<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>China: News &amp; Videos about China - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/China</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about China from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:21:55 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>China: News &amp; Videos about China - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/China</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about China from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Capital crunch for Chinese banks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/24/china.banks.lending.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/24/china.banks.lending.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's banks are preparing to raise tens of billions of dollars in additional capital to meet regulatory requirements following an unprecedented expansion of new loans this year, according to people familiar with the matter.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Two executed in China over tainted milk</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/china.milk.execution/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/china.milk.execution/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two people were executed Tuesday in China for their part in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened about 300,000 others, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Management blamed in China mine blast that kills 104</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chinese officials blamed poor management and inadequate precautions for an explosion at a mine that killed 104 people, state-run media said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China mine blast deaths exceed 100</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll from an explosion at a northeastern China coal mine rose to 104 Monday morning, according to state-run media.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Coca-Cola's aggressive push in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/22/china.coke.expand.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/22/china.coke.expand.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drinks company, is planning to more than double its number of bottling plants in China over the coming decade as part of the group's aim to triple the size of its sales to the country's rapidly emerging middle class.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China mine blast death toll hits 92</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll from an explosion at a northeastern China coal mine rose to 92 early Sunday, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scores missing after China mine blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An explosion at a coal mine in northeastern China killed at least 11 workers and trapped nearly 128 underground early Saturday, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>In today's space race, watch out for China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/18/china.space/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/18/china.space/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Africa: A hot frontier for U.S. and China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/17/china.africa/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/17/china.africa/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao and the highest-ranking members of the Chinese Politburo, one has to wonder if he is sizing up the competition.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., China vow action on climate change</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/china.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/china.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, will team up to fight climate change and create clean energy, their leaders said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China may need to live with weak dollar</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</guid><description>President Obama is in China this week meeting with that nation's leaders. Since China is the largest foreign owner of U.S. debt, I wonder if they are going to give Obama a free toaster.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gold could soar much higher</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news/economy/gold.breakingviews/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news/economy/gold.breakingviews/index.htm</guid><description>Gold is different from other commodities in many ways. Still, the price of the yellow metal depends on the same three factors as oil or wheat: supply, demand, and financial conditions. Put them together, and the 20% increase since August might only be the beginning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China-U.S. relationship called 'most important' in world</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/china.us.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/china.us.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The relationship between China and the United States is "the most important" bilateral relationship in the world, a former Chinese foreign ministry official said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Americans see China as economic threat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/11/17/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/11/17/obama.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Americans are split over whether China represents a military threat to the United States -- but there is no doubt in the public's mind that the country poses an economic threat, according to a new national poll.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Opinion: U.S. and China must work together</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/opinion.us.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/opinion.us.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to China will take place at an extraordinary historic moment. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, two of the three largest economies in the world are now in northeast Asia. Furthermore, all signs seem to indicate that China may surpass Japan, either this year or no later than 2010, as the second-largest economy in the world.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese president: Protectionism will not solve crisis</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/13/apec.china.hu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/13/apec.china.hu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's President Hu Jintao has urged the global community to fight the forces of protectionism in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's latest export -- rock 'n' roll -- hits the U.S.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/china.rock/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/china.rock/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two of China's hottest up-and-coming rock bands -- Carsick Cars and P.K. 14 -- are taking their first steps on a whirlwind American music tour to showcase the Asian giant's latest export: rock 'n' roll.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama's China trip is high-stakes mission for environment</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/12/obama.china.trip/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/12/obama.china.trip/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When President Obama visits China next week, global climate change will top the agenda. The stakes could hardly be higher -- for the two Pacific powers and for the world.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's record debt has economists worried</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/10/news/international/china_debt.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/10/news/international/china_debt.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>In a world still awash in economic worry, China has stood apart as the one country that has come through the global slump with only the briefest of hiccups.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's recovery accelerates</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/11/china.recovery.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/11/china.recovery.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's economic recovery accelerated in October with industrial output increasing at the fastest rate since March of last year, while retail sales also grew strongly.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese credit card debt mounts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/10/china.credit.debt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/10/china.credit.debt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The world economy is placing a bet on its future with China, but some Chinese are placing bets on their future with plastic.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Does China really want the iPhone?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/04/china.iphone/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/04/china.iphone/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Now that Apple's iPhone is officially for sale in China, the question is, will the country's 700 million mobile phone users want to buy it?</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Nine people executed after China riots</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/china.uyghur.executions/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/china.uyghur.executions/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nine people have been executed in connection with ethnic riots last July that killed about 200 people in western China's Xinjiang region, the state-run China News Service reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China pledges $10B in loans to Africa</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/china.africa.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/china.africa.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10bn in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and defended China's engagement against accusations it is "plundering" the continent's oil and minerals.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>After G20, 'fresh dollar weakness'</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/08/news/international/g20_dollar.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/08/news/international/g20_dollar.reut/index.htm</guid><description>The U.S. dollar may come under renewed pressure from emerging market currencies and the euro after a meeting of the world's top finance officials failed to take concrete action on rebalancing global money flows.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is China a global partner or strategic rival of U.S.?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/amanpour.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/amanpour.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>1: China today, say many analysts, is in a comparable position to U.S. at the beginning of the 20th century... an emerging power that the dominant global power of the time is trying to downplay. Then it was Great Britain vs. the United States. Now it is the United States vs. China.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China trails only U.S. in billionaires</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/china.billionaires/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/china.billionaires/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China ranks second only to the United States in the number of billionaires, according to an annual report of the 1,000 richest people in the country.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's 'godmother' sentenced to 18 years, state media says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/china.corruption.caiping/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/china.corruption.caiping/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A court sentenced a Chinese crime boss known as the "godmother of the underworld" to 18 years in prison Tuesday, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China only trails U.S. in billionaires</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/24/intl.china.billionaires/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/24/intl.china.billionaires/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China ranks second only to the United States in the number of billionaires, according to an annual report of the 1,000 richest people in the country.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's economic recovery broadens</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/china.manufacture.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/china.manufacture.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's manufacturing sector grew last month at the fastest pace since April 2008, according to the country's official purchasing managers' index released on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Reward bus trip turns deadly in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/31/china.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/31/china.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bus trip intended to reward customers of a health-care products company turned deadly when the vehicle plunged off a road in China's northern Shanxi province, killing 13 people, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China invites Kim Jong Il to visit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/nkorea.china.invitation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/nkorea.china.invitation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has invited reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to visit at his convenience, state media in both countries reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China to investigate U.S. car subsidies</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/29/china.us.car.trade.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/29/china.us.car.trade.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China is preparing to launch a trade investigation into whether US carmakers are being unfairly subsidised by the US government, according to people familiar with the matter.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forget China, Brazil's a cheaper investment</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/pf/brazil_stocks.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/pf/brazil_stocks.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Brazil has a lot of reasons to celebrate these days. It recently won the competition to host the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the 2014 World Cup.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Women: Saviors of the world economy?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/intl.women.global.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/intl.women.global.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The largest growing economic force in the world isn't the China or India -- it's women.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three trapped Chinese miners rescued after 8 days underground</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/china.mine.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/china.mine.rescue/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eight days after they were trapped in an underground mine in northwest China, three coal mine workers were rescued early Sunday, state media said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's booming consumer demand</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/22/china.consumer.demand.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/22/china.consumer.demand.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Anyone scanning recent business headlines in China would not recognise the country where people supposedly save and never spend. In September, China Mobile's customer base crossed the half billion mark -- a powerful symbol of the awesome size of the Chinese consumer market.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's GDP grows nearly 9 percent last quarter</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/21/china.gdp.announce/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/21/china.gdp.announce/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's GDP increased 8.9 percent for the third quarter, moving closer toward the goal of 8 percent growth for the year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top China banker warns on asset bubbles</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/21/china.asset.bubble.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/21/china.asset.bubble.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China needs an "urgent" tightening of monetary policy to prevent the huge stimulus measures introduced this year from inflating stock and property bubbles, one of the country's leading bankers has warned.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nigeria hopes peace can bring big China deals</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/21/nigeria.oil.deal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/21/nigeria.oil.deal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nigeria has set its sights on making multibillion-dollar oil deals with China amid peace moves with militants.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BHP points to signs of broad global recovery</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/21/bhp.global.earnings.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/21/bhp.global.earnings.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>BHP Billiton on Wednesday added its voice to tentative signs of a more broad-based global recovery when the Anglo-Australian mining group reported record iron ore production in the three months ended September.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly barn collapse kills 10 in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/china.barn.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/china.barn.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An old grain warehouse collapsed in southwest China on Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding nine, local media reported.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>India, China in Pakistan Kashmir row</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/india.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/india.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>India protested China's reported insistence on continuing projects in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, barely a day after both New Delhi and Beijing were in a tense row over a border region along Tibet.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US hardens stance on Chinese currency</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/15/china.us.yuan.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/15/china.us.yuan.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration said on Thursday that it had "serious concerns" about the value of the renminbi, but stopped short of accusing China of manipulating its currency in a closely watched report to Congress.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China issues death sentences over Xinjiang riots</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/china.xinjiang/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/china.xinjiang/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six people were sentenced to death for murder and other crimes in July riots that killed about 200 people in western China, state media reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dutch tourists die in China balloon crash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/china.balloon.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/china.balloon.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A search party of hundreds hunted for a hot-air balloon that had been reported catching fire and crashing in southern China, arriving in time to save only three of the seven people aboard.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>It's tricky for wikis and online encyclopedias in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/14/wiki.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/14/wiki.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Jimmy Wales visited the headquarters of Hudong.com last month, he had one question for its founder: is it possible for Wikipedia to be the number one online encyclopedia in China?</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Mentally ill' Briton faces drugs execution in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/china.drug.smuggler/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/china.drug.smuggler/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The brother of a convicted British drug smuggler facing imminent execution in China has pleaded for authorities to show compassion amid concerns over the man's mental health at the time of his arrest.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Photos capture plundering of Earth's resources</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/pictet.photos.shortlist.2009/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/pictet.photos.shortlist.2009/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Last year's inaugural Prix Pictet photography award for environmental sustainability produced a stunning shortlist of photos.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nukes, financial woes top agenda for Asian talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/china.japan.skorea.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/china.japan.skorea.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China hosted Japan and South Korea on Saturday for the second trilateral leaders' meeting, state-run media said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The dollar's weak -- but it's not a crisis</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/09/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/09/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</guid><description>It sounds like the plot of a bad spy novel.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coal-burning CEO: U.S., China must fight pollution</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/09/rogers.china.pollution/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/09/rogers.china.pollution/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There is a lot of rhetoric on Main Street and in our nation's Capitol these days portraying China as a job-stealing polluter whose economy is growing at the expense of the United States.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opinion: 'Green finance' vital lubricant in climate battle</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/06/opinion.gao.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/10/06/opinion.gao.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At the UNIDO/UNEP/UN ESCAP/ILO conference on green industry in Asia, held in Manila, the Philippines in the second week of September, I proposed the formation of an International Green Finance Association in support of green industry and green economy in general.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mine accident kills 26 in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/china.miners/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/china.miners/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Twenty-six people were killed in a mine accident in central China's Hunan Province, state-run China Daily reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>It's China's world. (We just live in it)</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/07/news/international/china_natural_resources.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/07/news/international/china_natural_resources.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>You wouldn't think the men who run the oil-rich country of Nigeria would have much spring in their step these days. The nation is plagued by a never-ending guerrilla war, one that has trimmed the country's oil production to two-thirds of its potential capacity.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Sea turtles' powering China's Internet growth</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/30/digitalbiz.redwired/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/30/digitalbiz.redwired/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"China is not on the Internet, it's basically an intranet. Everything is banned by the Great Firewall," says Sherman So, co-author of "Red Wired: China's Internet Revolution."</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The high stakes of melting Himalayan glaciers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/05/himalayas.glacier.conflict/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/05/himalayas.glacier.conflict/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>People's Republic of China marks 60th anniversary</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/china.60th.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/china.60th.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China celebrates 60 years of PRC's founding</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China celebrates 60 years of PRC's founding</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/china.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/china.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Hu Jintao inspected China's defense forces in Beijing on Thursday, as the country held celebrations to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unicom to sell iPhones in China Thursday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/28/China.iPhone.launch.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/28/China.iPhone.launch.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China Unicom, the country's second largest mobile operator, said on Monday it would launch Apple's iPhones on the mainland this week as it announced plans to buy back a minority stake held by South Korea's SK Telecom for $1.28bn.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A conversation with China's young Communists</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/china.anniversary.young.communists/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/china.anniversary.young.communists/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When we requested an interview with members of the Communist Youth League, I expected an army of suits with well-rehearsed answers. Instead, we met three students casually dressed in jeans, just 18 to 23 years old.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese car market - both boon and headache</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/24/autos/china_cars_market.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/24/autos/china_cars_market.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>With Western markets still struggling to escape the effects of the recession, automakers are increasingly focusing their attention on China -- and rubbing their hands with glee. Car sales in August rose 78% over the same month a year ago, according to J.D. Power Asia Pacific and are running at an annual rate of 14 million units.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese president pledges steps to combat climate change</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/un.china.climate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/un.china.climate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chinese President Hu Jintao told a U.N. summit on climate change Tuesday that China will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase reliance on clean energy sources in coming years.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China clamps down ahead of National Day</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.national.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.national.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Leaving nothing to chance, China is undertaking a massive security clampdown for a celebration next month to mark the founding of the Communist state.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ancient bones seized, returned to China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/14/china.fossils.returned/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/14/china.fossils.returned/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fossilized bones of a saber-toothed cat and dinosaurs that may be 100 million years old are among "priceless" artifacts that the United States handed over to China in a ceremony Monday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside China's H1N1 vaccine laboratories</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Every day, tens of thousands of fertilized hen eggs are delivered to Sinovac laboratories in Beijing. Each egg is infected with the H1N1 virus, then incubated for three days. White-coated employees examine every egg individually before the virus is extracted and used to make a vaccine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China still likes us ... for now</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/16/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/16/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</guid><description>It looks as if China still can't get enough of one of America's finest exports: our debt.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is China finally cooling off?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/15/pf/china_cooling_off.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/15/pf/china_cooling_off.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Investors have piled $3.24 billion into China equity funds since the start of the year, taking advantage of the MSCI China's 54% year-to-date returns. The S&amp;amp;P 500, meanwhile is up about 18%.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks shake off jitters to end higher</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm</guid><description>Stocks ended higher Monday as investors ultimately shook off the day's jitters about China's trade rift with the U.S. just ahead of the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: No chemicals, infections in China syringe attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/china.needle.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/china.needle.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>No dangerous viruses or chemicals were found in the samples from a series of syringe stabbings that recently triggered unrest in China's western city of Urumqi, state-run media reported Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 sentenced in China over syringe stabbings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/china.needle.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/china.needle.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three people were sentenced Saturday to up to 15 years in prison over a series of syringe stabbings that triggered unrest in China's western city of Urumqi, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indra Nooyi is the queen of pop</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/09/news/companies/pepsico_indra_nooyi_ceo.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/09/news/companies/pepsico_indra_nooyi_ceo.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>How has the global downturn impacted Pepsi's strategy?</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China set to provide first swine flu vaccines</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has developed a vaccine for swine flu and is set to become the first country in the world to begin mass inoculations, but there are concerns over possible side effects, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese mine explosion deaths climb</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Rescue operations unfolded at a mine in eastern China on Wednesday, a day after a gas explosion killed at least 37 people and left dozens missing, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens killed in mine explosion in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/china.mine.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/china.mine.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Rescue operations were under way at a mine in eastern China's Henan province, where at least 35 people had died and 44 were missing after an explosion early Tuesday, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China: Demonstrators demand security after needle attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of Chinese demonstrators crowded the streets of Urumqi in western China on Thursday to protest what they say is a lack of police protection, witnesses said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parents of poison victims say China linking them to Falun Gong</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities in China's south-central Hunan province are associating disgruntled parents of children stricken by lead poisoning with the outlawed spiritual group Falun Gong.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plants shut for lead poisoning in south China; thousands sickened</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/china.lead.poisoning.hunan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/china.lead.poisoning.hunan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hengjiang Village is nestled in the lush mountains of China's Hunan province, just a few kilometers from the bustling city of Wugang. It is a simple place, where mopeds carrying families of four zoom up and down dirt roads, and villagers drink water from local wells.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In China, a U.S. adopted teen finds his roots</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/vause.family.reunion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/vause.family.reunion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>His father and uncle fall to the ground, crying uncontrollably. After 11 years of not knowing, relief of finding a child they thought had been lost forever pours out of them.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's manufacturing continues to grow</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/01/china.manufacturing.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/01/china.manufacturing.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's manufacturing sector expanded for the sixth straight month in August to a 16-month high, according to the official purchasing managers' index, an indication that the economy continued to see strong recovery.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tensions easing near China-Myanmar border</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/china.myanmar.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/china.myanmar.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Some of the tens of thousands of refugees who fled to China to escape fighting in Myanmar are beginning to return home as tensions have eased, police said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China hopes organ donor system stops trafficking</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/china.organ.donation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/china.organ.donation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has launched an organ donation system that it hopes will eliminate illegal organ trading and encourage people to become donors, according to reports in China's state-run media.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lead prices rise as Chinese smelters shut</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/25/china.lead.price.ft.ft.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/25/china.lead.price.ft.ft.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Lead prices rose to an 11-month high on Tuesday as more Chinese smelters shut amid an industry-wide clampdown by Beijing following incidents of lead poisoning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China index drops following Wen comments</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/25/china.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/25/china.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's stocks fell on Tuesday, one day after the nation's premier warned against overly optimistic signs of a recovery from the global financial downturn.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>11 killed in China coal mine blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/china.mine.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three people were missing early Tuesday after a coal mine gas blast in China's Shanxi province killed at least 11 people, China's state run news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children with lead poisoning jam China hospital</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At the Fengxiang County Hospital in Shaanxi Province, children are sleeping two to a bed. Cots line the hallways and hospital beds crowd offices to accommodate the ceaseless flow of new patients. In the last two weeks, so many children have been diagnosed with lead poisoning that there's barely enough room for everyone.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China probe of abuse at Web addiction camp</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/china.internet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/china.internet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 14-year-old boy allegedly beaten at a boot camp in China for young Internet addicts was in critical condition Thursday, less than three weeks after a youth at a different camp died, Chinese state media reported.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China to close smelting plants in lead-poisoning cases</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.lead/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/china.lead/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China is shutting down a pair of smelting plants suspected of sickening several thousand children with lead poisoning, according to state-run media.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Banks to get bailed out by China?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/markets/thebuzz/index.htm</guid><description>Stocks plunged around the world Monday amid growing doubts about how strong a global economic recovery will be. But apparently there's a big contrarian investor out there that's still pretty bullish: China.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China: Filtering software will not be required</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/13/china.internet.filter/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/13/china.internet.filter/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Individual computer users in China may choose whether to install a controversial content filtering system, but the system will be installed on computers in any public place, China's minister of Industry and Information Technology said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China: The new Big Oil</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/news/international/china_oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/17/news/international/china_oil/index.htm</guid><description>China is on an oil buying binge.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lead poisons at least 615 children in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/china.lead.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Abnormal lead levels have been detected in at least 615 children living near a smelting plant in northwest China, state media reported Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WTO rules China must open markets</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/13/us.china.trade/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/13/us.china.trade/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States hailed a World Trade Organization ruling to open Chinese markets and ease controls on the import of U.S. films, DVDs, music downloads and books.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Silence shrouds fertility treatment in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/china.fertility/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/china.fertility/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Although infertility treatment is becoming more and more popular in China, finding a Chinese couple who wanted to talk about it on camera was nearly impossible.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's economy cools as lending slows</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/11/china.economy.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/08/11/china.economy.ft/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's surging economy slowed slightly in July as state-controlled banks heeded Beijing's instructions to rein in excessive lending, with the volume of new lending dropping 77 percent from a month earlier.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>One million displaced as typhoon slams into China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/09/typhoon.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/09/typhoon.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A deadly typhoon that slammed into China's coastal provinces and Taiwan over the weekend has displaced nearly one million people and left dozens missing, state-run media reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China-bound plane lands in Afghanistan after report of threat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/china.plane.hijacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/china.plane.hijacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A plane that reportedly was refused permission to land in China because of a bomb threat returned to Afghanistan and landed safely in Kandahar, officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly Typhoon Morakot heads toward China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/08/typhoon.morakot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/08/typhoon.morakot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The fringes of Typhoon Morakot killed 10 people and injured 18 others in the Philippines, a spokeswoman for the National Disaster Coordinating Council told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese villages eye health care for 1 RMB</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/05/china.health.reform/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/05/china.health.reform/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of the most telling things about China's health care is a quote I once read from a construction worker who earns about $150 a month: "If you get cancer in China, don't bother going to the hospital. They might not cure you, but you will go broke."</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In China, DNA tests on kids ID genetic gifts, careers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/china.dna.children.ability/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/china.dna.children.ability/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At the Chongqing Children's Palace, experts are hoping to revolutionize child-rearing with the help of science. About 30 children aged 3 to 12 years old and their parents are participating in a new program that uses DNA testing to identify genetic gifts and predict the future.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>