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Purdue Technology Detects Contaminant In Milk Products
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 22, 2009A new analysis method can detect the kidney-damaging chemical melamine, used to contaminate infant formula in China last September, at very low levels within a matter of seconds. A research team at Purdue University created the analysis method to detect levels of melamine in the low parts-per-billion in milk and milk powder in about 25 seconds. An estimated 50,000 Chinese children we ... more Chinese censors cut communism, dissent from Obama speech 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 21, 2009China's communist authorities censored translations of US President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, deleting his references to communism and regimes that quash dissent. However their efforts appeared to backfire after the omissions drew even more attention to those words on Internet forums. "Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and ... more China seeks to ease fears over bird flu threat 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2009China sought Wednesday to allay fears over the threat of a bird flu pandemic after three people died from the disease this month and a fourth person remained critically ill. There was no evidence that the potential for an outbreak of the disease was on the rise, China's health ministry said in a statement faxed to AFP. "The four cases separately came from different provinces, there is no ... more China expects to invest 120 billion dollars in healthcare: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2009China said Wednesday it planned to invest 850 billion yuan (120 billion dollars) in the reform of its healthcare system in the next three years. Premier Wen Jiabao put forward a series of targets for the reform of the nation's struggling healthcare system at a meeting of the State Council, or cabinet, according to a statement posted on the government's website. "As a preliminary estimate ... more China, EU should 'unite' to tackle economic crisis: foreign minister 
Lisbon (AFP) Jan 21, 2009China and the European Union should unite to overcome the global economic crisis, the country's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Wednesday. "Especially in the context of the current international financial crisis, China and the EU should work together to tackle the crisis," he said at the end of a meeting in Lisbon with Portuguese counterpart Luis Amado. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao begin ... 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 calls on Obama to strengthen military ties 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2009China called for stronger military ties with the United States on Tuesday, just hours before Barack Obama was to take power in Washington. Ministry of Defence spokesman Colonel Hu Changming said there were currently "difficulties" in military relations between the two nations and urged the United States to remove obstacles to an improved relationship. "In this new period we hope that bot ... more 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 |
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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 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 Japanese carriers reduce flights to China 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 19, 2009Japan's two biggest airlines on Monday announced reductions in their number of flights to China, blaming weakening demand amid the global economic slowdown. All Nippon Airways Co. said it would halt regular flights between Kansai International Airport, the gateway to the western Japanese city of Osaka, and the northern Chinese city of Dalian. ANA will also suspend the ... more
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