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Emergency Rescue Vessels For Shenzhou-7 Spaceship Return
Shanghai, China (XNA) Oct 03, 2008Three emergency rescue vessels for China's Shenzhou-7 manned space mission have returned to Shanghai after completing their mission in designated sea areas. The "Beihaijiu 112" ship arrived at the Waigaoqiao pier in Shanghai on Thursday evening. Two others had returned to Shanghai last Friday and Sunday. The vessels, dispatched by the Ministry of Transport, went to the designated are ... more Melamine found in Nestle milk products: minister 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 2, 2008Taiwan's health minister said Thursday six Nestle milk products were banned from sale after they were found to contain melamine. "The products from (the Chinese province of) Heilongjiang tested positive for very low levels of melamine and (were) removed from the shelves," said the minister, Yeh Ching-chuan. The tainted items, manufactured by Heilongjiang-based Shuangcheng Nestle Co and ... more Keywords trigger monitoring of Skype messages 
Washington (AFP) Oct 2, 2008A group of computer security experts at the University of Toronto has revealed that the Chinese partner of the Skype online text messaging service was spying on Skype users in China. The following is a list of politically sensitive keywords which Citizen Lab said triggered the monitoring of the Internet chat of TOM-Skype users in China. ... more China recalls milk powder amid health scandal: diplomatic source 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 2, 2008China has recalled milk powder sold abroad, a diplomatic source said Thursday, as it continues moves to contain the scandal over tainted milk that has sickened thousands of children. A briefing was held in Beijing on Tuesday by China for foreign diplomats from several countries, a diplomatic source and a Japanese official revealed to AFP. "They said that Chinese authorities had recalled ... more US urged to bolster missile, space defenses against China: paper 
Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2008A draft report recommends that the United States build new missile, sea-based and space-based defenses to deal with China's growing nuclear and conventional forces, a newspaper said Wednesday. The draft by a State Department advisory board said China aims to build forces that are not just capable of retaking Taiwan but also of projecting power beyond east Asia, The Washington Times reported. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 1, 2008Two people in eastern Tibet have died of the deadliest and least common form of plague, Chinese state media said Wednesday. The health department of the Himalayan region was notified on Friday that two people had died of an unidentified illness in a village in the Linzhi area, more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) southeast of the capital Lhasa, the Beijing Times reported. Health ... more China's Hu demands action as milk tests find melamine 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 1, 2008Chinese authorities said Wednesday tests had found traces in nearly 12 percent of milk powder products of an industrial chemical that has so far sickened 53,000 children, killing four. As China marked its national day, President Hu Jintao said lessons must be learned from the scandal over tainted milk that has soiled China's reputation and led to a series of bans or curbs on its dairy export ... more Ping An insurance deal may not go through: Fortis 
The Hague (AFP) Sept 30, 2008Embattled Belgian-Dutch bank and insurance group Fortis said Tuesday the planned 2.15 billion euro (3.0 billion dollars) sale of half its asset management arm to China's Ping An Insurance is unlikely to go through. "Fortis announces that it expects not to be able to complete the asset management partnership with Ping An. Fortis Investments will remain, as at present, 100 percent owned by ... more Heinz stops buying Chinese milk products 
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2008US food group Heinz said Tuesday that it had decided to stop buying Chinese milk for use in its products there in the wake of a giant tainted milk scandal that has left 53,000 children ill. "In order to reassure consumers about the safety of Heinz products, Heinz has made the strategic decision to switch our milk supply in China and Hong Kong to non-Chinese sources and we are testing all ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 29, 2008British sweet maker Cadbury said Monday it had recalled its China-made chocolates from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia after tests "cast doubt" on their safety. In the latest fallout from the toxic milk scandal, which has sickened some 53,000 Chinese babies, Cadbury said it had carried out internal tests on products made at its Beijing plant. "As a result of these tests... we have ... more China smothers milk-crisis reporting: rights group
Beijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2008China is suppressing vital media coverage of the country's dairy product crisis, a rights group said Monday, just days after Premier Wen Jiabao said the government had faced up to the scandal. China Human Rights Defenders, a network of domestic and foreign human rights activists, cited several instances of reporting by Chinese media censored by authorities. "China has tightened its grip ... more Toyota says curbing production in China 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is curbing production in China as sales slow in the once-booming market, a company spokesman said Monday. "As sales growth has become slower than we projected earlier, we are adjusting output," Toyota spokesman Toshiaki Hori said, without disclosing the extent of the production cutbacks. The Nikkei economic daily reported that Toyota plans a 10-percent cut in ... more Kunming To Build Biggest Solar Energy Production Base In China 
Kunming, China (SPX) Sep 30, 2008Dou Jinming, Development and Reform Commission deputy director of Kunming, Yunnan has said that Kunming will take the lead in developing the solar energy industry in China, thereby popularizing it across the whole country. Kunming is aiming to become a solar energy demonstration city with the characteristics of a solar energy industry base in China. Dou Jinming said that Kunming is ... more
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