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Booming China auto industry faces over-capacity
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:18:50 GMT
 AFP - China should end preferential policies for automotive companies in order to curb over-capacity in an industry where sales jumped 55 percent in August, a government official said.
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Southwest China landslide toll rises to 24
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:02:35 GMT
 AFP - The death toll from rain-triggered landslides that hit a remote village in southwestern China rose to 24, with another 24 people still missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.
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China halts loans to firms that break environment rules
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:18:37 GMT
 AFP - China has ordered banks to stop new lending to companies that pollute excessively or consume too much energy, as part of a drive to make its economy more energy efficient, state media said Saturday.
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EU presses China to step up fight against fakes
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:10:53 GMT
 AFP - The European Union pressed China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.
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At least 26 killed in vehicle accidents in China
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:45:36 GMT
 AFP - At least 26 people were killed in separate vehicle accidents in northeastern China on Friday, state media reported.
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Thousands of trucks stuck in China traffic jam
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:39:26 GMT
 AP - Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles were backed up for miles on a highway in northern China on Friday, the latest in a series of monster traffic jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer.
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China orders action to cool food prices
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:34:08 GMT
AP - China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.
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Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:26:21 GMT
 Reuters - China on Friday offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could face depreciation risks.
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China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:15:45 GMT
 AFP - Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday.
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Death toll in China fireworks blast jumps to 33
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:41:02 GMT
 AFP - The death toll from an explosion last month at a fireworks factory in northeastern China has leapt to 33 from a previously reported 20 dead, state media said.
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Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4
(Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:36:38 GMT
Reuters - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings.
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Pension fund approached on Potash bid
(AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:36:03 GMT
AP - The head of a major Canadian pension fund says a Chinese sovereign wealth fund is interested in making a joint-bid with a Canadian pension fund for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.
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China census highlights growing rights awareness
(AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:47:50 GMT
 AP - Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update.
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EU's Ashton urges China on trade, Iran
(AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:10:47 GMT
 AFP - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton urged China Thursday to create a better investment environment for European businesses and maintain a joint stand on the Iranian nuclear issue.
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US officials to visit China for talks
(AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:07:24 GMT
 AFP - US National Economic Council chairman Larry Summers will visit China next week for talks on bilateral relations, China announced Thursday.
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A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads
(BusinessWeek)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:08:41 GMT
BusinessWeek - The job hunt came as a shock. The 23-year-old job seeker graduated in June from a good school -- Beijing University of Technology -- with a bachelor's degree in materials science, a subject he figured would appeal to employers. Yet he had to go through scores of interviews and comb the online job sites endlessly before landing a job at a local trading company. Happy ending? Barely. The pay, $368 a month, is meager by Beijing standards, so he has had to move back in with his parents and he's too ashamed about the outcome of his job search to give his name. ...
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Bumper-to-bumper as epic China traffic jam returns
(AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:40:59 GMT
 AFP - A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said.
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South China landslide kills 4, leaves 44 missing
(AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:52:00 GMT
 AP - Rescuers were searching for 44 people missing Thursday after a landslide hit a village in southern China and killed at least four people.
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China coal miner digs down to dodge housing costs
(AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:16:10 GMT
 AFP - A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported on Thursday.
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China auto sales rebound to grow 56 percent in Aug
(AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:38:09 GMT
AP - Auto sales in China, the world's biggest car market, rebounded in August as subsidies for energy-efficient vehicles and a stronger currency spurred demand, while sales in the U.S. faltered.
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