Yahoo! News: World - China

Once hostile Taiwan, China set to sign more deals (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:45 AM CDT

Reuters - Negotiators for China and Taiwan will meet next week, as Beijing sends its highest-level official in decades to the self-ruled island that it claims as its own to sign a list of deals over a din of protests.

China, after dumplings row, sniffs at Japan sauces (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:36 AM CDT

Reuters - China, accused in Japan of producing tainted frozen beans and dodgy dumplings, now says it has found toxic chemicals used in paint in Japanese mustard and soy sauce.

Chinese resort island battles cholera outbreak (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:35 AM CDT

Reuters - China's southern resort island of Hainan has confirmed 30 cholera cases and nearly 300 suspected cases in the last few days, the provincial government said on Friday.

China mother spared over mercy killing of daughter (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:35 AM CDT

Reuters - A mother has been spared jail after admitting poisoning and smothering her 20-year-old mentally disabled daughter, a case that throws the spotlight on the plight of the mentally ill in China.

Chemical concerns grow over China's livestock feed (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:17 AM CDT

AFP - China's state-run press warned Friday a toxic chemical found in eggs and milk was likely being mixed into livestock feed, in the clearest official indication yet that other foods may be contaminated.

China plans ethnic tour for Dalai Lama envoys (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 12:30 AM CDT

Reuters - China plans to take the Dalai Lama's envoys to visit a non-Tibetan minority, a source said on Friday, as they try to persuade their wary visitors Beijing is sincere about talks on the Himalayan region's future.

China turns to fixing system as toxic milk eases (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2008 08:32 PM CDT

Reuters - China's health minister urged officials to focus on fixing the problem-ridden food safety system now the flood of Chinese children hospitalized for toxic milk poisoning has eased.

Report: China's animal feed tainted with melamine (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2008 07:09 PM CDT

AP - The industrial chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in China to make it appear higher in protein, state media reported, in what appeared to be a tacit admission by the government that contamination is widespread in the country's food supply.