Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Ancient brew may reduce gut damage after chemotherapy (Reuters)
• Latest China landslide leaves at least 67 missing (AP)
• Summary Box: GM teams with China's SAIC on engines (AP)
• Summary Box: Levis launches brand aimed at China (AP)
• US welcomes China investment in Latin America: official (AFP)
• More than 60 missing in latest China mudslides (AFP)
• U.S. says SE Asia concerned by China assertiveness (Reuters)
• Small aircraft crashes in China, possibly NKorean (AP)
• Levis launches new global brand, aimed at China (AP)
• China says crashed aircraft may be North Korean (Reuters)
• Everbright Bank shines in Shanghai market debut (AFP)
• GM and and China's SAIC deepen ties (Reuters)
• Dozens missing after landslide in southwest China (Reuters)
• GM, China's SAIC to co-develop core technology (AFP)
• China anti-tobacco efforts failing, officials say (AP)
• Foxconn holds morale-boosting exercise in China (AFP)
• GM, China partner SAIC plan new engine development (AP)
• Aircraft crash in China 'could be N.Korea chopper' (AFP)
• Taiwan's legislature approves China trade pact (AP)

Ancient brew may reduce gut damage after chemotherapy (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:10 AM PDT Reuters - An ancient Chinese brew may help reduce the intestinal damage caused by chemotherapy given to colon and rectal cancer patients, researchers said on Thursday.

Latest China landslide leaves at least 67 missing (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:19 AM PDT AP - Fresh landslides rocked another area of China on Wednesday, sweeping through a mountain town in the southwest of the country after days of heavy rains and leaving at least 67 people missing and cutting off access to the area.

Summary Box: GM teams with China's SAIC on engines (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:42 AM PDT AP - TEAMING UP: General Motors Co. and Chinese partner SAIC have partnered to develop fuel-efficient small engines and transmissions, focusing squarely on the fastest-growing part of China's huge auto market.

Summary Box: Levis launches brand aimed at China (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:35 AM PDT AP - FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS: Levi Strauss is launching a new global brand in China in a move to break into the fast-growing and youthful market by tailoring products more for the middle-class.

US welcomes China investment in Latin America: official (AFP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:11 AM PDT AFP - The United States welcomes China's investments in Latin America and does not see the Asian nation's growing influence in the region as a threat to its interests, a senior US official said Wednesday.

More than 60 missing in latest China mudslides (AFP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:11 AM PDT AFP - More than 60 people went missing after torrents of mud slammed into homes in southwest China Wednesday as they slept, in the nation's latest disaster as it battles its worst flooding in a decade.

U.S. says SE Asia concerned by China assertiveness (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:19 AM PDT Reuters - The head of the U.S. military Pacific Command said Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea was causing concern in the region, and said the United States would work to ensure security and protect important trade routes.

Small aircraft crashes in China, possibly NKorean (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:31 AM PDT AP - A plane that crashed in northern China may have been North Korean, state media reported Wednesday. A witness said the plane plowed into an apple orchard, killing its pilot on impact.

Levis launches new global brand, aimed at China (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:55 AM PDT AP - Jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. launched a new global brand in China on Wednesday, joining a growing list of companies that hope to crack this fast-growing and youthful market by tailoring their products to Chinese tastes.

China says crashed aircraft may be North Korean (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:25 AM PDT Reuters - An aircraft that crashed in northeast China might be a plane from North Korea, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing unnamed government authorities.

Everbright Bank shines in Shanghai market debut (AFP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:04 AM PDT AFP - China Everbright Bank soared on its Shanghai stock market debut on Wednesday in the mainland's second-largest initial public offering of the year after AgBank's record-breaking effort.

GM and and China's SAIC deepen ties (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:09 AM PDT Reuters - General Motors and China's SAIC Motor Corp (600104.SS) deepened their ties to include the joint development of small engines and transmissions as the U.S. automaker seeks to draw on the allure of the fast-growing China market ahead of a highly anticipated IPO.

Dozens missing after landslide in southwest China (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:57 PM PDT Reuters - At least 67 people were missing after mudslides hit a remote southwest Chinese town near Myanmar, state media reported on Wednesday, adding to the thousands killed or missing in floods and landslides this year.

GM, China's SAIC to co-develop core technology (AFP) Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:57 PM PDT AFP - US auto giant General Motors and China's Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp signed a deal Wednesday that will see them work together on producing new engine and transmission technology.

China anti-tobacco efforts failing, officials say (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:43 PM PDT AP - Efforts to curb tobacco use in the world's most populous nation have had no real impact and 301 million Chinese are still smoking, China's Center for Disease Control said in a report.

Foxconn holds morale-boosting exercise in China (AFP) Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:18 PM PDT AFP - Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn plans to hold a morale-boosting "employee rally" Wednesday after a string of suicides at its Chinese factories turned a spotlight on working conditions.

GM, China partner SAIC plan new engine development (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:08 PM PDT AP - General Motors Co. and Chinese partner SAIC announced Wednesday plans for joint development of fuel-efficient small engines and transmissions, focusing squarely on the fastest-growing part of China's huge auto market.

Aircraft crash in China 'could be N.Korea chopper' (AFP) Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:07 PM PDT AFP - Investigators are probing a crash involving a unidentified small aircraft in northeast China, state media said, amid reports from Seoul on Wednesday that it could have been a North Korean helicopter.

Taiwan's legislature approves China trade pact (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2010 07:42 PM PDT AP - Taiwan's legislature has approved a landmark China trade pact, bringing the economies of the once bitter foes to their closest point in more than 60 years.

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