International Business News - China http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif North Korea is offering China $100,000 to help earthquake survivors. The North's Korean Central News Agency said Saturday the country made the offer to China's government, which is scrambling to cope with the aftermath of Monday's magnitude 7.9 quake. It did not elaborate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48069-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/north-korea-offers-aid-for-quake-victims.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/north-korea-offers-aid-for-quake-victims.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:00:00 EDT A Chinese government spokesman says the confirmed death toll in this week's massive earthquake has risen to almost 29,000. Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin gave the figure Saturday at a news conference. The government has already said it expects the eventual death toll to surpass 50,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48060-aptopix-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/govt-spokesman-death-toll-in-china-quake-almost-29k.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/govt-spokesman-death-toll-in-china-quake-almost-29k.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:45:37 EDT Thousands of earthquake victims are fleeing a Chinese village near the epicenter of the earthquake due to worries of potential flooding. Witnesses say there were conflicting reports on whether a dam had burst near Beichuan in the north of the Sichuan province or whether a lake had overflowed. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47952-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/thousands-flee-near-epicenter-on-flood-worries.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/thousands-flee-near-epicenter-on-flood-worries.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:52:19 EDT In a sign of warming relations, China has invited the head of Taiwan's incoming ruling party to visit the mainland, where he is to meet with President Hu Jintao. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48070-aptopix-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/report-china-invites-taiwan-party-head-to-visit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/report-china-invites-taiwan-party-head-to-visit.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:06:10 EDT China's nuclear safety agency had ordered staffers to be prepared for an environmental emergency the day after a massive earthquake jolted a region that includes several key atomic sites. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48018-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:31:33 EDT Chinese state news agency says that soldiers have dug out a 52-year-old man who was buried in ruins for 117 hours after a massive earthquake hit China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinese-news-agency-says-man-saved-after-117-hours.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:12:49 EDT The popular hero of China's earthquake rescue effort isn't a strapping firefighter or a seasoned cop _ it's the country's bespectacled premier who's been clambering over piles of rubble to rally victims in the hardest-hit areas. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47951-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinas-premier-is-hero-of-quake-rescue-effort.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinas-premier-is-hero-of-quake-rescue-effort.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:47:54 EDT Tibet's holiest Buddhist temple reopened Friday, state-run media reported, two months after a violent uprising in Tibetan areas throughout China led the government to close off several of the region's most important monasteries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/tibets-holiest-temple-reopens-after-unrest-in-china.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:39:22 EDT Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides. Soldiers carried older people out of Beichuan town _ one of the areas hit hardest by the magnitude 7.9 quake Monday _ while survivors cradled babies on a road jammed with vehicles and people. The death toll jumped to near 29,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48117-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/trapped-survivors-freed-after-nearly-100-hours.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/trapped-survivors-freed-after-nearly-100-hours.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:41:07 EDT Chinese state news agency says that German tourist has been rescued after being buried for 114 hours in earthquake rubble. The official Xinhua News Agency said the tourist was saved in Wenchuan, the epicenter of Monday's massive earthquake. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47896-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinese-news-agency-says-german-saved-after-114-hours.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinese-news-agency-says-german-saved-after-114-hours.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 02:26:25 EDT American experts are monitoring nuclear facilities in China's earthquake zone, officials said Friday, after France's nuclear watchdog reported that some had suffered minor damage. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 19:03:50 EDT The Chinese Embassy is encouraging Americans and others to send cash and supplies to victims of this week's powerful earthquake. But the embassy says it doesn't currently need any U.S. disaster relief teams. Embassy spokesman Wang Baodong said Friday that China has accepted disaster experts from Japan, Russia and South Korea because of their proximity to China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-seeks-cash-supplies-for-earthquake-relief.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 11:33:39 EDT Piles of broken concrete rise seven stories high, and a few buildings stand askew, knocked at odd angles. People cry out the names of missing relatives and rescue workers shout, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?" http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47533-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-rescuers-seek-survivors-in-hard-hit-town.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-rescuers-seek-survivors-in-hard-hit-town.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:03:57 EDT After their daughter was born, Bi Kaiwei and his wife, Meilin, decided to adhere to China's one-child policy and its slogan, "Have fewer kids, live better lives." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47543-china-lost-children.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/chinas-1-child-policy-causes-extra-pain.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/chinas-1-child-policy-causes-extra-pain.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:32:02 EDT Pope Benedict XVI has written a special prayer for Chinese Catholics who face "daily trials" in the officially atheistic country, the Vatican said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47400-vatican-pope.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/pope-benedict-pens-prayer-for-chinese-catholics.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/pope-benedict-pens-prayer-for-chinese-catholics.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 14:22:45 EDT Crude oil soared to a new record high on Friday above $127 a barrel, after Goldman Sachs significantly increased its projections for oil prices while trader's feared demand for distillate fuels from China will increase next month. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47525-oil.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/oil-goldman-sachs-record-brent-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/oil-goldman-sachs-record-brent-china.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:16:21 EDT Chinese stocks fell Friday as investors sold electric utilities and steel companies following recent gains. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.4 percent to 3,624.23. The Shenzhen Composite Index shed 0.8 percent to 1.124.29. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46987-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-stocks-edge-lower-utilities-drop.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-stocks-edge-lower-utilities-drop.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:08:37 EDT The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week's powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,000 people. Vice Governor Li Chengyun announced the figure at a news conference Friday in the provincial capital of Chengdu. The number is up about 2,500 from a day earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/local-chinese-govt-says-death-toll-at-21-500.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:51:22 EDT A Chinese state news agency says that aftershocks have cut off roads and telecommunications in quake-hit Sichuan province, burying a number of vehicles. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46818-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/aftershocks-bury-vehicles-in-sichuan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/aftershocks-bury-vehicles-in-sichuan.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:37:05 EDT The death toll rose to 43 from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across China, a report said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46805-china-child-virus.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-child-virus-death-toll-up-to-43.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-child-virus-death-toll-up-to-43.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 04:11:57 EDT