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Six dead in China landslide: state media
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2008Six people died in a landslide early on Thursday in north China's Shanxi Province, state media reported. The slide occurred at about 8:00am (0000 GMT) at a farm in Zaolin Village, Liulin County, burying the six people, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the county government. Rescuers pulled the victims from the rubble and sent them to hospital, but all died despite doctors' efforts, the ... more China more than triples figure for children hospitalised over milk 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2008China said it understood the global concern over its food exports Thursday, as the official tally of children hospitalised after drinking tainted milk more than tripled to nearly 47,000. The nation issued nearly 44 million dollars in subsidies for its beleaguered dairy farmers who have been hit hard by the scandal as the nation weans itself off milk products. Nearly 11,000 children ... more HP to build new computer plant in China 
Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2008US technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced plans on Thursday to build a manufacturing plant in southwestern China to make notebook and desktop personal computers for the Chinese market. HP, the world's leading computer-maker, said in a statement that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Chongqing municipality to build a factory in Chongqing in Sichuan province. HP said the ... more Chinese steel maker falls victim to global crisis 
Shanghai (AFP) Oct 9, 2008Steel maker FerroChina Thursday became one of the highest-profile Chinese victims yet of the global economic crisis, saying it was unable to service huge debts and was immediately stopping production. It said it could not pay back part of its working capital loans worth 706 million yuan (104 million dollars), while warning even larger loans were due soon. "Due to the current economic ... more China's communists meet to discuss economic reforms 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2008China's ruling Communist Party opened an annual meeting Thursday with the nation's political elite expected to approve economic policy focused on rural reform and the global financial crisis, state press said. Chinese President Hu Jintao was to chair the closed door meeting which will include up to 500 members of the ruling party's central and disciplinary committees and other top officials ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2008China announced Wednesday limits for how much melamine its dairy products can contain, seeking to curb the use of the chemical which has killed four children and sickened 53,000. The maximum amount of melamine allowed in baby formula is one milligram per kilogram, said Wang Xuening, deputy director general of the health ministry's health supervision bureau. For liquid milk and other ... more China reluctant to reveal tainted milk figures 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2008China insisted Wednesday it was being open about the impact of milk tainted with the toxic chemical melamine, but declined to make public the latest data on how many children had fallen ill. As the World Health Organisation issued a statement stressing the need to share health information in a timely manner, Chinese officials said they were not yet ready to reveal any updated figures. ... more Milk safety checks tightened in China, but inspectors scarce 
Shelawusu, China (AFP) Oct 8, 2008In a muddy village in northern China, farmers say authorities have upped safety measures in the wake of a scandal over tainted milk -- even if inspectors deployed by the government were nowhere to be seen. "It's really stringent now," said Ren Lianzhi, who works at a milk station in Shelawusu, part of one of China's main dairy regions. "If there's even a little something that's not up to ... more Bangladesh garment exports soar at China's expense: trade body 
Dhaka (AFP) Oct 8, 2008Bangladesh's leading garment-making group said Wednesday that exports would more than double to around 25 billion dollars over the next five years, as buyers turn away from rising labour costs in China. Garment exports rose by nearly 17 percent to a record 10.7 billion dollars in the financial year to June 2008, and in July alone rose a year-on-year 75 percent, according to figures from the ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Oct 8, 2008North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into international waters in the Yellow Sea as part of a routine military drill, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said early Wednesday, quoting a defence source. The missile launch in waters adjoining China comes amid intense efforts to save a nuclear disarmament agreement which is in danger of collapsing because of a dispute over verification ... more US arms sales threaten peace in Taiwan Strait: China 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 7, 2008China confirmed Tuesday it had curtailed military exchanges with the United States over a proposed US arms package to Taiwan, saying the plan was a threat to peace in the region. "It is US arms sales to Taiwan that disturb the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan strait," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists. ... more 'Displeased' China still engaged in Iran, NKorea nuclear talks: US 
Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2008China will continue to take part in multilateral talks on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises despite the country's objections to US plans to sell arms to Taiwan, a US state department official said on Tuesday. A senior official from the department said on condition of anonymity that China would remain engaged in the six nation attempt to solve the North Korea standoff and the ... more Eight of China's 10 oldest people are ethnic minorities: report 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 7, 2008Eight of China's 10 oldest people belong to ethnic minorities, with the nation's oldest man identified as a 121-year-old Uighur in China's western Xinjiang region, state press reported Tuesday. Sadiq Sawut is in poor health in the city of Kashgar, Xinhua news agency said, citing the Gerontological Society of China. China's oldest woman was identified as Maikup Zhan, who was born on June ... more
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