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China's Shenzhou-7 In Final Preparation For Launch
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 22, 2008The Shenzhou-7 manned spaceship, the Long-March II-F rocket and the escape tower were vertically transferred to the launch pad at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, marking the final stage of the preparation. The 58.3-meter-high body was transferred to the launch pad on a 1,500-meter-long heavy rail line. The transfer lasted more than one hour and two check-ups were conducted. More than 20 meteo ... more WHO hits out at China for little transparency in milk scandal 
Manila (AFP) Sept 21, 2008The World Health Organisation said Sunday it is helping China solve its tainted milk formula problem, while criticising the government for initially failing to alert the international community. Beijing officially sought the WHO's help on September 11, telling the UN body it had monitored 6,244 cases of people ingesting formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, WHO Western ... more GM Crops Protect Neighbors From Pests 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2008A study in northern China indicates that genetically modified cotton, altered to express the insecticide, Bt, not only reduces pest populations among those crops, but also reduces pests among other nearby crops that have not been modified with Bt. These findings could offer promising new ideas for controlling pests and maximizing crop yields in the future. Dr. Kong-Ming Wu from the ... more 13,000 children hospitalised in China milk scare 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2008China said nearly 13,000 children were in hospital Sunday after drinking toxic milk powder in a dramatic escalation of Beijing's latest safety scandal. As the World Health Organization questioned Beijing's handling of the crisis, premier Wen Jiabao appeared on state television promising to head off further incidents. But a Hong Kong toddler also became the first child affected outside ... more Death toll in NE China coal mine fire leaps to 19: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2008The death toll from a fire in a northeastern China coal mine leapt to 19 on Sunday with the discovery of another 14 bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said. Another 12 miners remained missing with hopes for their survival fading as the blaze continued to burn a day after it started, state media said. The fire broke out early Saturday at a mine in Hegang city in Heilongjiang province ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Sept 18, 2008Taiwan's leading telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom Co. said Thursday it has agreed to build a second satellite with Singapore Telecommunication Ltd. The new satellite will replace the ST-1, which the two companies launched in 1998 at a cost of 240 million US dollars, and which is due for replacement in 2011. It will launch in late 2010, Chunghwa Telecom said in a statement. Chunghwa ... more Rothschild finance company says Bank of China buys stake 
Paris (AFP) Sept 18, 2008Bank of China has taken a one-fifth share in the Edmond de Rothschild Finance Company for 236 million euros (342 million dollars), a spokesman for the European banking group told AFP on Thursday. Bank of China, one of the four major Chinese banks, also acquired a further 10 percent stake through the issue of new shares in the Rothschild wealth management company. Rothschild's French hold ... more China must probe delays in uncovering milk-scandal: WHO
Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2008The World Health Organisation on Thursday called for China to find out why it took months for a scandal involving deadly tainted milk powder to become public. While praising China's response since news of the contaminated products broke last week, WHO China representative Hans Troedsson said authorities must determine why reporting systems appeared to have initially failed. ... more EU sees progress by China on market economy status: document 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 18, 2008China has made "considerable progress" on the road to winning coveted market economy status, the European Commission has concluded in an internal report obtained by AFP on Thursday. "China now has in place almost all the legislation which is necessary for granting of market economy status. That is a considerable achievement," the report said. Acknowledging China's "considerable progress" ... more |
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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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