Yahoo! News: World - China

US group: China releases underground church bishop (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:15 AM CDT

AP - The bishop of an unregistered Roman Catholic church in northern China has returned home, after being taken away by authorities on the last day of the Beijing Olympics, a U.S.-based monitoring group said Friday.

China recalls dairy products over health scare (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:09 AM CDT

AFP - Chinese supermarkets and shops pulled milk and a wide range of other dairy products off their shelves Friday as a sweeping recall of goods tainted with a dangerous chemical hit full gear.

China launches trade dispute with United States (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:08 AM CDT

Reuters - China has launched a dispute against the United States at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over U.S. measures against imports of certain steel pipes, tires and woven sacks, China's WTO mission said on Friday.

China says some liquid milk also tainted (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:03 AM CDT

AP - China's latest tainted product crisis widened Friday after tests found the industrial chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies, the country's quality watchdog said.

EU wants explanation of widening China milk scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:33 AM CDT

Reuters - The European Union wants an explanation of a Chinese dairy scandal that has made thousands of infants ill, an official said on Friday, after the scare spread to milk in cartons and Starbucks dumped a supplier in China.

Public anger as China recalls milk in food scare (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:29 AM CDT

AFP - Chinese store shelves were emptied of some of the country's most popular dairy brands Friday, as shoppers vented their fury amid a snowballing crisis over the poisoning of the nation's milk supplies.

China's tainted formula shows risks of dairy boom (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:26 AM CDT

AP - A generation ago, when today's new Chinese parents were infants, milk powder was so scarce that it was one of the top items requested from travelers visiting from overseas.

EU expects full accounting of China milk scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 12:54 AM CDT

Reuters - Europe expects that China will provide a full accounting of a tainted milk powder scandal and punish any cover-ups, a senior EU official said on Friday.

How was Chinese baby formula chemically tainted? (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:26 PM CDT

AP - China's unfolding scandal involving tainted baby formula has reawakened fears over product safety amid rapid economic growth and lax regulation across the sprawling nation of 1.3 billion people.

U.S., China urged to work out space security regime (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:41 PM CDT

Reuters - China's demonstrated anti-satellite capability makes it critical for Washington to work with Beijing to avoid an arms race in space, a leading U.S. think tank said on Thursday.

China 'begins emergency water diversion to Beijing' (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 07:10 AM CDT

AFP - Emergency water started flowing to Beijing Thursday as a six-month scheme kicked off to keep the city of 17 million from running out of the resource, the government said.