2008年10月7日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

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

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:27 AM CDT

In this May 17, 2007 file photo, Taiwanese military maneuver U.S.-made M60 battle tanks during the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Hsinchu, northwestern Taiwan. 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, Oct. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)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

A passenger wears a mask as he walks to a subway station in Taipei, June 23, 2003. (Richard Chung/Reuters)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

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, usable belongings were carried out by residents from the damaged building in Gedar Township of Damxung County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Two earthquakes jolted the capital of Tibet and surrounding areas Monday, killing more than 30 people and collapsing hundreds of houses, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Purbu Zhaxi)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

A Chinese lab technician shows the test results on the sample milk products suspected to be tainted, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province in September. China on Tuesday declined to release updated figures revealing just how many children have been affected by the tainted milk scandal, as it insisted it was working hard to boost confidence.(AFP)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

A woman carrying her child walks past collapsed buildings following an earthquake in Gedar Township of Damxung County, Tibet Autonomous Region, October 6, 2008 in this picture distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi/Reuters)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

A Chinese child drinks an ice cream soda drink in Shanghai on October 2. China's milk crisis is set to cost billions of dollars, disrupt millions of livelihoods, and it could be a year before consumer confidence in dairy companies is restored, experts have said.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)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

A Filipino laboratory technician tests samples of Chinese milk products at a laboratory in Manila in September. China has vowed to clean up its scandal-plagued dairy industry, admitting a grave lack of supervision as authorities said another 382 more children had been sickened by tainted milk products.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)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

In this Oct. 10, 2007 file photo, Taiwan's U.S.-made Patriot surface to air missile batteries pass during the Republic of China National Day parade in Taipei, Taiwan. China has abruptly canceled a series of military and diplomatic contacts with the United States to protest a planned multi-billion dollar U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, American officials told The Associated Press on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)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

A seismograph reading. 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.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)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.

Beijing revives vanity plates, bans crude choices (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 10:01 AM CDT

AP - Beijing began issuing vanity plates on Monday after a six-year hiatus sparked by rude, crude and politically incorrect messages.

Strong Tibet quake kills at least 30: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 09:11 AM CDT

At least 30 people were killed in a 6.6-magnitude earthquake which was centered near the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, according to Xinhua, which cited the local government. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed at least 30 people in Tibet on Monday with a number of people buried in debris, Xinhua news agency said.

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