Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Top China miner pollutes river: report (AFP)
• Chinese credit report rates US below China (AFP)
• Hu hails China-Taiwan trade pact (AP)
• Chinese officials must report personal assets (AP)
• China's property prices slow in June (AFP)
• In Havana's Chinatown, rare droplets of freedom (AP)
• China to start draining dam that threatens city (Reuters)

Top China miner pollutes river: report (AFP) Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:47 AM PDT AFP - Pollution from a mine owned by a top gold producer has severely contaminated a river in southeastern China, leading to a massive fish kill, the government and state media said Monday.

Chinese credit report rates US below China (AFP) Posted: 12 Jul 2010 07:12 AM PDT AFP - A Chinese rating agency warned Monday that developed countries like the United States faced "big problems" after issuing what it called the first sovereign credit risk report by a non-Western agency.

Hu hails China-Taiwan trade pact (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2010 06:44 AM PDT AP - President Hu Jintao hailed a historic trade pact between China and Taiwan on Monday when he met with the chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, saying it signals progress on their deepening ties.

Chinese officials must report personal assets (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:17 AM PDT AP - China issued new rules requiring officials in government and state companies to report everything from personal assets to the business activities of spouses and children, in a renewed attempt to quash endemic corruption Beijing sees as a threat to its rule.

China's property prices slow in June (AFP) Posted: 11 Jul 2010 09:23 PM PDT AFP - Property prices in China rose at a slower pace in June from a month ago, government data showed Monday, in a further sign that Beijing's efforts to cool the sizzling real estate market were kicking in.

In Havana's Chinatown, rare droplets of freedom (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT AP - At Cuba's only privately run newspaper, it doesn't take much to stop the presses. It's a wonder they even get started.

China to start draining dam that threatens city (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2010 07:21 PM PDT Reuters - Authorities in a remote western part of China hope to start draining as soon as Tuesday an overfilled, leaking reservoir which is threatening to burst and flood a nearby city, state media said on Monday.

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