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The road ahead for China (Mail and Guardian)The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. A road has finally come to Xin Cun, a hamlet perched on a sandy ridge beneath a blank grey sky in China's Shaanxi province.

Hu lights up quake-hit pupils' day-???? (China Daily)Children had the time of their life with President Hu Jintao at Zhongnanhai compound yesterday. As the 88 students from the quake-hit provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu crowded around Hu, he approached one. She glanced up and said: "Do you still remember me?"

President Hu lights up quake-hit pupils' day (China Daily)Children had the time of their life with President Hu Jintao on Zhongnanhai compound Wednesday. As the 88 students from the quake-hit provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu crowded around Hu, he approached one. She glanced up and said: "Do you still remember me?"

The road ahead for China (Guardian Unlimited)China's rural landscape has been transformed by road-building projects that have brought new wealth to remote villages, writes Jason Burke

Four cleared in bombings (China Daily)A Spanish court has cleared four of the 21 people charged with the deadly Madrid train bombings of 2004.

China's Quake-affected Children To Fly Out On Russian Holiday (Bernama)XI'AN, July 16 (Bernama) -- The first group of 181 children from China's quake-hit provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi will fly to Russia on Thursday for a three-week recuperative vacation, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Huaxin Trust taps Everbright to advise IPO (China Daily)Huaxin Trust, which had nearly 24 billion yuan ($3.52 billion) of assets under management at the end of 2007, hired Everbright Securities, one of China's 10 biggest brokerages, several months ago when its board agreed to a listing, said Guo Yan, its board secretary.

Ten killed in coal mine flood in China 15 Jul 2008, 1941 hrs IST,PTI (The Times of India)BEIJING: Ten people have died in flooding in a state-owned mine in north China's coal-rich Shaanxi province, rescuers said. The bodies of all the trapped miners, who were stuck in the flood have been recovered, official Xinhua news agency said.

China's Huaxin Trust taps Everbright to advise IPO (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)SHANGHAI, July 17 (Reuters) - Huaxin Trust Co, a mid-sized Chinese trust firm, said on Thursday that it had hired Everbright Securities to advise on a domestic listing to raise several hundred million yuan to support its rapid business expansion.

Ten killed in coal mine flood in China (Hindustan Times)Ten people have died in flooding in a state-owned mine in north China's coal-rich Shaanxi province, rescuers said. The bodies of all the trapped miners, who were struck in the flood have been recovered, official Xinhua news agency said.