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2010-09-04 16:46

Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4 (Reuters)

Reuters - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings.

2010-09-04 16:46

Death toll in China fireworks blast jumps to 33 (AFP)

An ambulance is seen in China. The death toll from an explosion last month at a fireworks factory in the northeast of the country has leapt to 33 from a previously reported 20 dead, state media has said.(AFP/File)AFP - The death toll from an explosion last month at a fireworks factory in northeastern China has leapt to 33 from a previously reported 20 dead, state media said.


2010-09-04 16:46

China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion (AFP)

Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday. Wild boar numbers have risen to an estimated 150,000 in Zhejiang province, compared to about 29,000 a decade ago, the China Daily said.(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)AFP - Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday.


2010-09-04 09:03

EU's Ashton urges China on trade, Iran (AFP)

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) in Beijing. Ashton urged China Thursday to create a better investment environment for European businesses and maintain a joint stand on the Iranian nuclear issue.(AFP/POOL/Feng Li)AFP - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton urged China Thursday to create a better investment environment for European businesses and maintain a joint stand on the Iranian nuclear issue.


2010-09-04 09:03

China census highlights growing rights awareness (AP)

In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 photo, a migrant worker walks past a board calling for citizens to support the population census in Beijing, China. Cloth banners strung up in communities across China right now are calling for citizens to 'actively support the population census.' It's a reminder of the monumental task facing the government: counting every person in the most populous country in the world. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update.


2010-09-04 09:03

Pension fund approached on Potash bid (AP)

AP - The head of a major Canadian pension fund says a Chinese sovereign wealth fund is interested in making a joint-bid with a Canadian pension fund for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

2010-09-04 01:29

Bumper-to-bumper as epic China traffic jam returns (AFP)

Vehicles grind through Beijing's central business district. A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) has reappeared in northern China, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said.


2010-09-04 01:29

A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek - The job hunt came as a shock. The 23-year-old job seeker graduated in June from a good school -- Beijing University of Technology -- with a bachelor's degree in materials science, a subject he figured would appeal to employers. Yet he had to go through scores of interviews and comb the online job sites endlessly before landing a job at a local trading company. Happy ending? Barely. The pay, $368 a month, is meager by Beijing standards, so he has had to move back in with his parents and he's too ashamed about the outcome of his job search to give his name. ...

2010-09-04 01:29

US officials to visit China for talks (AFP)

US National Economic Council chairman Larry Summers, seen here in 2009, will visit China next week for talks on bilateral relations, China announced Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US National Economic Council chairman Larry Summers will visit China next week for talks on bilateral relations, China announced Thursday.


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