Hotel Fire in Southern China Kills 30 BEIJING - A fire raced through the top three floors of a hotel in southern China, killing 30 people and injuring 15 others, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday. Deadly Typhoon Charts Course for Hong Kong HONG KONG - A typhoon was bearing down on Hong Kong Thursday after ripping through the northern Philippines and Taiwan, killing at least 55 people in landslides and freak electrocutions and leaving over 30 missing. Undersea telecom cable linking China to US cut again BEIJING - An undersea telecommunications cable linking China with the United States has been cut for the second time in little more than a month, state media said on Sunday.