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China official says milk scandal "under control" (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:43 AM CDT Reuters - China, seeking to assure the world its products are safe, said on Wednesday a tainted milk scandal had been brought under control.

China pledges firm action in tainted milk scandal (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT AP - China pledged strong action to deal with the widening scandal over tainted milk Wednesday as U.S. and European consumer safety officials urged Beijing to better enforce product safety standards.

Russian technicians to aid China's spacewalk (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:32 AM CDT AP - Russian technicians will help direct China's first-ever spacewalk this week, setting the stage for expanded cooperation between the sides, a spokesman for China's space program said Wednesday.

China counts down to Thursday space launch (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:03 AM CDT Reuters - China will send its third manned mission into space on Thursday evening on a mission which will include its first space walk, the government said on Wednesday.

Lawyer for detained Chinese quake dissident granted access (AFP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:28 AM CDT AFP - The lawyer for Chinese dissident Huang Qi, who campaigned for the parents of children killed in the Sichuan earthquake, was allowed to see his client more than three months after he was detained.

Typhoon hits south China, no casualties reported (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:22 AM CDT Reuters - A powerful typhoon plowed into a densely populated area of south China Wednesday, triggering a "once-in-a-century storm tide" in several cities, state media said.

As China milk scandal grows, leadership escapes blame (AFP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 03:08 AM CDT AFP - As China's tainted milk scandal rumbled on Wednesday, there are few signs people are willing to blame their nation's top leadership despite evidence the health risks were covered up for months.

China sets watches for Thursday space launch (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 02:51 AM CDT Reuters - China has set the time of 9:07 p.m. local time (9:07 a.m. EDT) on Thursday for its third manned space flight that will include a space walk, an official for the space program said on Wednesday.

China to launch third space mission Thursday: official (AFP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 02:35 AM CDT AFP - China's third manned space mission, which will include the country's first space walk, will blast off late Thursday, a senior official confirmed.

Typhoon hits China coast, 100,000 evacuated (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 12:18 AM CDT Reuters - A powerful typhoon plowed into a densely populated area of southern China on Wednesday, prompting the state Meteorological Administration to issue an "urgent red alert," its highest-level warning.

Toll in south China fire rises to 44: state media (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 11:55 PM CDT AFP - The death toll from a nightclub fire in southern China has risen to 44 with the death in hospital of a women injured in the blaze, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

After Olympics, China eyes space conquest (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 09:45 PM CDT AFP - Flushed with success after a widely applauded Beijing Olympics, China will seek this week to further burnish its image with a new chapter in its quest to conquer space.

China liquor maker denies cancer-causing material (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 08:38 PM CDT Reuters - Top Chinese spirit maker Kweichow Moutai on Wednesday denied internet reports its products contain cancer-causing sodium nitrate, after tainted infant milk powder made over 54,000 children sick in China.

Venezuela's Chavez in China, 1st leg of int'l tour (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 12:54 PM CDT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country is no longer the backyard of the U.S. and that he finds it more important to visit Beijing than New York, as he arrived Tuesday in China's capital on the first leg of an international tour.

Official jailed over China quake medicine theft (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 10:27 AM CDT AP - State media says a hospital official from China's Sichuan province was sentenced to seven years jail for stealing medicine intended for survivors of last May's massive earthquake, which killed nearly 70,000.

China urges "flexibility" on N.Korea nuclear moves (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 09:59 AM CDT Reuters - China urged "flexibility" in the North Korean nuclear dispute Tuesday, avoiding harsh words a day after Pyongyang made fresh moves toward possibly restarting a nuclear complex at the heart of the dispute.

Venezuela's Chavez arrives in China for visit (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 09:30 AM CDT AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in China on Tuesday to hold talks with his counterpart Hu Jintao and sign a deal for combat aircraft in a visit likely to irk the United States.

China milk industry can learn lessons from toy recalls (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2008 07:27 AM CDT Reuters - In a hotel ballroom in southern China this week, factory bosses, lab technicians, sourcing managers and government officials discussed ways to ensure that toys are safe.

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