"Second day of internet disruptions" from South China Morning Post

"Some internet users were still experiencing difficulties browsing websites yesterday after service disruptions were reported across the mainland on Monday.

Users in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, as well as the provinces of Henan, Hunan, Shanxi, Sichuan and Zhejiang, had been unable to surf the Web since Monday afternoon, according to the Shanghai Evening Post. 

"Shops and restaurants near the Youyi mine are shut, creating a semblance of a ghost village. Reconstruction is slated to begin next March."

"China Qinfa buys into Huameiao" from South China Morning Post

"Coal logistics firm China Qinfa Group's share price surged 10.7 per cent to HK$4.03 after it unveiled a deal to buy a 32 per cent stake in Huameiao Energy for 1.6 billion yuan, to be half-financed by a bank loan and half by its own resources. Huameiao has three coal mines within 100 kilometres of China Qinfa's coal loading stations in Datong, Shanxi province. They will have a combined output capacity of 8 million tonnes by next year's third quarter. China Qinfa will have the right to buy at least 32 per cent of the mine's output."