Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Chinese solar plant expected to be the biggest (AP)
• Chinese region tightens rules on chemical sales (AP)
• 2 China Wal-Mart workers arrested after death (AP)
• China Pingdingshan closes coal mines, impact limited (Reuters)
• China Wal-Mart employees detained in shopper's death (Reuters)
• China showcases commercial jet at Asia air show (AP)
• 35 dead, 44 trapped in China mine blast: official (AFP)
• Beijing to sell first yuan bonds in Hong Kong (AP)
• China says coal mine blast kills 35, traps 44 (AP)
• Woman beaten to death at China Wal-Mart: police (AFP)
• China to issue 880 mln dlrs in bonds: govt (AFP)
• China faces grim situation as H1N1 escalates: minister (Reuters)
• China reverses death penalty in drunk driving case (AP)
• Chinese Rio Tinto exec seeks bail: state media (AFP)
• Chinese graduates get maps to find jobs (AFP)

Chinese solar plant expected to be the biggest (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 10:43 AM PDT AP - First Solar Inc. said Tuesday it has received initial approval from the Chinese government to build what may become the largest solar field in the world.

Chinese region tightens rules on chemical sales (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 07:53 AM PDT AP - The western Chinese region shaken by ethnic rioting and needle attacks is tightening controls over the sale of dangerous chemicals in an effort to improve public safety, state media reported Tuesday.

2 China Wal-Mart workers arrested after death (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 06:18 AM PDT AP - Two employees of a Wal-Mart store in eastern China were arrested after a woman was beaten outside the store on suspicion of being a shoplifter and died, a state-owned newspaper reported Tuesday.

China Pingdingshan closes coal mines, impact limited (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:36 AM PDT Reuters - The city of Pingdingshan in central China's Henan Province has ordered all 157 coal mine shafts within its district to close, after a mine explosion killed 35 people earlier in the day, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.

China Wal-Mart employees detained in shopper's death (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:31 AM PDT Reuters - Two Wal-Mart China employees were detained in southern China following the death of a customer, whom employees followed and pushed to the ground after suspecting her of shoplifting, according to a police website.

China showcases commercial jet at Asia air show (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:00 AM PDT AP - China showcased its newest and biggest commercial plane Tuesday — a jetliner with as many as 200 seats that could boost the country's fledgling aviation industry to compete with Western rivals like Boeing Co. and Airbus.

35 dead, 44 trapped in China mine blast: official (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 03:50 AM PDT AFP - At least 35 people were killed and 44 others were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China on Tuesday, officials said, in the latest deadly accident to strike the industry here.

Beijing to sell first yuan bonds in Hong Kong (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 03:47 AM PDT AP - Beijing will sell some $876 million of government bonds denominated in the mainland's yuan for the first time in Hong Kong this month, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday, in a move to expand the international use of its tightly controlled currency.

China says coal mine blast kills 35, traps 44 (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:52 AM PDT AP - An explosion at an illegal coal mine killed 35 miners in central China's Henan province Tuesday and left another 44 men trapped, the government said.

Woman beaten to death at China Wal-Mart: police (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:35 AM PDT AFP - A woman in eastern China was allegedly beaten to death by five employees of a Wal-Mart store who accused her of shoplifting, a police report and state media said Tuesday.

China to issue 880 mln dlrs in bonds: govt (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 12:52 AM PDT AFP - China says it will issue six billion yuan (880 million dollars) in government bonds in Hong Kong later this month, marking the first such sale outside the mainland.

China faces grim situation as H1N1 escalates: minister (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2009 12:05 AM PDT Reuters - China faces a grim situation in containing the H1N1 strain of flu, as schools start up again and the number of domestic cases, as well as clusters of cases, rises, China's Minister of Health said on Tuesday.

China reverses death penalty in drunk driving case (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:11 PM PDT AP - An appeals court in China overturned the death penalty Tuesday in a drunk driving case, sentencing the defendant instead to life imprisonment.

Chinese Rio Tinto exec seeks bail: state media (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:44 PM PDT AFP - One of three Chinese employees of mining giant Rio Tinto detained along with an Australian national in July on suspicion of spying and bribery has applied for bail, state media reported Tuesday.

Chinese graduates get maps to find jobs (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 09:18 PM PDT AFP - University graduates looking for work in a city in eastern China will be given "job-hunting maps" showing which companies are hiring and how to find them, state media reported Tuesday.

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