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China to tighten control of feed industry: state media
Beijing (AFP) Nov 1, 2008China has pledged to tighten supervision of the animal feed industry, state media said Saturday, amid signs a toxic chemical found in milk and eggs was being mixed into livestock feed. "The ministry will tighten its supervision of the feed industry and crack down on producers who add melamine to their products," the China Daily quoted Wang Zhicai, head of the Agriculture Ministry's livestock ... more China's Three Gorges Dam Providing New Opportunities 
Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 03, 2008China's farmers and merchants should take advantage of new agricultural and business opportunities that could help mitigate some effects of the annual flooding behind the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, according to an Ohio State University wetland expert. The level of water in the reservoir behind the dam will top off at 575 feet above sea level during the coming winter. The reserve ... more 20 dead, 42 missing in southwest China landslides: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2008Twenty people were confirmed dead and 42 were missing Sunday after mudslides engulfed several villages in southwest China, state press reported. The mud and rock flows occurred near Chuxiong city in Yunnan province with the exact number of people killed still being counted, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. According to the local government, up to 300 people live in the ... more China handing down 'death sentence' to Tibetans: Dalai Lama 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 2, 2008Chinese rule is handing down a "death sentence" to Tibetans, the Dalai Lama said Sunday, ahead of a meeting to decide Tibet's future approach to Beijing. The region's exiled leader is on a week-long visit to Japan for talks on spirituality as the eighth round of talks between his envoys and Chinese officials was set to begin, and just days after he said he had lost hope of any productive ... more Death toll from China mine accident jumps to 23: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2008The death toll from a gas explosion at a north Chinese coal mine rose steeply to 23 on Friday, as rescuers found new bodies, state media reported. Search teams made the grim discovery of 20 more bodies as they made their way through the shaft of the Yaotou colliery in Chengcheng county, Shaanxi province, Xinhua news agency said. Six miners were still unaccounted for as of late Friday ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 30, 2008Nearly 2,400 babies remain in hospital in China after drinking dairy products tainted with the toxic chemical melamine, the government said Thursday. Of the 2,390 still hospitalised as of Wednesday, one child was in a serious condition, while 48,514 have recovered and been allowed to return home, the health ministry said in a brief statement. On Wednesday, 90 infants were admitted to ... more Former Beijing court president sentenced to death: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 30, 2008The former head of a Beijing court has received a suspended death sentence for bribery and embezzlement that earned him more than a million dollars, state media reported Thursday. Guo Shenggui, the former president of the Xicheng District People's Court in central Beijing, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, the official Xinhua news agency said. Such rulings typically ... more Forbes rich list: Financial turmoil hits China's super-wealthy 
Shanghai (AFP) Oct 30, 2008The credit crunch and financial crisis have more than halved the combined wealth of China's richest people, Forbes magazine said Thursday as it released its annual Chinese billionaires list. The ranking illustrates how fortunes have risen and fallen over the past tumultuous year as the net worth of mainland China's 40 richest people fell 57 percent to 52 billion dollars from 120 billion ... more Outside View: Russia-China oil for loans 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 China's Premier Wen Jiabao, visiting Moscow Tuesday, signed an agreement calling for the construction of an oil pipeline to China as part of the prospective Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline. The agreement is expected to be followed by a contract for oil supplies to China for many years to come, against which Russian oil companies will be loaned between $20 billion and $25 billion. ... more |
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Caracas (AFP) Oct 29, 2008Venezuela entered the space age Wednesday as its first satellite, built with Chinese technology and launched from China, blasted into orbit. Named after Simon Bolivar, the hero of South American independence, the communications satellite Venesat-1 is a "construction of socialism" and a symbol of Latin American integration, according Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Chavez, accompanied ... more Boeing sees China buying 3,710 planes over next 20 years 
New York (AFP) Oct 29, 2008US aerospace giant Boeing said Wednesday it sees the booming China aviation market producing orders for 3,710 new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years. Chinese demand for passenger and cargo planes will be worth about 390 billion dollars, Boeing said in its 2008 Current Market Outlook report. Worldwide, Boeing predicted demand for 29,400 new planes by 2027, for a total price tag of ... more China Continues Anti Taiwan Military Buildup 
Hong Kong (UPI) Oct 29, 2008 Mainland Chinese officials regard the more moderate position adopted by Taiwan's new president, Ma Ying-jeou, with some skepticism. Ma, leader of Taiwan's Kuomintang Party, holds the position that Taiwan -- which calls itself the Republic of China -- is an independent country. To some mainland scholars that formulation is not much different from former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian ... more Eggs recalled, exports halted as China's food crisis worsens 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2008Chinese retailers pulled eggs off shelves Wednesday and a supplier was ordered to stop exports, amid fears the toxic threat of the chemical melamine was far more widespread than first reported. Dalian city in northeast China said it had imposed an export ban on Hanwei Group, which sold to Japan and other parts of Asia, after some of its products were found to contain melamine ... more
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