Booming China auto industry faces over-capacity (AFP)

Cars are seen in heavy traffic on one of Beijing's major ring roads on September 2, 2010. China's booming auto sales are leading to blind investment in the industry, which could result in annual production capacity of over 31 million units by 2015, according to a government official.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China should end preferential policies for automotive companies in order to curb over-capacity in an industry where sales jumped 55 percent in August, a government official said.
Southwest China landslide toll rises to 24 (AFP)

Chinese rescuers search for survivors after landslides swept through a mountain village near the city of Baoshan in a rugged region of southwest China's Yunnan province on September 3. The death toll from rain-triggered landslides that hit a remote village in southwestern China rose to 24, with another 24 people still missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - The death toll from rain-triggered landslides that hit a remote village in southwestern China rose to 24, with another 24 people still missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.
China halts loans to firms that break environment rules (AFP)

A man rides a tricycle past a power plant in Pinghu, near Shanghai. China has ordered banks to stop new lending to companies that pollute excessively or consume too much energy, as part of a drive to make its economy more energy efficient, state media said.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China has ordered banks to stop new lending to companies that pollute excessively or consume too much energy, as part of a drive to make its economy more energy efficient, state media said Saturday.
EU presses China to step up fight against fakes (AFP)

A customer is reflected looking through the window of a shop selling fake branded mobile phones and MP3 players in Beijing. The European Union has pressed China to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The European Union pressed China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.
At least 26 killed in vehicle accidents in China (AFP)

Cars are seen in heavy traffic on one of Beijing's major ring roads. At least 26 people were killed in separate vehicle accidents in northeastern China.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - At least 26 people were killed in separate vehicle accidents in northeastern China on Friday, state media reported.
Thousands of trucks stuck in China traffic jam (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2010 file photo, a cleaner picks up waste on the roadside of a jammed section of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway in Huailai, in north China's Hebei province. Thousands of coal trucks were backed up for miles on the northern China highway Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, the latest in a series of monster jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)AP - Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles were backed up for miles on a highway in northern China on Friday, the latest in a series of monster traffic jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer.
China orders action to cool food prices (AP)
AP - China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.
Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation (Reuters)

An employee counts Yuan banknotes at a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, Anhui August 3, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China on Friday offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could face depreciation risks.
China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion (AFP)

Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday. Wild boar numbers have risen to an estimated 150,000 in Zhejiang province, compared to about 29,000 a decade ago, the China Daily said.(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)AFP - Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars, who are destroying crops and upsetting the ecological balance, state media said on Friday.
Death toll in China fireworks blast jumps to 33 (AFP)

An ambulance is seen in China. The death toll from an explosion last month at a fireworks factory in the northeast of the country has leapt to 33 from a previously reported 20 dead, state media has said.(AFP/File)AFP - The death toll from an explosion last month at a fireworks factory in northeastern China has leapt to 33 from a previously reported 20 dead, state media said.
Obama adviser Summers to visit China September 4 (Reuters)
Reuters - The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will visit China from Saturday for three days of meetings.
Pension fund approached on Potash bid (AP)
AP - The head of a major Canadian pension fund says a Chinese sovereign wealth fund is interested in making a joint-bid with a Canadian pension fund for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.
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