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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 China to expand lethal injections


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Jan.2   Hong Kong  
  Beijing  
  Jiang Xingchang, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court: China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by shooting
Jan.3   Shanghai   Formula 1 exec jailed  Yu Zhifei, the former Formula One racing boss in China, has been sentenced to four years in jail for embezzlement Jan.11   Beijing   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   China   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 Jan.12   Beijing   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 Jan.13   China   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 Jan.17   Beijing     PM arrives for first China visit   Gordon Brown has arrived for his first visit to the country since becoming prime minister Jan.18   Shanghai     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' Jan.21   China   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 Jan.24   Hong Kong   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 Jan.27   Japan   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
Jan.28   China   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
Jan.29   China   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
Jan.30   China   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   China   15 die as ships collide on Yangtze  A cargo ship, with 17 crew members on board, sank after it crashed into another cargo ship   China   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
Jan.31   China   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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