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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)AP - Thousands of coal trucks were backed up for miles on a northern China highway Friday, the latest in a series of monster jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer.



Thousands of trucks stuck in China traffic jam (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:39:42 GMT
Reuters - China on Friday offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could face depreciation risks.
Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:26:21 GMT

A customer is reflected looking through the window of a shop selling fake branded mobile phones and MP3 players in Beijing. The European Union has said it would press China to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The European Union said it would press China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.



EU presses China to step up fight against fakes (AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:19:05 GMT

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.



China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion (AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:15:45 GMT

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.



Death toll in China fireworks blast jumps to 33 (AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:41:02 GMT
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.
Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4 (Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:36:38 GMT
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.
Pension fund approached on Potash bid (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:36:03 GMT

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.



China census highlights growing rights awareness (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:47:50 GMT

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.



EU's Ashton urges China on trade, Iran (AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:10:47 GMT

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.



US officials to visit China for talks (AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:07:24 GMT

A Chinese man walks along a flooded street in Shenyang, in northeast China's Yunnan province on August 22. At least eight people died and 40 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck a community in southwestern China, state media has reported.(AFP/AFP)AFP - At least eight people died and 40 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck a community in southwestern China, state media reported on Thursday.



China landslides kill eight, 40 missing (AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:17:59 GMT
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. ...
A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads (BusinessWeek)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:08:41 GMT

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.



Bumper-to-bumper as epic China traffic jam returns (AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:40:59 GMT

A resident carries a bag of food as he walks along a flooded road in Gulouzi township of Dandong, Liaoning province August 23, 2010. In northeastern China on the North Korean border, more than 250,000 people have been evacuated after the Yalu River broke its banks following heavy rain. At least four people have died. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)AP - Rescuers were searching for 44 people missing Thursday after a landslide hit a village in southern China and killed at least four people.



South China landslide kills 4, leaves 44 missing (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:52:00 GMT

A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported. Needing more room for his family but priced out of a soaring market, Chen Xinnian, 64, has spent four years digging out the subterranean chamber under his tiny house in the city of Zhengzhou.(AFP/File/RAUL ARBOLEDA)AFP - A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported on Thursday.



China coal miner digs down to dodge housing costs (AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:16:10 GMT
AP - Auto sales in China, the world's biggest car market, rebounded in August as subsidies for energy-efficient vehicles and a stronger currency spurred demand, while sales in the U.S. faltered.
China auto sales rebound to grow 56 percent in Aug (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:38:09 GMT
Reuters - More than 10,000 trucks mainly carrying coal are stuck in a 120 km (75 mile) traffic jam in the northeastern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, in the latest dramatic snarl-up on the country's roads.
China coal trucks stuck in 120 km traffic jam (Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:22:32 GMT

The German (L), Chinese (C) and European Union flag are seen in Berlin. European companies in China have called for greater market access and a level playing field with Chinese rivals amid growing frustration among foreign firms over perceived unfair treatment.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - European companies in China on Thursday called for greater market access and a level playing field with Chinese rivals amid growing frustration among foreign firms over perceived unfair treatment.



European firms in China urge level playing field (AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:20:10 GMT
AP - China has failed to honor promises to the World Trade Organization to open its oil and phone markets, a European business group said Thursday, adding to complaints of worsening conditions for foreign companies.
Group: China failing to keep WTO access pledges (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:52:07 GMT
AP - CAN I SEE YOUR ID?: China is now requiring identification from anyone purchasing a new mobile phone number.
Summary Box: China requires ID to buy cell numbers (AP)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:20:36 GMT