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China reports two policemen killed in latest Xinjiang unrest

AFP - Saturday, August 30

BEIJING (AFP) - - Two policemen were killed and five others injured in China's restive Xinjiang region, authorities said Friday, bringing the reported death toll from a wave of violence there this month to 33. More »

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  • Miners trapped in illegal mine in China, police told two days late: reports

    Miners trapped in illegal mine in China, police told two days late: reports

    AFP - Saturday, August 30

    BEIJING (AFP) - - Nine miners have been trapped underground in north China for more than two days after the illegal mine they worked in collapsed and police were only told Friday, local police and state media said. More »

  • China cannot back Russia in Georgia crisis: analysts

    China cannot back Russia in Georgia crisis: analysts

    AFP - Saturday, August 30

    BEIJING (AFP) - - China will not endorse Russia in its battle with the West over the Georgia crisis but cannot say so publicly for fear of upsetting Moscow, political analysts say. More »

  • China warns on rural, urban income gap: report

    China warns on rural, urban income gap: report

    AFP - Friday, August 29

    BEIJING (AFP) - - The income gap between urban and rural areas in China is the worst in a generation, state media reported Friday, five years after leaders made equality a top policy aim. More »

  • Chinese audit: US$3.7M of disaster relief misused

    AP - Friday, August 29

    BEIJING - Chinese government auditors have uncovered the misuse of millions of dollars in disaster assistance as part of an embezzlement probe spanning 10 central government departments, state media reported Thursday. More »

  • Chinese agencies embezzled $660 million in 2007

    AP - Friday, August 29

    BEIJING - Chinese government auditors have uncovered the misuse of millions of dollars in disaster assistance as part of an embezzlement probe spanning 10 central government departments, state media reported Thursday. More »

  • China's tallest building to open in Shanghai

    AP - Friday, August 29

    SHANGHAI, China - China's tallest building, the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center, will open to the public on Saturday, 14 years after its developer began the project. More »

  • China, Iraq reach $3 billion oil service deal

    AP - Friday, August 29

    SHANGHAI, China - China and Iraq have signed a $3 billion deal revising a prewar agreement for China's biggest oil company to help develop the Ahdab oil field, an official at the Iraq's Oil Ministry said Thursday. More »

  • China voices concern over Georgia developments

    AP - Friday, August 29

    BEIJING - China said Thursday it was concerned about the latest political developments surrounding Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia after Russia declared it was recognizing their independence. More »

  • Medvedev hails 'united' Asian support on Georgia

    Medvedev hails 'united' Asian support on Georgia

    AFP - Friday, August 29

    DUSHANBE (AFP) - - President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia had "united" support from China and Central Asian allies for its actions in Georgia and said it should send a "serious signal" to the West. More »