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Date: Saturday, 21 Nov 2009 13:02

Rescuers wait to go down Xinxing coal mine to search for survivors following a gas explosion at the mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang Province November 21, 2009. At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 metres underground following a gas blast at the mine in China, state media said on Saturday. REUTERS/StringerReuters - At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 meters (yards) underground following a gas blast at a mine in China, state media said on Saturday.


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Date: Saturday, 21 Nov 2009 12:58

File picture shows miners in a small mining town in China's Shanxi province. An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China has killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.


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Date: Saturday, 21 Nov 2009 12:57

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, relatives of coal miners come to the accident site to wait for further information in the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. An explosion caused by gas outburst occurred here around 2:30 a.m. Saturday while 528 miners were working inside, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Fang Baoshu)AP - A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them.


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Date: Saturday, 21 Nov 2009 12:12

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets attendants at an inauguration ceremony of a new unit at a hospital in New Delhi. The Dalai Lama has praised US President Barack Obama for taking up the issue of Tibet AFP - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday praised US President Barack Obama for taking up the issue of Tibet "very seriously" with Chinese leaders on his recent trip to China.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 21:14

President Barack Obama stands with U.S. Ambassador to China and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman at a town hall style event with Chinese youths at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 16:21

Mainland China's Lou Ye poses in Hong Kong Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The prominent Chinese director banned by Beijing on Friday brought his new gay romance to Hong Kong for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. In 2006, Lou Ye was banned from shooting movies for five years after he screened 'Summer Palace' at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval. But the 45-year-old director defied the ban, secretly shooting the love story 'Spring Fever' with small, digital cameras in the eastern city Nanjing last year. He also entered it at Cannes earlier this year, where it won best screenplay in May.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 15:56

A Chinese cleaner removes trash from a bin near a poster advertising the Hollywood blockbuster 2012 at a theater in Beijing, China, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Chinese movie goers are flocking to the movie that appears to portray China as a savior of the world in a doomsday scenario where the earth's overheating core destabilizes the planet's crust and destroys humanity. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 13:43

Chinese policemen lin Beijing.The United States called Friday for the release of Xue Feng, a China-born US citizen who has been held in the Asian nation for two years on state secrets charges.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - The United States called Friday for the release of Xue Feng, a China-born US citizen who has been held in the Asian nation for two years on state secrets charges.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 09:10
Reuters - The United States is seeking the release of an American citizen detained in Beijing for two years, in a case similar to the detentions of Rio Tinto staff which launched an international debate over China's secrets laws.
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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 08:26
AP - China raised electricity rates for businesses and industries Friday, part of a long-term effort to adjust prices to reflect costs and promote energy saving as the country struggles to meet soaring demand.
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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 07:19
Reuters - China has promised severe punishment for officials caught concealing deaths from H1N1 swine flu after a medical expert said suspect cases may have been held back by local governments.
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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 05:54

President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall of China at Badaling, November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Two Chinese rights activists who sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hours before he left Beijing said on Friday they were briefly detained by police, and one said Washington's sway over rights in China had eroded.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 05:44

A Chinese woman receives a free H1N1 vaccination at a clinic at a clinic in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms- have failed to contain the disease. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.


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Date: Friday, 20 Nov 2009 04:48

In this photo released by David Rowley, taken Dec. 7, 1993 and made available Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, Feng Xue, right, poses with unidentified people for photos in Yuexi, Anhui  Province. Xue was been detained for two years by Chinese police on state secrets charges over the purchase of a commercial database on the oil industry. (AP Photo/David Rowley)AP - Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where his interrogators pressed lit cigarettes into his arm.


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 22:41

An employee counts Renminbi banknotes at a Bank of China branch in Changzhi, Shanxi province November 13, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Expressing frustration over the Obama administration's light touch on China's yuan exchange rate, two U.S. senators asked the Commerce Department on Thursday to investigate alleged Chinese currency "manipulation."


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 21:19
Reuters - The United States must combat China's trade-distorting industrial and currency policies with U.S. trade laws and by using the World Trade Organization, a congressional advisory body said on Thursday.
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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 21:02

In this photo released by David Rowley, taken Dec. 7, 1993 and made available Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, Feng Xue, right, poses with unidentified people for photos in Yuexi, Anhui  Province. Xue was been detained for two years by Chinese police on state secrets charges over the purchase of a commercial database on the oil industry. (AP Photo/David Rowley)AP - Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where his interrogators pressed lit cigarettes into his arm.


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 17:04

A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing in 2007. China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was AFP - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.


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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 15:00
AP - A U.S. congressional advisory panel said Thursday that Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets to use in building Beijing's military and economic strength.
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Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 14:39

US President Barack Obama (R) greets guests after a town hall meeting with future Chinese leaders at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China, November 16. Obama spoke about his belief in AFP - Although US President Barack Obama raised the thorny issue of human rights during his first visit to China this week, he left many political dissidents -- those who were not locked up -- disappointed.


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