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China livestock feed safe but problems remain: minister
Beijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2008The vast majority of China's livestock feed producers have complied with a ban on using the chemical melamine, but banned additives are still getting through, Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai said Monday. He said tests carried out on more than 22,700 feed batches since a scandal over the use of the industrial chemical in milk supplies had found that 97.6 percent of feed producers were clean ... more Opposition gains in Zambia on worries about China: analysts 
Lusaka (AFP) Nov 3, 2008Zambia's new President Rupiah Banda won last week's election with promises of stability, but the opposition's strong showing highlighted concerns of the poor, especially over Chinese investment, analysts said Monday. Banda seized victory with 40 percent of the vote in Thursday's poll, winning only about 35,000 ballots more than opposition leader Michael Sata. Sata fared particularly well ... more China's envoy arrives in Taiwan for historic talks 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 3, 2008The most senior Chinese official to visit Taiwan since the end of a civil war 60 years ago said Monday that historic talks to take place this week are the only way to build trust between the arch rivals. Chen Yunlin arrived in Taipei on a charter flight from Beijing for talks on strengthening economic ties, as supporters of independence for the island staged demonstrations and planned mass ... more Aviation giants look to China amid global turbulence 
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 3, 2008The giants of the aerospace industry will jet in to China's only international airshow starting Tuesday hoping the country's aviation sector can provide shelter from the global financial crisis. But there are early signs China has not escaped the drop-off that has hit the global industry, with analysts and airlines warning of a "cold winter" of slowing passenger demand. Boeing of the ... more Global crisis makes 2008 China's worst year in recent times: Wen 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2008Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the global economic crisis had made 2008 the worst year for China's development in recent memory, and warned of worse to come. His comments, in a signed article in a journal published by the Communist Party, come as China struggles with its slowest growth in five years. "We must be aware that this year is the worst in recent times for our economic ... more |
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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 |
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Lagos (AFP) Oct 30, 2008Nigeria has suspended a controversial 8.3 billion-dollar (6.5-billion-euro) contract awarded to a Chinese firm to upgrade its decrepit railway system, officials said Thursday. A senior Nigerian presidency official confirmed the contract awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in 2006 had been suspended so the government could carry out a comprehensive review. ... more China says nearly 2,400 babies in hospital after drinking tainted milk 
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
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