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China detains factory owner in melamine scandal (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 04:02 AM CST AP - Authorities in a Chinese city have detained the owner of a feed processing factory suspected of selling chicken feed tainted with an industrial chemical that was later found in eggs, state media reported.

China considering 730-bln-dollar transport investment: report (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 03:00 AM CST AFP - China is considering a plan to invest five trillion yuan (730 billion dollars) in the transport sector in the next three to five years, state media reported Wednesday.

China shares rebound on regional rally (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 02:39 AM CST AP - Chinese shares rose Wednesday for the first time in four trading days as regional markets advanced, led by financial and construction-related stocks.

Microsoft looking to China to create new products (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 02:22 AM CST AP - Microsoft Corp. expects its Beijing research center to start producing breakthroughs that could lead to global products in health care and other areas, the software giant's chief research officer said Wednesday as the center marked its 10th anniversary.

China detains suspect in melamine eggs case (Reuters) Posted: 05 Nov 2008 01:35 AM CST Reuters - The owner of a Chinese feed factory suspected of adding melamine to its product which turned up in tainted eggs has been detained, state media said Wednesday.

Landslides, worst floods in a century kill 51 in China (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 09:53 PM CST AFP - Parts of southwestern China have been hit by their worst floods in more than a century as well as landslides that have cost 51 lives and left 43 missing, local officials and state media said Wednesday.

China reveals fresh sentences for Tibet unrest (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 08:50 PM CST Reuters - A Chinese official has revealed fresh sentences for Tibetans accused of rioting in Lhasa in March, state media reported, while talks continue between Beijing and envoys of the Dalai Lama.

Death toll from landslide in China rises to 40 (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 07:52 PM CST AP - A state-run news agency says the death toll from a landslide in southwestern China has risen to 40.

Unemployment fears stalk once-roaring China (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 06:32 PM CST Reuters - Short of food and running low on cash, a group of men huddled under a bridge in Beijing and waited for someone, anyone to come by and offer them work, any work.

Reporter's suit challenges China's media controls (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2008 06:36 AM CST AP - A Chinese reporter whose weekly publication was closed for three months after she wrote an article that criticized one of China's largest banks has sued the government, her lawyer said Tuesday.

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