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China searches river for missing chemical barrels

Posted on 30 July 2010.

Emergency teams in north-east China are continuing to search a major river for barrels of toxic chemicals. Some 7,000 barrels were swept into the river in Jilin province on Wednesday; 3,000 contained the liquid chemicals.

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At least 12 dead in blast at China factory

Posted on 28 July 2010.

At least 12 people died and 15 were seriously injured on Wednesday after an explosion at an abandoned plastics and chemicals factory in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, state television said.

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Workers strike at another auto parts plant in China

Posted on 21 July 2010.

Workers at Japanese electronics maker Omron's southern China factory have gone on strike, the latest disruption in the manufacturing hub over demands for better wages and working conditions.

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China police 'mistakenly beat boss's wife'

Posted on 21 July 2010.

Three Chinese police officers have been disciplined for beating up the wife of a senior local official.

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China oil spill after pipe blast 'worse than thought'

Posted on 21 July 2010.

China is boosting effort to clean up a major oil slick off its north-east coast, following a pipeline explosion. There are growing fears that strong winds have dispersed the pollution more widely than previously thought.

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China floods claim more lives

Posted on 20 July 2010.

Torrential rain that has lashed China for weeks has killed dozens more people in China's west and forced authorities to close shipping locks on the massive Three Gorges Dam, officials said on Tuesday.

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China seals oil port after spill

Posted on 19 July 2010.

One of China's biggest ports, Dalian, shut on Monday after an pipeline explosion triggered a major offshore oil spill, forcing a refinery to cut processing and importers to divert cargoes elsewhere.

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China boomtown migrants sorely underpaid

Posted on 18 July 2010.

Young migrant workers in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen are sorely underpaid but in no position to ask for more money, state media on Monday cited a survey as showing against a backdrop of strikes.

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Striking workers at Honda China supplier demand apology

Posted on 16 July 2010.

Striking workers at a plant supplying parts to Honda Motors' China operations have issued a long list of demands for returning to work, aiming to win better conditions commensurate with China's rising economic clout.

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Death toll from China landslides rises

Posted on 14 July 2010.

Heavy rain is continuing to cause havoc across southern and central China, triggering landslides which have left dozens of people dead or missing.

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