Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China sub makes first dive to below 5,000m: report (AFP)
• China high-speed train crash fuels safety concerns (AFP)
• Train crash could curb China rail equipment exports (Reuters)
• GE moving top X-ray executives to China (Reuters)
• China's effort to muzzle news of train crash sparks outcry (Reuters)
• China court gives tough sentences for tainted pork (Reuters)
• US urges China help ahead of N. Korea talks (AFP)
• China calls Vatican 'unreasonable' in bishop spat (AP)
• Man gets suspended death penalty over tainted food (AP)
• China officials find 5 fake Apple stores in 1 city (AP)
• China sacks 3 senior officials after train crash (Reuters)
• HK utility buys stake in China nuke plant for $11B (AP)
• GE moving X-ray leadership team from US to China (AP)
• Taiwanese general gets life sentence for spying (AP)
• China criticizes Vatican for excommunicating bishops (Reuters)

China sub makes first dive to below 5,000m: report (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:59 PM PDT AFP - A Chinese submersible conducted the country's deepest manned dive ever Tuesday, state media reported, as it seeks to exploit the vast resources of the ocean floor.

China high-speed train crash fuels safety concerns (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:14 PM PDT AFP - China's media and public voiced anger Monday over a deadly train crash that caused a slump in railway stocks and cast doubt on the breakneck expansion of the country's high-speed network.

Train crash could curb China rail equipment exports (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT Reuters - A deadly train crash in China over the weekend has raised concerns about the safety of the country's fast-growing rail network and threatens to undermine its plans to export high-speed train technology.

GE moving top X-ray executives to China (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - General Electric Co is moving its global X-ray headquarters to China from the United States as part of the largest U.S. conglomerate's overall drive to boost its presence in big emerging markets.

China's effort to muzzle news of train crash sparks outcry (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - Government directives demanding journalists not question official accounts of a deadly high-speed train crash in eastern China are fueling public anger and suspicion about conflicting details of the accident, such as the death toll.

China court gives tough sentences for tainted pork (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT Reuters - A Chinese court on Monday handed out long sentences, including a suspended death penalty, to five people involved in producing and selling pork tainted with a poisonous chemical, the official Xinhua news agency said.

US urges China help ahead of N. Korea talks (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:18 AM PDT AFP - China must pressure North Korea against taking further "provocative action", a senior US official said Monday, after Pyongyang launched a deadly barrage against South Korea last year.

China calls Vatican 'unreasonable' in bishop spat (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:56 AM PDT AP - The Vatican was "extremely unreasonable and rude" in expressing anger at the ordinations of Catholic bishops in China's state-controlled church without the pope's approval, the Chinese government said Monday.

Man gets suspended death penalty over tainted food (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:35 AM PDT AP - A report says a man has received a suspended death sentence for making and selling a chemical that makes pork leaner but is harmful to humans. Tainted pork is among a string of recent food scandals in China.

China officials find 5 fake Apple stores in 1 city (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:55 AM PDT AP - Chinese officials have found five fake Apple stores in the southwestern city of Kunming, and ordered two of them to suspend business while they're investigated, a local government website said Monday.

China sacks 3 senior officials after train crash (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:43 AM PDT Reuters - China sacked three senior railway officials Sunday after a collision between two high-speed trains killed at least 35 people and raised new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

HK utility buys stake in China nuke plant for $11B (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:24 AM PDT AP - Hong Kong utility CLP Holdings Ltd. said Monday it has bought a 17 percent stake in a nuclear power plant in southern China for 70 billion renminbi ($11 billion).

GE moving X-ray leadership team from US to China (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:04 AM PDT AP - GE Healthcare, a maker of diagnostic imaging equipment, said Monday it is moving its X-ray global headquarters from the United States to Beijing as it seeks to tap China and other emerging markets.

Taiwanese general gets life sentence for spying (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:27 AM PDT AP - A Taiwanese military court has sentenced a major general to life imprisonment for providing military secrets to rival China.

China criticizes Vatican for excommunicating bishops (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:19 AM PDT Reuters - China said on Monday the Vatican's recent excommunication of two Chinese bishops who were ordained without papal approval was "unreasonable" and "rude," in a sign of escalating tensions between the Vatican and Beijing.

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