AFP - China should end preferential policies for automotive companies in order to curb over-capacity in an industry where sales jumped 55 percent in August, a government official said.

AFP - The death toll from rain-triggered landslides that hit a remote village in southwestern China rose to 24, with another 24 people still missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.

AFP - China has ordered banks to stop new lending to companies that pollute excessively or consume too much energy, as part of a drive to make its economy more energy efficient, state media said Saturday.

AFP - The European Union pressed China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.

AFP - At least 26 people were killed in separate vehicle accidents in northeastern China on Friday, state media reported.

AP - Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles were backed up for miles on a highway in northern China on Friday, the latest in a series of monster traffic jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer.