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China says US arms sale to Taiwan harms ties (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:27 AM CDT

AP - A planned multibillion dollar U.S. arms sale to Taiwan threatens China's national security and has cast a pall over military relations between Beijing and Washington, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Taiwan suggests SARS was China warfare plot (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT

Reuters - Taiwan legislators wearing surgical masks and displaying skull-and-crossbones banners took over parliament's floor on Tuesday after the island's security chief accused China of starting the global SARS epidemic six years ago as part of a biological warfare campaign.

Rescuers search Tibet rubble after quake kills 10 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 03:30 AM CDT

AP - Rescuers rushed tents, food and water to villagers in Tibet on Tuesday after an earthquake and scores of aftershocks rattled the capital and surrounding areas, killing at least 10 people and collapsing hundreds of houses.

China declines to say how many kids sick in milk scandal (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 03:23 AM CDT

AFP - China on Tuesday declined to release updated figures revealing how many children have been affected by the tainted milk scandal, as it attempted to boost confidence in its food safety standards.

Schools closed for safety after Tibet quake (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:40 AM CDT

Reuters - China closed schools in Tibet's capital for safety reasons on Tuesday a day after a huge earthquake struck to the west and months after hundreds of classrooms were flattened in a devastating quake in Sichuan.

China hospital bosses fired in new baby death scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:14 AM CDT

Reuters - Nine Chinese hospital officials have been fired, including the president and a vice president, after eight newborn babies died from infection, state media said on Tuesday in the latest health scandal to hit the country.

China milk crisis to cost billions, up to a year to restore confidence (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 11:56 PM CDT

AFP - China's milk crisis will likely cost billions of dollars, disrupt millions of livelihoods, and it could be a year before consumer confidence in dairy companies is restored, experts say.

Parents scramble for safe milk after China scandal (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 10:19 PM CDT

AFP - Chinese families have swarmed stores in Hong Kong selling foreign-made milk products as trust in China-made products plummets.

China cancels military contacts with US in protest (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 05:38 PM CDT

AP - China has abruptly canceled a series of military and diplomatic contacts with the United States to protest a planned $6.5 billion package of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, American officials told The Associated Press on Monday.

Nine dead as strong quake hits Tibet: state media (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:45 PM CDT

AFP - At least nine people were killed in a strong earthquake which struck the Himalayan region of Tibet, Chinese state media said early Tuesday, quoting the rescue headquarters at the epicentre.