<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Xinhua News Agency: News &amp; Videos about Xinhua News Agency - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Xinhua_News_Agency</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Xinhua News Agency from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:37:00 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Xinhua News Agency: News &amp; Videos about Xinhua News Agency - 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/Xinhua_News_Agency</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Xinhua News Agency from CNN.com.</description></image><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 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>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>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>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>Plant explosion in China kills five, injures 108</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/china.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/china.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A chemical plant explosion early Wednesday in Luoyang, China, killed five factory workers and injured 108 others, seven of them seriously, state-run media said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flooded Chinese coal mine traps 15</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.miners/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.miners/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities were trying to rescue 15 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou, state media said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman escapes punishment for attack on Chinese officials</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/china.killing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/china.killing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In a case that has drawn widespread attention from Chinese Internet users, a woman escaped punishment for fatally stabbing a local official and injuring another in self-defense, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The story of Yaojin: Rebuilding a quake village</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/china.quake.rebuilding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/china.quake.rebuilding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The two-story buildings in Yaojin are tall and straight -- they look well built and solid. People now live an incredibly normal life here, just 17 miles from the epicenter of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that had flattened their village and left nearly 90,000 dead or missing one year ago this week.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man blows himself up over $660 unpaid wages</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/02/china.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/02/china.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A man seeking about $660 in unpaid wages walked into an office building in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi on Thursday and detonated a bomb, killing himself and injuring two employees, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China's lunar probe lands on moon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/china.moon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/china.moon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's first lunar probe landed on the moon in a controlled collision Sunday, marking the first phase of the nation's three-stage moon mission, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese state media: Mine blast kills 74</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll from a coal mine blast in northern China climbed Sunday to 74, the state-run media Xinhua News Agency said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China's job losses send 20M migrants home</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/china.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/china.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Job losses triggered by the global financial crisis have driven some 20 million Chinese workers from cities back to their rural homelands, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rare glimpse shows thinner Kim Jong-Il</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/nkorea.china.kim/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/nkorea.china.kim/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Chinese official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang on Friday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>17 dead in gas leak in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/china.gas/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/china.gas/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 17 people have died from a gas leak at a steel plant in China's northern Hebei province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported early Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>About 30 Chinese rescued from pirate attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/17/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/17/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Multinational naval forces rescued the crew of a Chinese merchant ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, shipping sources said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: 11 Chinese pupils killed by carbon monoxide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/china.students.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/china.students.poisoning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eleven schoolgirls in northwest China's Shaanxi province died from carbon monoxide poisoning after they used a school-provided charcoal heater to warm their dorm room, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>20 dead, 42 missing in China landslides</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/china.landslides/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/china.landslides/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Landslides in southwestern China killed at least 20 people over the weekend, state-run media reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scores homeless after Tibet quakes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/tibet.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/tibet.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nine people were killed in the pair of earthquakes that struck Tibet, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs reported on Tuesday, lowering the toll of 30 that had initially been reported.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>56 dead in 2 mining accidents in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 56 people have been killed in two mine disasters in China this weekend.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tainted Chinese milk kills second child</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/china.formula/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/china.formula/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Officials on Monday announced the death of a second child who consumed contaminated milk powder. More than 1,200 others have been sickened, according to China's Health Ministry.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China Makes Arrests in Tainted Milk Probe</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1841282,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1841282,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Chinese police arrested two brothers suspected of adding a
   dangerous chemical to milk they sold to a company that produced
   infant formula that killed two babies and sickened more than 1,200
   others</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China officials ousted after deadly landslide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/china.landslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/china.landslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The governor of Shanxi Province in northern China resigned Sunday in the wake of a mud and rock slide that has killed at least 254 people, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>13 detained after deadly landslide in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/china.rockslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/china.rockslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities have detained 13 people after a mud and rock slide that may have killed several hundred people in northern China, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>32 killed in southwest China quake</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An earthquake that struck southwest China has killed at least 32 people and injured more than 500, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China Quake Downs 180,000 Homes</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837722,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837722,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sichuan province on Saturday along the same fault line as the May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>15 dead in Chinese fireworks blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/china.fireworks.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/china.fireworks.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An explosion at a fireworks plant killed 15 people and wounded six others in northern China, state media reported Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Chinese border attack kills 16</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/china.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/china.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 16 police officers were killed, and 16 more were wounded, after an attack on a border police station in western China on Monday morning, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two officials sacked in China after riot</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/china.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/china.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two officials in southwestern China have been replaced for "severe malfeasance" after a protest involving about 30,000 people descended into a riot, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese police to reinvestigate teen's death</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/01/china.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/01/china.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities in southwestern China are reopening their investigation into the death of a teenage girl, following violent demonstrations over how it was handled, state-run media reported Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earthquake ravaged region braced for wet season</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Earthquake-ravaged sections of China's Sichuan province braced Thursday for heavy rainstorms that may trigger new landslides.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quake lake water surges through cities</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A huge volume of water Tuesday surged from a lake created by China's massive earthquake, safely plunging downstream through an area where hundreds of thousands had been braced for disaster, officials said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water rising too fast at China quake lake</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fears were mounting Monday for the safety of more than a million people downstream from a "quake lake" in China as waters threatening to burst a dam of landslide rubble were rising faster than engineers could drain them.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water behind 'quake lake' nearing top of dam</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/04/china.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/04/china.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities in southwestern China watched nervously Wednesday as rising water behind an earthquake-created dam neared a spillway designed to relieve pressure on it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China quake death toll soars past 55,000</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/china.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/china.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chinese government officials raised the death toll from last week's earthquake past 55,000, as calls were sent out for more material to help the massive recovery effort.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 08:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China quake: Another against-odds rescue</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/china.quaketoll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/china.quaketoll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A woman who survived nine days trapped in debris Wednesday became the latest in a series of against-the-odds rescues in China, where the official death toll from last week's massive earthquake has risen to 41,353.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Woman freed from rubble after 195 hours</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A woman who survived on rainwater has been freed after being trapped in rubble for 195 hours in the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, which has now killed more than 41,000. The 60-year-old woman escaped with just facial bruises and a minor fracture during her eight-day ordeal. </description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Chinese Town Finds Hope</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808197,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808197,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Half the residents of Yingxiu were killed by the May 12 earthquake, but the  fight to rescue survivors goes on</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China: Dam feared quake-damaged safe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by thousands Wednesday as troops rushed to a dam feared critically damaged.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China earthquake toll update</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.stats/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.stats/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The official death toll from the China earthquake stood at 12,012 on Wednesday afternoon, but it is expected to rise as soldiers and rescue crews pull more bodies from crumbled buildings at the epicenter in Sichuan province.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China Urges Precautions Against Deadly Virus</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738087,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738087,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all
 cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children
 across the country, as the death toll rose Wednesday to 28</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China: Human error behind train collision</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/china.train/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/china.train/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Human error was to blame for China's worst train accident in more than a decade, China's official news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Train collision kills 43 in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/china.train/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/china.train/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A pre-dawn collision Monday between two passenger trains in eastern China killed at least 43 people and injured 247, a state news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China hijacker takes Australians hostage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/china.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/china.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A hijacker armed with explosives took 10 Australian tourists hostage on a bus in northwest China Wednesday, before police shot him dead, media in both countries reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>26 Chinese rescued from sinking vessel</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/philippines.china.boat/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/philippines.china.boat/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Emergency crews have rescued 26 Chinese crew members whose boat began taking on water off the northern Philippines Sunday night, the state-run Chinese news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China bans export of 'date rape' drug toys</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/09/news/china_toys/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/09/news/china_toys/index.htm</guid><description>China's government has suspended exports of toys covered with a toxic chemical that have been subject to recalls in many countries after sickening children, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: China halts export of bead toys tainted with toxic drug</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/toy.recall/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/toy.recall/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has suspended exports of the Aqua Dots toys contaminated with a chemical that can convert to a powerful "date rape" drug, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The toys have caused some children who swallowed the craft toys to vomit and lose consciousness.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Miners survived on coal and urine</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/china.coalmine.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/china.coalmine.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two Chinese brothers who tunneled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Typhoon Sepat kills 39 in China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/typhoon.sepat.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/typhoon.sepat.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A typhoon killed at least 39 people as it swept across southeast China this week, destroying crops and battering homes, Xinhua news agency said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Rains trap 172 Chinese miners</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/china.mine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Heavy rains poured into a coal mine in east China's Shandong province Friday, trapping 172 miners beneath the surface, China's Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China steel plant accident kills 32 </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/china.steel/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/china.steel/index.html</guid><description>Molten steel fell from a blast furnace onto workers at a northeast China steel plant Wednesday morning, killing 32 people and injuring two others, according to China's Xinhua news agency.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Liu's running shoes raise $25,000</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/02/05/athletics.shoes/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/02/05/athletics.shoes/index.html</guid><description>A pair of Olympic champion Liu Xiang's running spikes fetched 200,000 yuan ($25,770), for the children of migrant workers in Beijing, at a charity auction at the weekend, Xinhua news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Quake hits China, 13 dead</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/22/china.quake/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/22/china.quake/index.html</guid><description>A moderate earthquake shook southwestern China, killing 13 people, injuring 41 people and toppling 56 houses, the official Xinhua News Agency said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China rescues missing fishermen</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/asia.typhoon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/asia.typhoon/index.html</guid><description>Chinese crews rescued 97 Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 01:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese engineers shot in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan.china/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan.china/index.html</guid><description>Unknown attackers gunned down three Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in southwestern Pakistan Wednesday evening, police sources told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Environment boss quits after spill</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/china.spill/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/china.spill/index.html</guid><description>China's environmental chief has resigned in the wake of a two-week crisis over a toxic spill that forced the shutdown of drinking water supplies to millions of Chinese and sparked concern in Russia.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China mine blast toll rises to 161</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/30/china.mine/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/30/china.mine/index.html</guid><description>The death toll from a weekend coal mine explosion in northeast China has climbed to 161, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. One miner remains missing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China asks WHO help on flu cases</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/07/bird.flu.china/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/07/bird.flu.china/index.html</guid><description>The Chinese government has invited the World Health Organization to assist in its investigation into three possible cases of avian influenza in Hunan province, state-run Xinhua news agency has reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China 'to buy 50 Boeing 787 jets'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/07/29/china.dreamliner.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/07/29/china.dreamliner.ap/index.html</guid><description>China plans to sign a deal next month to buy 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jetliners in a deal worth $6 billion (&amp;#8364;4.5 billion), the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese hotel fire kills 30</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/china.fire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/china.fire/index.html</guid><description>A hotel fire in southern China has killed 30 people and injured 15, the official Xinhua News Agency reports.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: China bus blast kills 30</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/china.busblast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/china.busblast/index.html</guid><description>About 30 people have been killed in a bus explosion in east China's Jiangxi Province, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flood traps 36 Chinese miners</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/china.mine.flood/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/china.mine.flood/index.html</guid><description>Thirty-six miners were trapped underground by flooding in China's southwestern Guizhou province, according to the country's state-run Xinhua News Agency.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2004 03:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>65 missing after Chinese landslide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/china.landslide/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/china.landslide/index.html</guid><description>At least 65 people are missing after a landslide hit China's southern Guizhou province, according to state-run media.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2004 04:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China mine: 25 dead, 141 missing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/china.mine/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/china.mine/index.html</guid><description>At least 25 miners have been killed and hopes are slim for a further 141 trapped underground after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northwest China.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2004 06:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>China toll rises, dam on alert</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/08/china.floods/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/08/china.floods/index.html</guid><description>Floods unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 161 people and left dozens more missing in southwestern China, prompting authorities to put the massive Three Gorges hydroelectric project on alert.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 04:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China rainstorms kill 55</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/05/china.floods/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/05/china.floods/index.html</guid><description>Flooding and landslides set off by heavy rains have killed 55 people and left 52 missing in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, state media said on Monday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No survivors in China plane crash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/china.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/china.crash/index.html</guid><description>An Azerbaijani cargo plane has crashed in northwest China killing all seven crew members, according to Xinhua news agency.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 05:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Red Cross: N. Korea site flattened</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/nkorea.train/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/nkorea.train/index.html</guid><description>A Red Cross worker who visited the site of a train explosion in North Korea has described the scene as one of devastation, with burned and "totally flattened" buildings.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Bill correlates with Hillary, what boys think about, the latest test for cops, and other matters. IT MUST BE AUGUST</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/24/76776/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/24/76776/index.htm</guid><description>Again saluting the dog days, Keeping Up presents its second annual canine- bites-person awards, given this time for the dozen most boring headlines sighted since last August. Main qualification for...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>