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Fighter pilot to be China's first space walker: govt
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008A 42-year-old fighter pilot has been chosen to become the first Chinese person to walk in space, with the historic mission set for September 25, the government said Tuesday. Zhai Zhigang, a colonel in the People's Liberation Army, and two other astronauts will be on board the Shenzhou VII for China's third manned space mission when it blasts off for a 68-hour flight, the nation's cabinet ... more Tainted milk sickens 6,000 babies in China 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2008China said Wednesday more than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical, as it vowed massive efforts to contain a widening food scandal. In the latest debacle to tarnish the "Made in China" label, authorities admitted two of 22 companies found to have melamine in their milk powder were exporting abroad, and that tainted yogurt ... more Fear, confusion, anger for Chinese parents amid milk scare 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2008Anxious parents rushed their babies in for medical checkups around China on Wednesday, worried and confused over what to feed their babies amid a growing scandal over tainted milk powder. "I don't know. I really don't know," said An Fengyun, a 34-year-old mother, when asked what she would feed her two-year-old daughter, who whined in her mother's arms for an overdue lunch. "We are all ... more China admits 'flaws' in dairy sector supervision: state TV 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2008China's government on Wednesday criticised "flaws" in the supervision of the country's dairy sector, state TV said, in an admission of official failures in a tainted baby formula scandal. State-controlled CCTV said in its nightly news broadcast that a Cabinet meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao also called the dairy market "chaotic," as the number of affected babies rose sharply. ... more Analysis: Chinese aircraft fly for Sudan 
Hong Kong (UPI) Sep 17, 2008 China's official media have released photos of K-8 fighter trainers demonstrating impressive attack power against land-based targets. The aircraft are the same model that China has exported to Sudan, ostensibly for training purposes. However, the K-8 trainers are very much like standard attack aircraft, and their tactical application in the Sudanese air force is not only for training ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008Chinese and Indian officials will meet in Beijing this week for the latest round of talks on their decades-old Himalayan border dispute, an official here said on Tuesday. Chinese diplomat Dai Bingguo will hold talks with Indian national security adviser M.K. Narayanan on Thursday and Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. India says China occupies 38,000 square ... more Taiwan typhoon death toll rises to 11 
Taipei (AFP) Sept 16, 2008Rescuers on Tuesday continued search operations after Typhoon Sinlaku pounded Taiwan over the weekend, leaving at least 11 people dead, officials said. Another 11 people remained missing in central Taiwan, where floods and mudslides triggered by up to 160 centimetres (62 inches) of rain caused bridges, hotels and houses to collapse, the National Fire Agency said. At least 20 people were ... more China finds more brands of tainted baby milk: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2008Chinese officials have found 22 companies produced baby milk tainted with a toxic chemical, state media said Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of a scandal that has left two infants dead. Milk powder contaminated with a chemical used to make plastics has sickened more than 1,200 infants in a health scare that erupted last week and prompted a nationwide investigation into the extent of the ... more China landslide death toll raised to 259: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 259 on Tuesday with the discovery of five more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said. State media last week had quoted Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun saying "several hundred" people were thought still buried in the mud that swamped the town of Taoshi after a mining waste reservoir burst its banks on September ... more |
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Yorba Linda, California (AFP) Sept 16, 2008The United States and China were to hold cabinet-level trade talks in California Tuesday amid tensions over China's massive export surplus and an escalating WTO auto parts dispute. US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and US Trade Representative Susan Schwab were hosting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan for the one-day meeting at the Richard Nixon presidential library in Yorba Linda. ... more Former China investment banker loses death sentence appeal 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008The former head of a Chinese investment bank has lost his appeal against a two-year suspended death sentence for his part in one of China's biggest financial corruption scandals, state press said Tuesday. Shi Xue, who headed the Hainan Huayin International Trust and Investment Company, was sentenced in January, and his appeal was turned down by the high court in Hainan, southern China, in ... more Chang'e-1 Sends Back Verbal Wishes 
Beijing (XNA) Sep 16, 2008China's first moon probe satellite Chang'e-1 sent back greetings to earth on Sunday, China's Mid-Autumn Festival. "Let's (all Chinese compatriots) enjoy together the bright moonlight and look forward to our reunion," the verbal wishes said, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. The traditional festival, which falls on the full-moon ... more China evacuates a half million for tropical storm: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 15, 2008China evacuated nearly half a million people from coastal areas as tropical storm Sinlaku bore down, but officials said the mainland was expected to escape the worst, state media reported Monday. Authorities also ordered 30,000 fishing boats to return to harbour in the eastern province of Zhejiang as heavy rains hit, indicating Sinlaku was moving closer, Xinhua news agency said. ... more
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