China

• Toll from China quake estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 (AP) Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:01
  

  AP - A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were trapped under the rubble of their school.

  
  
• Up to 5,000 quake dead in single Chinese county: Xinhua (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 13:32:40
  

  AFP - A powerful earthquake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in just one county of southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Monday, Xinhua news agency said.

  
  
• Toyota suspends China plant after quake (Reuters) Mon, 12 May 2008 13:11:55
  

  Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Monday suspended production at a 13,000-units-a-year joint venture plant in Chengdu, southwestern China, after a powerful earthquake struck, killing at least 107 people.

  
  
• China’s April inflation near decade-high levels (AP) Mon, 12 May 2008 12:57:45
  

  AP - China’s inflation rose in April to near decade-high levels, according to data released Monday, increasing pressure on Beijing to cool rapidly ascending prices and avert possible unrest ahead of the Summer Olympics.

  
  
• Toyota suspends China factory after quake (Reuters) Mon, 12 May 2008 12:26:58
  Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Monday suspended production at a 13,000 units-a-year joint-venture factory in Chengdu, southwestern China, after a powerful earthquake struck, killing at least 107 people.
• At least 100 dead as powerful quake hits southwest China (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 12:20:32
  

  AFP - A powerful earthquake struck Monday close to densely populated areas of southwestern China, flattening schools and homes and killing more than 100 people, according to early estimates.

  
  
• 900 feared buried in southwest China: official media (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 11:46:16
  

  AFP - Nearly 900 students are feared buried and four killed on Monday when a powerful earthquake caused a high school building to collapse in southwestern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said.

  
  
• US health secretary: Chinese Heparin shipped to US now safe (AP) Mon, 12 May 2008 11:10:01
  AP - A blood thinner manufactured in China and linked to dozens of deaths in the United States is now safe because of tighter testing and controls, a top American health official said Monday, while warning that all U.S. imports would face closer scrutiny in the future.
• China warns about inflation with price rises at near 12-year highs (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 07:37:40
  

  AFP - China’s inflation rate rose to 8.5 percent in April, staying near 12-year highs, the government said Monday, warning tougher measures were needed to handle the nation’s most intractable economic problem.

  
  
• China faces 7.3 million tonne LPG shortfall in 2010: report (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 07:12:45
  

  AFP - China will face a shortfall of 7.3 million tonnes in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply by 2010 due to surging demand in the countryside and small and medium-sized cities, state media reported on Monday.

  
  
• China’s trade surplus hits 16.7 billion dollars in April: customs (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 05:47:18
  

  AFP - China’s trade surplus stood at 16.7 billion dollars in April, according to customs figures made public Monday.

  
  
• Chinese want to know how much officials paid: survey (Reuters) Mon, 12 May 2008 04:55:53
  Reuters - Less than a month after China put into effect a new law supposed to boost government transparency most Chinese want to know one thing — how much officials get paid, a state newspaper said on Monday.
• China’s new jumbo-jet firm no threat to Airbus, Boeing: state media (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 04:39:48
  

  AFP - China’s new aerospace firm charged with building jumbo-jets will pose no threat to Airbus and Boeing for 20 years and will require the help of foreign technology, state press reported Monday.

  
  
• US deputy secretary of state in China for NKorea talks (AFP) Mon, 12 May 2008 04:01:34
  

  AFP - US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with China’s foreign minister on Monday as he began a one-day visit that was expected to focus on the North Korean nuclear issue.

  
  
• Venezuela’s Chavez to buy Chinese K-8 planes (Reuters) Sun, 11 May 2008 21:52:31
  Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday the OPEC nation will buy Chinese military training planes, expanding recent arms purchases and further cementing a growing relationship with China.
• China unveils new jumbo jet company: report (AFP) Sun, 11 May 2008 07:17:08
  

  AFP - China unveiled its own jumbo jet maker in Shanghai on Sunday, state press reported, in a move that could eventually rival Airbus and Boeing.

  
  
• China forms company to make regional, jumbo jets (Reuters) Sun, 11 May 2008 07:03:05
  Reuters - China has established a company to build regional commercial jets, with an eye to eventually reducing the country’s reliance on Boeing and Airbus for jumbo jets, official media said on Sunday.
• Hu’s visit to Japan ‘complete success’: Chinese foreign minister (AFP) Sun, 11 May 2008 05:52:01
  

  AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Japan was a “complete success”, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday, in a further sign of the warming relations between the traditional rivals.

  
  
• China establishes company to make its own jumbo jets (AP) Sun, 11 May 2008 04:12:44
  

  AP - China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday — a step forward in the country’s quest to become less dependent on Boeing and Airbus.

  
  
• Beijing Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand: analysts (AFP) Sun, 11 May 2008 03:45:41
  

  AFP - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China’s rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to industry analysts.

  
  

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