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Families of Chinese milk victims file Supreme Court suit: volunteer
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2009Over 200 families in China with children who died or fell ill after drinking tainted milk have filed a suit with the Supreme Court, saying compensation offered so far is not enough, one of them said Tuesday. The 213 families are going to the top of the legal system because the payment scheme suggested by the government fails to recognise some of them as victims, said Chang Lin, a farmer whos ... more China to distribute new AIDS drugs 
Beijing (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 Chinese health officials said new AIDS drugs will be distributed to combat resistance to first-line anti-retroviral drugs. The Ministry of Health said two new second-line anti-retroviral drugs - TDF and Kaletra - will be distributed for free, Xinhua news service reported Tuesday. The medicines, which are imported, cost two to three times more than first-line drugs. The government ... more China insists it faces major threats from Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2009Separatist forces in Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang remain major threats to China's security, a senior military official said Tuesday. Defence ministry spokesman Hu Changming highlighted the three areas as he outlined the nation's top military priorities, and warned their actions would not be tolerated. "Taiwan independence, East Turkestan, Tibetan independence and other separatist forces fo ... more China city bans web users from posting about officials: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 20, 2009Authorities in a Chinese province where Internet users exposed an allegedly corrupt official's taste for luxury have made posting such information illegal, state media reported Tuesday. The ruling Communist Party's parliament in eastern Jiangsu province approved a law making it illegal for people in the city of Xuzhou to publish "private information" on the Internet, the China Daily reported ... more Bird flu threat in China rises as third person dies 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2009A 16-year-old boy Tuesday became the third person to die of bird flu in China this month, authorities said, fuelling concerns of more deaths as the nation prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The boy, surnamed Wu, died in the central province of Hunan Tuesday morning, while a two-year-old girl in northern China who was suffering from the virus remained in a critical condition, a health ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 20, 2009China's largest listed offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd on Tuesday said it would boost production by up to 18 percent this year, driven by new output from wells in Nigeria and Indonesia. The firm is aiming for production of 225 million-231 million barrels of oil equivalent this year, up from 194 million-196 million in 2008, it said in a statement. CNOOC said it also planned to inc ... more China, Hong Kong sign 200-bln-yuan swap deal: authorities 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2009China and Hong Kong signed a 200-billion-yuan (29-billion-dollar) swap agreement on Tuesday as part of Beijing's measures to help the city through the economic crisis, authorities said. "It will... strengthen the outside world's confidence in the financial stability of Hong Kong," the People's Bank of China said in a statement about the three-year agreement. The arrangement will ease liq ... more China To Have Global Satellite Navigation System By 2015 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2009China plans to complete its independent global satellite navigation system by launching about 30 more orbiters before 2015, a space technology official said Sunday. China plans to send 10 navigation satellites into the space in 2009 and 2010, said Zhang Xiaojin, director of astronautics department with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) told China Central Television ... more Swiss scientists develop faster test for melamine 
Zurich (AFP) Jan 19, 2009Swiss researchers have developed a faster technique to detect the presence of melamine in liquids, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (EPFZ) announced Monday. The chemical has been at the centre of a food safety scandal in China since September last year. Detecting it in liquid previously took anything from between 20 and 60 minutes, but the Swiss team's new method has cut the ... more |
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Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Jan 20, 2009Researchers in Taiwan are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when to change gear to optimize the power they develop while maintaining comfort. The system is described in the latest issue of the International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation. As environmental pressures mount to find greener modes of transport, more and more people are turning to bicycli ... more Air China expects to post 'significant loss' for 2008 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 19, 2009Flag carrier Air China said it expected to post a "significant loss" for last year due to shrinking passenger numbers and misjudged fuel hedging contracts. The announcement marked a dismal cap on what was supposed to be a banner year for Air China after it was named the sole airline sponsor of the Beijing Olympics and joined the Star Alliance group of international carriers. "The company ... more China to inject 1.5 billion dollars into power sector: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 19, 2009China is expected to inject at least ten billion yuan (1.5 billion dollars) into the struggling power sector in its latest efforts to prop up key industries, Chinese media reported Monday. The state assets watchdog will offer subsidies to five leading state-owned power producers and two power grid firms, which were battered last year by severe snowstorms and the May earthquake, the China ... more French credit rating agency puts China, Russia under negative watch 
Paris (AFP) Jan 19, 2009The French credit rating agency Coface on Monday placed China and Russia on a negative watch list, citing the vulnerability of their companies in the face of a worldwide economic downturn. "The credit crisis is now affecting two leading emerging market countries, Russia and China, which in years past had enjoyed comfortable macroeconomic and financial situations," said Coface head Francois ... more
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