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Booming China auto industry faces over-capacity (AFP)

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AFP - China should end preferential policies for automotive companies in order to curb over-capacity in an industry where sales jumped 55 percent in August, a government official said.

Southwest China landslide toll rises to 24 (AFP)

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AFP - The death toll from rain-triggered landslides that hit a remote village in southwestern China rose to 24, with another 24 people still missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.

China halts loans to firms that break environment rules (AFP)

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AFP - China has ordered banks to stop new lending to companies that pollute excessively or consume too much energy, as part of a drive to make its economy more energy efficient, state media said Saturday.

EU presses China to step up fight against fakes (AFP)

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AFP - The European Union pressed 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.

At least 26 killed in vehicle accidents in China (AFP)

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AFP - At least 26 people were killed in separate vehicle accidents in northeastern China on Friday, state media reported.

Thousands of trucks stuck in China traffic jam (AP)

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

China orders action to cool food prices (AP)

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AP - China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.

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Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation (Reuters)

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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.

China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion (AFP)

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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.

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

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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.

China's statement on PoK missing from govt website

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Chinese foreign ministry’s controversial statement describing Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir as "northern part of Pakistan" is missing in its web site.

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87 school children fall sick in China after eating yoghurt

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A panel of experts ruled out the possibility of food poisoning, but they said the incident could be related to yoghurt provided at the kindergarten on Friday afternoon.

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China jam is back: 120km, 10k vehicles

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A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120kms reappeared in northern China on Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, reports said.

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China calls PoK 'northern Pakistan', J&K is 'India-controlled Kashmir'

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China has denied a report that it has deployed 11,000 soldiers in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and clarified that Beijing will stick to its policy on stapled visas for Indians living in J&K.

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Chinese hotel near Brahmaputra mouth?

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China, which is rapidly expanding infrastructure in Tibet with billions of dollars of investments, would soon build a five star hotel at picturesque Brahmaputra Grand Canyon to make it an international tourist spot.

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China court accepts HIV bias lawsuit

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A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was denied a job as he is HIV-positive, in what state media called the nation's first such discrimination case.

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China threatens to deny citizenship if second child not registered

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With growing instances of affluent Chinese parents flouting the one-child policy norm, the Beijing government warned people that the second child will not be given citizenship if parents failed to register them before November 1.

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China signals enhanced military ties with Myanmar ahead of elections

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China has signaled a sharp increase in military ties with Myanmar with Chinese destroyer ships making the first-ever call at the Yangoon port on Sunday.

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China's epic traffic jam

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