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Historic China-Taiwan flights take off (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:27:07 GMT
Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could bring large numbers of mainland Chinese visitors to the island.

China to use unmanned security drones at Olympics (AP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:36:06 GMT
China plans to use unmanned security drones to patrol the skies over the Olympic sailing venue of Qingdao, state media reported Friday.

China, Taiwan resume direct flights (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:02:17 GMT
China and Taiwan resumed regular direct flights Friday for the first time in six decades, ushering in what Beijing called a "new start" in their tense and testy relations.

Historic China-Taiwan flights begin (CNN.com)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:12:28 GMT
The first regular charter flights between China's mainland and Taiwan began Friday in a sign of warming relations between Beijing and Taipei.

China: Chief May Be Fired Over Unrest (New York Times)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:24:57 GMT
The police chief whose inquiry into a schoolgirl?s death set off riots in southwest China may be fired, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.

Historic China flight lands in Taiwan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:19:26 GMT
The inaugural flight of the first regular direct service between mainland China and Taiwan in almost six decades landed here on Friday, as Beijing hailed a "new start" in relations.

Two officials sacked in China after riot (CNN.com)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:37:24 GMT
Two officials in southwestern China have been replaced for "severe malfeasance" after a protest involving about 30,000 people descended into a riot, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday.

A Broken Body in Shiny, New China (New York Times)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:57:43 GMT
In Ma Jian?s new novel, a man with a broken body confronts a shiny, new China.

China's badminton shuttlers "vulnerable" at Olympics (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:37:40 GMT
On paper, China's mighty shuttlers look set to clinch a bagful of gold medals in Beijing.

Bush to attend opening of Olympics in China (USA Today)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:37:22 GMT
President Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing, the White House said Thursday. The announcement quashed any talk of a presidential boycott over China's violent crackdown after anti-government riots and protests in Tibet.

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