World - China

HONG KONG (AFP) - The Hong Kong-listed arm of Chinese auto group Geely resumed its trading Tuesday afternoon, after it confirmed strong car sales figures announced a day earlier. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - Eight children died and 26 were injured in a stampede in a school stairwell in central China, local media reported on Tuesday. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - Two Tibetan web users have been sentenced to three-year jail terms after posting pictures of the exiled Dalai Lama on the Internet, a Paris-based media watchdog said Monday. Full Story »

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - People in eastern China likely have a higher risk of developing lung cancer than those in western China because of extensive burning of biomass fuels in homes and factories, according to a study. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Three profitable Chinese companies are expected to have powerful market debuts this week as they impress investors with balance sheets and earnings that are stronger than many debt-heavy U.S. companies. Full Story »

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese regulators have closed down hundreds of video sharing websites in a new push to control Internet content, reports said Monday. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - China's auto output and sales exceeded a record 12 million units each in the first 11 months of the year, state media said Monday, cementing the Asian giant's status as the world's largest car market. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - Digital China, a Hong Kong-listed information technology company, is to distribute Research In Motion's Blackberry handsets, accelerating RIM's effort to expand into mainland China. Full Story »

SHANGHAI - General Motors Co. said Monday it has appointed Tim Lee, its vice president for global manufacturing and labor relations, to head its international operations, part of a shakeup that last week saw the departure of Fritz Henderson as CEO. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - China said Monday it would continue with a moderately loose monetary policy for 2010 while also pushing on with efforts to boost economic growth, state press reported. Full Story »

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Shanghai Stock Exchange has approved the development of global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by Chinese fund houses to track six overseas indexes including the Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI), the Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday, citing Xu Ming, vice general manager of the exchange. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - Lifting the value of China's yuan currency would hurt, not help, global economic recovery and threaten the country's own financial and trade health, a Chinese state think-tank said in an essay published on Monday. Full Story »

BEIJING - China's Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world's biggest makers of wind turbines — a cornerstone of the booming clean power business — but is unknown outside its home country. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese regulators have approved Yanzhou Coal's 3.5 billion Australian dollar (3.2 billion US) takeover of miner Felix, the country's biggest Australian acquisition yet, the Chinese company said. Full Story »

BEIJING - Chinese regulators have approved a bid by state-owned Yanzhou Coal to take over Australian miner Felix Resources Ltd., the company said in a statement. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (1,465 dollars) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported Sunday. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - A truck carrying gunpowder to a fireworks factory exploded in central China, killing four people, destroying three vehicles and tearing up chunks of the highway, state media reported Sunday. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of Uighurs who have fled China are seeking asylum through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an overseas activist group said, adding that other would-be refugees had been captured while fleeing China after ethnic riots in their homeland in July. Full Story »