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Taiwan's anti-China ex-president accuses incumbent of sedition
Taipei (AFP) Nov 4, 2008Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian Tuesday demanded an official investigation into his successor Ma Ying-jeou and a senior Chinese envoy on charges of "sedition". Ma's government signed historic agreements with Chen Yunlin, who arrived in Taipei representing Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, aimed at bringing the two former enemies closer after 60 years of ... more Death toll in southwest China rain rises to 43: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2008The number of people killed as a result of massive downpours in southwest China -- many buried in landslides -- has risen to 43, and another 47 are missing, state media reported on Tuesday. Rains that have pounded Yunnan province and the neighbouring Guangxi region have caused a series of landslides, affecting nearly one million people, the official China Daily reported. At least 35 ... more World's tallest man riding high after becoming a dad 
Zunhua, China (AFP) Nov 4, 2008A meeting with the world's tallest man -- China's Bao Xishun -- can leave the visitor feeling he has reached the top of the beanstalk and stepped into the giant's castle. The 2.36-metre (7-feet 9-inch) Bao receives guests seated in an enormous tailor-made upholstered chair and will soon move into a new home in this small city near Beijing with giant doorways and even a giant-sized toilet. ... more China finds tainted Japan soy sauce, coffee 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2008China said Tuesday it had found dangerous substances in imported Japanese soy sauce and coffee, in the latest food-safety salvo between the two countries. Inspectors in the northern city of Tianjin discovered Japanese soy sauce contained arsenic levels five times higher than allowable limits, China's product safety watchdog said in an announcement posted on its website. A brand of ... more 55 sentenced over Tibet unrest: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 5, 2008Sentences have been handed down so far to 55 people involved in a March 14 anti-China riot in Tibet's capital Lhasa, state media reported Tuesday, quoting a senior Tibetan official. Baema Cewang, vice-chairman of the regional government, reportedly disclosed the figure during a meeting with Michael Andrew Johnson, a visiting member of the Australian House of Representatives, Xinhua news ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2008Massive downpours in southwest China have killed 26 people -- many buried in landslides -- left 45 missing and damaged thousands of homes, the government and reports said Monday. Rains that have drenched Yunnan province since October 24 have triggered a series of landslides in the mountainous region, which borders on the Himalayas, affecting up to 410,000 people, the provincial government sa ... more 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 |
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Shanghai (AFP) Nov 3, 2008Taxi drivers smashed car windows and police vehicles as they went on strike in one of China's biggest cities Monday, state media said, in a rare bout of industrial action for the communist-run country. Thousands of taxi drivers in southwest China's Chongqing city were striking over high operating costs, low fares, gridlock traffic and fuel issues, an employee at the Chongqing Hongqiao Taxi ... more Nestle invests further in China 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2008Swiss food giant Nestle said Friday it was hoping to use more traditional Chinese ingredients in some of its products, as it expressed confidence in its Chinese-made food amid a toxic chemical scare. A new research centre in China will look into adding Chinese ingredients such as wolfberry and dried fruits into foods to be sold in the fast growing emerging markets, Nestle chief executive ... more 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
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