2008年9月19日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

A worker removes all brands of baby milk powders suspected to be contaminated from the shelves of a supermarket in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, on September 17. 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.(AFP/File)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

A child cries as he waits for ultrasonic scan to detect for problems related to consuming tainted milk formula at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, northern China's Hebei province, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. Chinese police arrested 12 more people Thursday as a fourth death was reported in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that has sickened more than 6,200 babies. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)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

People wait with their children, who will be undergoing medical checks for possible kidney stones, at a hospital in Lanzhou, Gansu province September 18, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)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

A worker removes all brands of baby milk powders suspected to be contaminated from the shelves of a supermarket in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, on September 17. 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.(AFP/File)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

In this May 24, 2005 file photo, a cow which is said to be in good health according to its owner, right, rests inside one of the towns where many roadblocks have been set to stop outsiders from entering the villages northwest of the Chinese capital in Shanjiaying, after the authorities barred access on May 24 to villages outside Beijing where they reportedly have slaughtered thousands of cows to stop an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Filthy farms, ill-fed dairy cows and little enforcement of safety standards — those realities of China's fast-growing dairy industry underpin the country's latest major food scandal. Authorities have ordered testing of all dairy products and vowed to upgrade quality standards after four Chinese babies died and more than 6,200 fell ill from drinking formula containing the industrial chemical melamine. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)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

A child suffering from kidney stones receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 19, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)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

A chronology of developments in the tainted milk powder scandal in China.(AFP Graphic)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

The earth is seen in a handout image from NASA. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout/Reuters)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

Residents collect water from a government water truck that passes through their neighbourhood as household taps went dry in certain areas in Beijing, June 2004. Emergency water has started flowing to Beijing as a six-month scheme kicked off to keep the city of 17 million from running out of the resource, the government said.(AFP/File)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.

China blocks journalist from traveling to seminar (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:21 AM CDT

AP - A Chinese journalist said Thursday that authorities blocked him from flying to a human rights training course in Europe.

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