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Flu shows China still finding its feet on health threats: experts
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009Six years after its sluggish response to SARS, China has been criticised for overreacting to swine flu, showing it has not yet found the right prescription for dealing with a health crisis, experts said. With memories of the Severe Acute Respiratory Disease outbreak still fresh, China reacted quickly and aggressively to prevent swine flu, or the A(H1N1) virus, from reaching its soil. ... more Years after death, fallen Chinese leader reveals all on Tiananmen 
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009The memoir of a top Chinese leader who was deposed over his sympathy with 1989 pro-democracy protesters has been published ahead of the anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen crackdown he tried to prevent. Zhao Ziyang, who died in 2005 after more than 15 years under house arrest, secretly recorded his memories on tapes and passed them on to friends, according to the book's preface by Adi Ignati ... more China urges vigilance over swine flu 
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009China hunted for train passengers Thursday who travelled with a man confirmed as the mainland's second swine flu patient, as state media urged citizens to be more responsible to help prevent an epidemic. The health ministry confirmed Wednesday that a 19-year-old student recently arrived from Canada had been diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus in east China's Shandong province, where he had trav ... more Taiwan ruling party chief to meet Chinese president: KMT 
Taipei (AFP) May 14, 2009Taiwan's ruling party said Thursday its chief would fly to Beijing to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao later this month, in yet another sign of warming ties between the two former bitter rivals. Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Wu Po-hsiung is scheduled to depart for Beijing on May 25 "at the invitation of Hu," party spokesman Lee Chien-rung said in a statement. It said Wu would stay in Beijing ... more US senators urge release of Chinese rights lawyer 
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2009Four US senators on Thursday urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to free prominent human rights lawyer and rights advocate Gao Zhisheng on the eve of the 100th day since he was taken by security forces. "Mr Gao's disappearance appears to be in violation of both Chinese and international law," wrote Democratic Senators Byron Dorgan, Christopher Dodd and Russell Feingold as well as Republican Se ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009China Thursday criticised a plan by US lawmakers to retaliate against countries that allegedly manipulate their currencies and warned the move could lead to protectionism. "Any groundless accusations against China on this issue will only encourage the trade protectionism," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told reporters. "The international community, including the United States, is c ... more China cuts loans to curb steel overproduction: reports 
Shanghai (AFP) May 14, 2009China has told banks to curb loans to steel makers that are increasing production despite falling demand and falling prices, state media reported Thursday. Beijing issued the order to cut or stop lending to steel producers "still expanding production capacity without considering actual market demand", the China Securities Journal reported, citing an official notice. The notice, which was ... more 160 in China hospital over possible factory pollution: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009More than 160 people have been hospitalised and hundreds of others have been sickened in northeastern China in a suspected case of pollution caused by a chemical plant, local media said Thursday. Staff at a plant operated by the Jilin Chemical Fibre Group in Jilin city, as well as residents living nearby, started complaining of headache, nausea, vomiting and general fatigue in late April, th ... more US And China Threaten European Solar Supremacy 
London, UK (SPX) May 13, 2009Increased competition and the global economic crisis have cast clouds upon the Western European solar energy market. Falling polysilicon and solar module prices have the potential to cement China's role as a solar manufacturing hub. In terms of installed capacity, the United States is playing a greater role as more and more states are putting the renewable energy standards into existence. ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) May 12, 2009 Because of security concerns and diplomatic anxieties, German politicians are increasingly uneasy about accepting inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Washington has asked Germany to take in nine inmates belonging to a Muslim minority from China. The request came after German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had signaled a general willingness to help the United St ... more China arrests 1989 student protest leader: brother 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2009A student leader of the 1989 democracy protests in China has been arrested on fraud charges, his brother said Wednesday, as authorities brace for the 20th anniversary of the demonstrations. Zhou Yongjun was a leader of the Beijing Students' Autonomous Union, one of the most visible groups in the protests at Tiananmen Square, which ended on June 4, 1989 in an army crackdown that killed hundre ... more Foreign media spar with authorities in China quake zone 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009As China marks the first anniversary of the devastating Sichuan quake, foreign reporters say they are being obstructed by authorities keen to keep a firm lid on any embarrassing coverage. Journalists trying to interview residents -- including parents of children who died when schools collapsed like packs of cards -- have been accosted and shooed away by officials in a series of incidents in ... more China's fleeing quake teacher says he made right move 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2009A Chinese teacher who made headlines for leaving his students behind during last year's Sichuan earthquake said Tuesday he was at peace with his decision to flee and did not feel "much grief". Fan Meizhong, 37, also known as 'Running Fan', was fired from a school in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake in the southwestern province of Sichuan, after he was berated for admitting online ... more
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