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Dalai Lama: China aims to annihilate Buddhism (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Dalai Lama lashed out at China, accusing it of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet and rebuffing all his efforts to reach a compromise over the disputed Himalayan region.


Citic Pacific books 2009 profit after bad year (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Citic Pacific climbed back into the black last year, the scandal-plagued investment firm said Wednesday, after suffering massive losses from unauthorized currency trading bets in 2008.


Cathay Pacific Airways returns to full-year profit (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. returned to profit in 2009 as cost-cutting measures and bets on fuel prices helped Asia's No. 3 carrier rebound from its biggest loss ever the year before.


Chinese bankers told to curb pay to rein in risks (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China on Wednesday unveiled strict new rules governing bankers' pay that are designed to limit risk taking.


China trade data point to rise in yuan (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Chinese exports and imports grew faster than expected in February, underlining the momentum behind the world's third-largest economy and reinforcing the case for a rise in the yuan.


China home prices thwart buyers (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The luxury apartment buildings Yang --uhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home.


China's exporters fret over labor shortage (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Huada Electrical Appliances has piles of orders from abroad — a welcome sign that China's exports are bouncing back after the global economic crisis.


China Mobile to buy 20% of Shanghai Pudong Bank (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by market value, agreed to buy 20 percent of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. for 39.8 billion yuan (US$5.8 billion) to expand its electronic payment business.


China chooses first two women astronauts (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space program , state media reported Wednesday.


100 Chinese file complaint over HP laptops (Mar 11)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology company, a lawyer for the group said on Wednesday.