Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Fifty trapped in China gold mine fire: Xinhua (AFP)
• Mine fire traps 50 underground in eastern China (AP)
• China minister hits out at 'vulgar' modern culture (AFP)
• China gold mine fire traps 50, 200 escape: Xinhua (Reuters)
• China pledges Iran cooperation as oil minister visits (AFP)
• China says to maintain trade cooperation with Iran (Reuters)
• China widens stress tests to steel and cement: media (Reuters)
• China must replace half its homes in 20 years: report (Reuters)
• US farmers hope to soon sell more corn to China (AP)
• China Unicom to finally roll out iPhone with WiFi (AFP)
• China stops shipping on N.Korea river border (AFP)
• China tries to reassure markets about stress tests (AP)
• Beijing confirms bank test for property price drop (AFP)
• China on WTO pact offer: Don't be 'too demanding' (AFP)
• Another Foxconn worker falls to her death in China (AFP)
• 16 bodies recovered from China coal mine (AP)

Fifty trapped in China gold mine fire: Xinhua (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:42 PM PDT AFP - At least 50 miners were trapped underground after a fire engulfed a gold mine in east China Friday, state media reported.

Mine fire traps 50 underground in eastern China (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:52 AM PDT AP - A fire in a gold mine trapped 50 workers underground in eastern China, state media reported Friday.

China minister hits out at 'vulgar' modern culture (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:14 AM PDT AFP - China's culture minister Friday lashed out at "vulgar" popular culture and said few of the thousands of books and films the country produced every year were likely to be regarded as classics.

China gold mine fire traps 50, 200 escape: Xinhua (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 08:44 AM PDT Reuters - A fire at a gold mine in eastern China has trapped at least 50 people underground, though 200 miners have been lifted to safety, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.

China pledges Iran cooperation as oil minister visits (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:36 AM PDT AFP - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met Iran's oil minister in Beijing on Friday, pledging continued cooperation with Tehran to "protect global security", state television reported.

China says to maintain trade cooperation with Iran (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 04:50 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang told the visiting Iranian oil minister on Friday that Beijing would maintain cooperation with Tehran on existing projects, after the United States called on Beijing to observe sanctions.

China widens stress tests to steel and cement: media (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:45 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese regulators have called for stress tests on loans to a range of industries, including cement and steel, whose fortunes are closely tied to property markets on the brink of a correction, official media reported on Friday.

China must replace half its homes in 20 years: report (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:11 AM PDT Reuters - China may need to replace more than half of its housing stock in the next 20 years, a researcher at the housing ministry said in remarks published on Friday.

US farmers hope to soon sell more corn to China (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:19 AM PDT AP - China could be about to increase its corn imports, offering American farmers a chance for greater profits but making it likely U.S. meat producers who use the grain for feed would have to raise their prices.

China Unicom to finally roll out iPhone with WiFi (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:25 PM PDT AFP - China Unicom, the only telecom operator offering Apple's iPhone in the world's largest mobile market, said Friday that it would start selling the smartphone with WiFi function next week.

China stops shipping on N.Korea river border (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:17 PM PDT AFP - China has suspended shipping and tourist boat traffic on the Yalu River, which forms the border with North Korea, over fears of flooding as authorities predict more rain, state media said.

China tries to reassure markets about stress tests (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:34 PM PDT AP - Regulators tried to reassure financial markets about "stress tests" ordered on Chinese banks' real estate lending, saying Friday they do not represent official views of where the market is headed or any impending policy change.

Beijing confirms bank test for property price drop (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:33 PM PDT AFP - China's banking regulator has confirmed it asked banks to conduct stress tests on property sector loans, but said the move did not signal any policy changes, boosting market confidence on Friday.

China on WTO pact offer: Don't be 'too demanding' (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:19 PM PDT AFP - China wants to join a World Trade Organisation pact on government procurement but says other members should not be "too demanding" on its improved offer, the country's WTO ambassador has said.

Another Foxconn worker falls to her death in China (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:57 PM PDT AFP - A female worker at Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn died in eastern China after falling from a dormitory building, the company said Friday.

16 bodies recovered from China coal mine (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:43 PM PDT AP - A Chinese state news agency is reporting that no survivors have been found among the 16 miners trapped by a lethal gas leak in a coal mine in central China four days ago.

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