China and the global economic crisis

The power of China's big checkbook
China's unique answer to the economic crisis is increasing its power on the world stage. Mixed bag for U.S.

• Asian stocks rise but Japanese data tempers gains
• China pledges to protect foreign media
• Maoist rebels kill 17 police in central India

• General wants 40,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan
• $70 million spacecraft crashes into moon -- on purpose
• New Windows operating system coming this month