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21 Nov 09 visit China mine explosion kills 11 A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China on Saturday has killed 11 people and trapped 128, Chinese authorities say.
19 Nov 09 visit Afghan detainee issue makes news in China
Allegations that Afghan detainees transferred by Canadians were likely tortured made headlines in China, just weeks before Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first visit to the economic superpower.
17 Nov 09 visit U.S., China emphasize co-operation President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday in Beijing determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still divided over economic, security and human rights issues that have long...
16 Nov 09 visit Loosen internet control, Obama urges China
U.S. President Barack Obama, on his state visit to China, urged the country's leadership to stop censoring the internet.
13 Nov 09 visit Obama, Japanese PM seek renewal of alliance
U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama say they will renew their countries' five-decade-old alliance to confront new challenges, including China's growing influence and North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
13 Nov 09 visit Early winter storms kill 38 in China Unusually early snowstorms in northern China have claimed 38 lives in weather-related incidents and caused more than half a billion dollars in damage, says the Civil Affairs Ministry.
09 Nov 09 visit China executes 9 Uighurs China has executed nine Uighurs for participating in ethnic rioting in the country's northwest. Chinese state media did not say when the executions took place.
05 Nov 09 visit India restricts coverage of Dalai Lama visit
The Indian government has refused to allow foreign journalists to cover the Dalai Lama's visit on Sunday to a region at the heart of a border dispute with China.
04 Nov 09 visit Disney's Shanghai theme park plans OK'd China's planning agency has approved the Walt Disney Company's proposal to build one of its massive amusement parks in the bustling city of Shanghai.
28 Oct 09 visit Harper to visit India, China for 1st time Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced plans to visit two of the world's emerging economic superpowers - China and India - for the first time this fall.
24 Oct 09 visit Chinese ban on Canadian canola shocks industry
China's abrupt cancellation of Canadian canola imports is confusing to growers and observers, who say they don't understand the rationale behind the move.
21 Oct 09 visit China warns ship crew to avoid Somalia
China is warning its ships to stay away from the coast of Somalia after a cargo ship was captured by pirates on Monday.
14 Oct 09 visit Vietnam braces for arrival of Parma
Vietnam has evacuated 30,000 people from their homes in preparation for the arrival Wednesday of tropical storm Parma, which is fading in strength after leaving more than 300 dead in the Philippines and China.
14 Oct 09 visit Boyfriend, cousin charged in Chinese student's death
The boyfriend of a Chinese woman killed in B.C. in 2002 and his cousin have been arrested in Beijing in connection with the 21-year-old woman's death.
09 Oct 09 visit GM sells Hummer brand General Motors has agreed to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese company, the automaker announced Friday.
28 Sep 09 visit Bombardier unit signs $4B Chinese train deal
A joint venture led by Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. has been awarded a $4-billion US contract to build 80 high-speed trains for China's rail ministry.
21 Sep 09 visit Chinese artist blames police beating for brain injury Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is recovering from surgery in Germany after suffering a brain injury he says was inflicted by police in China.
20 Sep 09 visit Taiwan to show Uighur film ahead of festival Officials in Taiwan's second-largest city say they will be showing a controversial documentary about the exiled leader of China's Uighur minority, but not during the city's film festival.
17 Sep 09 visit Tiny Raptorex lived long before T. rex
A dinosaur with all the traits of a T. rex - big head, little arms, muscular legs - but only three metres long has been found in northeastern China.
17 Sep 09 visit China firm approached Magna in bid for Opel: report A Chinese automaker tried to team up with Canada's Magna International in its bid for control of Opel, Reuters said Thursday.
13 Sep 09 visit Journalists protest rough treatment in China
Hundreds of demonstrators in Hong Kong protested alleged police brutality against journalists who were covering the ethnic unrest in the China's Xinjiang province.
12 Sep 09 visit China jails 3 for syringe attacks Three people were sentenced in western China on Saturday to up to 15 years in prison in the first trials stemming from a series of syringe attacks.
11 Sep 09 visit 9 Chinese needle attack suspects arrested Chinese authorities arrested nine new suspects connection with alleged attacks involving hypodermic needles, a press officer in Urumqi said Friday.
10 Sep 09 visit Wind power prescribed for China's energy needs Environmental scientists from the U.S. and China estimate that wind power alone could meet China's projected electricity needs for 2030 using wind turbines installed over a combined area nearly the size of Manitoba.
10 Sep 09 visit China tries to curb tainted-milk vigil Chinese police were stopping parents of children sickened in the country's tainted milk powder scandal from going to Beijing to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy with a vigil, an activist said Thursday.
05 Sep 09 visit Taiwan film fest to show Uighur documentary A film festival in Taiwan has announced it will be screening a controversial documentary, The 10 Conditions of Love, about the exiled leader of China's Uighur minority, in a move that's bound to upset the Chinese government.
04 Sep 09 visit China bans protests in Urumqi China banned "unlicensed marches, demonstrations and mass protests" in the western city of Urumqi Friday following large protests by thousands of Han Chinese, the official Xinhua news agency said.
03 Sep 09 visit Han Chinese protest after syringe attacks Hundreds of ethnic Han Chinese gathered in the western city of Urumqi on Thursday to protest deteriorating public safety, witnesses said.
02 Sep 09 visit China chemical blast kills 18: report A chemical explosion in eastern China killed 18 people and injured 10 others, China's state-run news agency quoted local firefighters as saying.
24 Aug 09 visit China to try 200 for deadly riots
More than 200 people alleged to have participated in the deadly riots in China's Xinjiang province will go on trial this week, according to state media.
20 Aug 09 visit Lead poisons 1,300 Chinese children near smelter More than 1,300 children were sickened by lead poisoning in central China - the second such case in a month, state media said Thursday in Beijing.
19 Aug 09 visit 2nd China internet boot camp beating investigated A 14-year-old boy in China is in serious condition after he was beaten at an internet rehabilitation camp, state media reported Wednesday.
17 Aug 09 visit Beijing art show excludes earthquake pieces Several works about the earthquake in Sichuan province and the deaths that resulted from it have been withdrawn from a massive art show in Beijing.
14 Aug 09 visit Internet filtering software optional, China says China has backed off a controversial rule mandating all computers be sold with internet filtering software, with a senior official saying Thursday the software was optional for all users.
12 Aug 09 visit Plague outbreak in China traced to marmot A wild marmot was the likely source of an outbreak of pneumonic plague in China that killed three, according to the World Health Organization.
12 Aug 09 visit China shuts smelter after lead poisons 300 kids Authorities in northern China closed a smelter that left more than 300 children ill with lead poisoning, state media reported on Wednesday in Beijing.
10 Aug 09 visit Flaherty makes investment pitch in China
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is in China pitching Canada's banking system to investment officials in one of the world's most important economies.
08 Aug 09 visit Typhoon Morakot moves toward China
People in China's southeastern province of Fujian are bracing for Typhoon Morakot to hit the country's mainland late Saturday.
07 Aug 09 visit Air China offers country's 1st business travel card Air China has introduced its first business travel card, allowing the suited set to collect points, use credit and receive free services.
05 Aug 09 visit Teen dies at internet addiction camp in China A Chinese teenager sent to an internet rehabilitation camp by his parents has been allegedly beaten to death by the camp's counsellors, according to media reports.
01 Aug 09 visit Phelps chases Cavic down again in 100-metre butterfly In a rematch of last year's thrilling 100-metre men's butterfly final at the Beijing Olympics, American Michael Phelps again reeled in Serbia's Milorad Cavic during the final 25 metres and out-touched the Serb at the wall during the world aquatics...
30 Jul 09 visit China denies Uighur disappearance claims
As China released a list Thursday of 15 people wanted in connection with ethnic violence in Xinjiang province, it dismissed claims from an exiled activist that more than 10,000 Chinese Muslims disappeared during the unrest.
29 Jul 09 visit 10,000 Uighurs missing in China: activist
Nearly 10,000 Uighurs who were involved in deadly ethnic riots in China's Xinjiang region earlier in July went missing in one night, a Uighur activist said Wednesday in Tokyo.
28 Jul 09 visit China restores internet after ethnic riots
Life in China's Xinjiang region was slowly returning to normal with the restoration of some internet services after deadly ethnic riots earlier in July, officials said Tuesday.
26 Jul 09 visit Hacker posts Chinese flag on film fest website A hacker attacked the website of the Melbourne International Film Festival on Saturday to protest the premiere of a documentary about an exiled Uighur activist Beijing blames for ethnic riots in China.
15 Jul 09 visit Montreal couple missing in China conflict zone
The whereabouts of a young Montreal couple vacationing in a politically unstable province in China are still unknown.
13 Jul 09 visit Chinese miners survive 25 days trapped underground
Three Chinese miners who have been found alive after being trapped underground for 25 days survived by drinking water that seeped through rocks, a local official said.
13 Jul 09 visit Chinese police shoot, kill 2 Uighurs
Chinese police shot and killed two Uighur men and injured a third Monday in northwestern Xinjiang province as security forces patrol the streets to clamp down on ethic violence.
12 Jul 09 visit China cracks down on outspoken artist The Chinese government has begun a crackdown on outspoken Beijing artist Ai Weiwei, staking out his studios and deleting his blog as well as his remarks on China's version of Twitter.
10 Jul 09 visit Neverland replica planned for China Chinese developers are planning to cash in on Michael Jackson's popularity during Expo 2010 in Shanghai by building a scaled-down replica of the late singer's Neverland ranch.

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