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An aftershock measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck China’s southwest Yunnan province on Wednesday, causing buildings to collapse, Xinhua said.

Lyubov Galkina has won Russia’s first Olympic medal, taking the silver in the 10m air rifle event in Beijing.

Weightlifter Chen Xiexia won China’s first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, in the women’s 48-kilogram category.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Thursday as the Chinese capital prepared for Friday’s Olympic Games opening ceremony.

An attack on a paramilitary police compound in China’s far western Xinjiang province early Monday left 16 troops dead and a similar number injured, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

Jordan plans to sign nuclear cooperation deals with Russia, the United States and China in the fall, Jordanian Atomic Energy Commission chief Khaled Tukan told reporters Tuesday.

China’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Monday criticizing a meeting between U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The Olympic village, which will host athletes and officials during the Olympic Games due to start next month, was officially opened in Beijing on Sunday.

At least six of the 36 miners trapped in a coal mine in southern China have been confirmed dead, the state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday.

At least 56 workers are trapped in a coal mine in southern China, the state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit China on July 21-22 to sign a document delineating a long-disputed border between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Russia may launch a joint venture with China to continue the development of a new passenger airliner, MS-21, the head of a Russian state-run aviation corporation said on Monday.