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World News Atlas
China
2008
January
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China, January 2008 Timeline
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Saturday, October 11
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| Jan.2 |
 Hong Kong |
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Singapore Airline bid hits trouble The bid to buy a 24% stake in China Eastern Airlines for US$923.8 million appeared in trouble after a major shareholder criticized the deal
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China to expand lethal injections| Jiang Xingchang, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court: China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by shooting | |
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| Jan.3 |
Shanghai |
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Formula 1 exec jailed Yu Zhifei, the former Formula One racing boss in China, has been sentenced to four years in jail for embezzlement
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| Jan.11 |
Beijing |
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China's trade surplus soars China's trade surplus soared nearly 50% in 2007 to a record, despite safety worries about Chinese products and a slowdown in export growth
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Blogger beaten to death Authorities have fired an official in central China after inspectors beat to death a man who filmed their confrontation with villagers
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| Jan.12 |
Beijing |
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India PM visits China for summit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has arrived for a 3-day visit aimed at improving the strained relations between the two countries
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| Jan.13 |
China |
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11,000 closed mines in safety crackdown China has closed more than 11,000 small coal mines as part of a 2-year-old crackdown aimed at stemming the industry's high death toll
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| Jan.17 |
Beijing |
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PM arrives for first China visit 
Gordon Brown has arrived for his first visit to the country since becoming prime minister
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| Jan.18 |
Shanghai |
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Brown sees 'green' sites in China The prime minister is visiting a 'clean' power station outside Beijing before heading to Shanghai to see a new 'eco-city'
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| Jan.21 |
China |
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Gas explosion kills 20 in illegal mine 
Map of Shanxi China The accident happened when miners were attempting to reopen a mine that the government had used explosives to close in 2004
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| Jan.24 |
Hong Kong |
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US plan sparks Asia shares rally Asian stocks have risen sharply, with investors cheered by a White House plan to spend $150bn to revive the flagging US economy
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| Jan.27 |
 Japan |
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Share prices fall on Asia markets| Share prices in the Far East have fallen about 4% amid continuing anxiety over world economic prospects and the US outlook in particular | |
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| Jan.28 |
China |
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Brutal winter affects millions| Chinese workers and soldiers were racing to sweep snow-covered highways and unclog railway routes for millions of travelers trapped by cold weather | |
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| Jan.29 |
China |
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Crash kills 25 as snow cripples China| A bus plunged off an icy road, as the worst winter weather in half a century threw the peak travel season into chaos | |
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| Jan.30 |
China |
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China in lockdown as weather worsens China's worst winter in a half a century showed no signs of abating as forecasters told citizens to brace for three more days of snow and sleet
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15 die as ships collide on Yangtze A cargo ship, with 17 crew members on board, sank after it crashed into another cargo ship
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Stranded take buses anywhere | Crowds at some of major train stations thinned slightly as thousands took advantage of a break in the nation's worst weather for 50 years | |
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| Jan.31 |
China |
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Rail services resuming Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers pushed their way onto trains as service resumed after the worst winter storms
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