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China sends team to Libya to seek reconstruction role (Feb 6)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China has sent a team of government officials and company executives to Libya to discuss post-war reconstruction and how to protect Chinese assets, the official --inhua News Agency reported on Sunday.


Village polls to channel public opinion: Wen (Feb 6)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China has failed to give farmers adequate protection from arbitrary seizures of land, Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday in which he acknowledged that the resulting discontent is fanning protests.


No eurozone debt on China's shopping list amid European spree (Feb 5)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Chinese companies and funds have ramped up investment in crisis-hit Europe, buying utilities, energy firms and even luxury yacht makers, but are steering clear of eurozone debt.


Economic development pays pollution's price (Feb 5)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China is paying an increasing price for pollution brought about by economic development, says a report by the country's environmental protection academy.


Huge water project may begin operating in '13 (Feb 5)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A massive project to divert water from China's south to its drought-prone north — which has seen hundreds of thousands of people relocated — will become partly operational next year, state media reported.


IPhone Web sales restart, delivery date unknown (Feb 5)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - With organized scalpers working overtime to keep the red-hot iPhone 4S in stock, Apple has adopted new retail policies to regulate orders and delivery of the product in Hong Kong and on the mainland market.


New rules to restrict mortgages for foreigners (Feb 5)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - People from overseas hoping to buy a home in China will no longer be granted medium- or long-term mortgages, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Thursday.


Bitter exchanges highlight Hong Kong-mainland divide (Feb 5)
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A bitter family feud between Hong Kongers and their northern neighbors sparked by mainland China's increasing financial and political clout has led to an awkward debate about the former British colony's identity.