&y=130&q=85&sig=z3cY4DUSNgHmXpqup77Lcw--" align="left" height="130" width="68" alt="photo" title="A map of China locating the city of Hegang and Heilongjiang province, where 107 miners died in a mine explosion(AFP Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_film_china_mulan ap/20091125/as_film_china_mulan AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:04:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_film_china_mulan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.5d46a206e75149edb9f01ade1486b8d0.china_film_mulan_hk102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=w.W2mjTEV9G3j8pOCQmu8A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, by MediAdvertising (H.K.) Ltd., Chinese actress Zhao Wei's character Mulan is seen in the film 'Mulan.' More than a decade after Disney made a blockbuster animated film out of a folk tale about a young woman in ancient China who takes her father's place on the battlefield, Hong Kong director Jingle Ma is taking on the story of Hua Mulan with real actors. (AP Photo/ MediAdvertising (H.K.) Ltd.)" border="0" /></a>AP - More than a decade after Disney made a blockbuster animated film out of a folk tale about a young woman in ancient China who takes her father's place on the battlefield, a Hong Kong director is taking on the story of Hua Mulan with real actors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_film_china_mulan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.5d46a206e75149edb9f01ade1486b8d0.china_film_mulan_hk102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=w.W2mjTEV9G3j8pOCQmu8A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo released on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, by MediAdvertising (H.K.) Ltd., Chinese actress Zhao Wei's character Mulan is seen in the film 'Mulan.' More than a decade after Disney made a blockbuster animated film out of a folk tale about a young woman in ancient China who takes her father's place on the battlefield, Hong Kong director Jingle Ma is taking on the story of Hua Mulan with real actors. (AP Photo/ MediAdvertising (H.K.) Ltd.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/bs_nm/us_walmart_china nm/20091125/us_walmart_china Reuters business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:01:55 GMT Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's demand for rock-bottom prices from suppliers in China means some of these companies are forcing their employees to work in sweatshop-like conditions, a new report said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_korea_north_china nm/20091125/us_korea_north_china Reuters world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:45:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_korea_north_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091126/i/r4030325823.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WFMetejxCWfBSqPJdsnEqQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) poses with China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (3rd L, front) and his delegation in Pyongyang on November 25, 2009 in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency on November 26, 2009. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA MILITARY POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday told the visiting Chinese defense minister that his isolated country's friendship with China was "unbreakable," even as ties have been tested by the North's nuclear tests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_korea_north_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091126/i/r4030325823.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=WFMetejxCWfBSqPJdsnEqQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) poses with China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (3rd L, front) and his delegation in Pyongyang on November 25, 2009 in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency on November 26, 2009. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA MILITARY POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_saab ap/20091125/as_china_saab AP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:26:26 GMT AP - The Chinese automaker that had joined with Koenigsegg Automotive AB in bidding to buy Saab said Wednesday it regrets the Swedish luxury sports car maker's decision to drop the deal and will reconsider its own stance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_dissident ap/20091125/as_china_detained_dissident AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:14:04 GMT AP - Chinese authorities have extended the detention of a jailed dissident writer for another two months, his lawyer said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_china_financial_garlic nm/20091125/us_china_financial_garlic Reuters health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:59:35 GMT Reuters - The price of garlic in China has nearly quadrupled since March, propelled by its very pungency to rank ahead of gold and stocks as the country's best-performing asset this year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutionaviation afp/20091125/chinaenvironmentpollutionaviation AFP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:59:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutionaviation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259135809546-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=wDDziK8CBDd8pmy5qNLZEQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Poor visibility delayed more than 180 domestic and international flights serving Beijing on Wednesday, the capital's airport said, following several days of heavy air pollution.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Poor visibility delayed about 280 domestic and international flights serving Beijing on Wednesday, the capital's airport said, following several days of heavy air pollution.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutionaviation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259135809546-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=wDDziK8CBDd8pmy5qNLZEQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Poor visibility delayed more than 180 domestic and international flights serving Beijing on Wednesday, the capital's airport said, following several days of heavy air pollution.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaprisonyouthtorturesentence afp/20091125/chinaprisonyouthtorturesentence AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaprisonyouthtorturesentence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259138981506-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=2CTTKKayATCzDsxOv0dTCg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This file photo shows red flags are seen flying over Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Four Chinese police officers were jailed for less than three years for torturing a high school student who later died, state media said, in a verdict that sparked anger Wednesday on the Chinese Internet.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Four Chinese police officers were jailed for less than three years for torturing a high school student who later died, state media said, in a verdict that sparked anger Wednesday on the Chinese Internet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_asia_afp/chinaprisonyouthtorturesentence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259138981506-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=2CTTKKayATCzDsxOv0dTCg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This file photo shows red flags are seen flying over Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Four Chinese police officers were jailed for less than three years for torturing a high school student who later died, state media said, in a verdict that sparked anger Wednesday on the Chinese Internet.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/chinaeconomybankingloans afp/20091125/chinaeconomybankingloans AFP business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:42:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/chinaeconomybankingloans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259047679918-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=n640z.n9REUT5K66et95fA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Chinese banks may need to raise billions of dollars in the next few years as massive lending erodes their capital and leaves them vulnerable to bad debts, a pair of research reports has warned.(AFP/File/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chinese banks may need to raise billions of dollars in the next few years as massive lending erodes their capital and leaves them vulnerable to bad debts, a pair of research reports has warned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/bs_afp/chinaeconomybankingloans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259047679918-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=n640z.n9REUT5K66et95fA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="Chinese banks may need to raise billions of dollars in the next few years as massive lending erodes their capital and leaves them vulnerable to bad debts, a pair of research reports has warned.(AFP/File/AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_he_me/as_china_aids ap/20091125/as_china_aids AP health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:06:32 GMT AP - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.