Big California bank fails, has China branches

* Big San Francisco bank serving Chinese community closed

* UCB, bought by East West, is 120th U.S. failure this year

* Beijing says China operations of closed bank are sound (Adds Chinese regulator, Minsheng background in paras 8-12)

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - United Commercial Bank, a bigSan Francisco bank with branches in China, was closed by stateregulators on Friday and its banking operations were acquiredby East West Bancorp Inc, also active in both nations.

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