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Shanghai subway trains crash; hundreds injured (AP)
AP – A Shanghai subway train crashed into another that was stopped underground Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the rapidly expanded transportation system in China’s commercial center.
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High-rise fire kills 8, injures 90 in Shanghai (AP)
AP – Fire engulfed a high-rise apartment building under renovation in China’s business center of Shanghai on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring more than 90 and sending some residents racing down scaffolding to escape.
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Obama presses Internet freedoms in China
AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and expanded political freedoms, seeking to get around China’s media curbs with a webcast town hall event in booming Shanghai.
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Clinton appeals for funding at Shanghai Expo site
AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday appealed to American firms to sponsor the US pavilion for next year’s World Expo in Shanghai, saying their support would strengthen Sino-US ties.
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Clinton appeals for funding at Shanghai Expo site
On the Internet in China, Obama presses for freedom
AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and political freedoms as he starred in a live streaming webcast from China on the first day of his visit to the Asian giant.
Obama sets off for Asia, China looms large
Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama left for Asia on Thursday with the U.S. economy, jobs and a yawning trade deficit with China looming large on his agenda.
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Obama sets off for Asia, China looms large
Japan minister calls off pre-Obama U.S. visit
Reuters – TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister has called off a trip to Washington meant to smooth ties ruffled by a feud over military bases ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit next week, the top government spokesman said on Wednesday.
