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Wal-Mart sets new rules for China suppliers (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 03:58 AM CDT AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Wednesday it will set new quality standards for its suppliers amid a scare over toxic milk products that have sickened tens of thousands of babies across China.

Wal-Mart toughens standards for Chinese suppliers (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 03:30 AM CDT Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, says it will crack down on its Chinese suppliers by enforcing stricter quality and environmental standards for the products it sells.

Crime crackdown in SW China yields 10,000 arrests: report (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT AFP - Chinese police in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing detained nearly 10,000 people in an 80-day crime crackdown, state media reported on Wednesday.

UN urges China to revamp food safety after milk crisis (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:18 AM CDT AFP - China must change its approach to food safety, the United Nations said Wednesday, arguing outdated thinking may have prolonged a milk crisis that sickened thousands of babies and damaged the country's image.

Chinese official suspected of defecting to France (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:05 AM CDT AFP - A middle-ranking Chinese communist party official has not returned from an official visit to Paris, state media reported Wednesday, amid increasing speculation he has defected to France.

China needs more coherent food-safety system: U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 01:37 AM CDT Reuters - China, fighting a spreading tainted milk scandal, needs a more coherent food-safety system, with unified laws, one overarching watchdog and faster sharing of information, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

China urges global cooperation on financial crisis (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 01:15 AM CDT AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed concerns over the ailing U.S. financial system in a phone conversation with U.S. President George W. Bush, state media reported Wednesday.

Taiwanese protesters attack Chinese envoy (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 11:58 PM CDT AP - Angry protesters in southern Taiwan assaulted an envoy from rival China on Tuesday, part of an escalating reaction by the pro-independence opposition to President Ma Ying-jeou's policy of greater engagement with Beijing.

China's Hu tells Bush he hopes US finance measures will work: report (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 10:58 PM CDT AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed the global financial turmoil by phone with his US counterpart George W. Bush, expressing hope that US efforts would help curb the crisis, state media said.

China says kidnappings won't affect Sudan policy (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:50 AM CDT AP - China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Beijing's close economic ties with Sudan wouldn't be affected by last week's kidnappings of nine Chinese oil workers in the country's southwest.

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