Arroyo suspends deal with Chinese firm

The China Post - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the indefinite suspension Saturday of a national broadband network deal between the Manila government and a Chinese firm. Full Story

Dalai Lama says China has 'arrogance of power'

The China Post - The Dalai Lama has accused China of showing "the arrogance of power" in objecting to his meeting on Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Full Story

China observes 'Car Free Day' with usual gridlock

The China Post - More than 100 Chinese cities including Beijing staged a "Car Free Day" Saturday to fight congestion and pollution, but the streets of the capital remained defiantly clogged with traffic jams. Full Story

China issues strict new rules for TV talent shows

The China Post - China has issued strict new rules for TV talent shows, banning "American Idol"-style mass audience voting by mobile phone text message and the Internet and forcing the programs out of prime time. Full Story

China says it's a cyber-attack victim, not villain

The China Post - China has been the target of a big increase in cyber-attacks in recent years and faces more of a threat from hackers than any country in the West, a military researcher said Saturday. Full Story

Hong Kong prison clerk who stole inmates' girlfriends avoids jail

The China Post - A prison clerk in Hong Kong who dated inmates' girlfriends by hacking into a computer to get their phone numbers has been sentenced to community service, a news report said Saturday. Full Story

Chinese ex-banker gets death sentence for graft

The China Post - A Chinese court has sentenced a former bank manager to death for taking payoffs that led to losses of 700 million yuan (US$93 million), the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. Full Story

Pope Benedict approves Chinese bishop of Beijing

The China Post - Pope Benedict XVI on Friday formally approved the ordination of Father Joseph Li Shan as new bishop of Beijing, the second of two appointments in China over the past month, said a Vatican newspaper cited by ANSA agency. Full Story

Two missing Russians canoeists rescued in China

The China Post - Rescue teams on Friday found two members of a missing Russian canoeing expedition who had survived for nearly three weeks without food in remote gorges in western China. Full Story

Aussie kids may have to study Chinese

The China Post - Studying Mandarin could become compulsory in some Australian public schools next year, as China's national language begins to elbow out the older favorites of Latin, French and Japanese. Full Story

North Korea nuclear talks set for Sept. 27-30

The China Post - Talks between North Korea and regional powers on ending Pyongyang's atomic weapons programme will resume in Beijing from Sept. 27 to 30, China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Full Story

China orders inspections after three toddlers die

The China Post - China has ordered tougher inspections of the country's mushrooming private preschools and kindergartens after the deaths of three toddlers who were left on school buses for up to seven hours, state media said Friday. Full Story

Chinese immigrant injured fleeing French police

The China Post - A Chinese illegal immigrant woman was seriously injured on Thursday after jumping from a first floor window in eastern Paris to avoid a police check, officers said. Full Story

Semifinal set for Jankovic, Davenport

The China Post - Former world number one Lindsay Davenport won her eighth consecutive match on the comeback trail by beating Russian Elena Dementieva 7-6, 6-1 to reach the semi finals of the China Open on Friday. Full Story

United States college coach inks China exchange deal: NYT

The China Post - University of Memphis basketball coach John Calipari and Chinese Basketball Association officials have struck a deal that could boost China awareness of U.S. college teams, the New York Times reported. Full Story

Austrian chancellor meets Dalai Lama

The China Post -- Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said Thursday that he had met the Dalai Lama, defying Chinese warnings against seeing the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. "One thing needs to be clear-- Vienna and Austria are places for dialogue," the chancellor said on ORF public television, referring to the Chinese protests. Full Story

Wipha whips China; 2 mil. evacuated

The China Post - Typhoon Wipha weakened Wednesday as the storm swept through eastern China, bringing torrential rains that flooded streets and disrupted air traffic but caused little damage in China's financial center of Shanghai. Full Story

China and Russia spying at Cold War levels: United States spy chief

The China Post - Chinese and Russian spies are stalking the United States at levels close to those seen during the tense covert espionage duels of the Cold War, the top U.S. intelligence officer warned Tuesday. Full Story

China tests real-time battlefield data system

The China Post - The Chinese military has begun a two-day drill testing a system that provides commanders real-time battlefield data, signalling the continued modernization of the nation's massive armed forces. Full Story

Hu promotes close ally, bolsters position

The China Post - Chinese President Hu Jintao has promoted one of his closest aides to a key post in another sign of his growing political clout ahead of next month's landmark Communist Party congress. Full Story