Yahoo! News: World - China

Drug-resistant HIV strains turning up in China (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT Reuters - Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of China as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold in the general population, a leading Chinese AIDS researcher said.

China threatens to "out" tainted milk offenders (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2008 03:50 AM CDT Reuters - China has stepped up scrutiny of milk production, tightened dairy controls and threatened to "out" offenders amid a widening health scandal, state media said Friday.

China military decries U.S. arms package for Taiwan (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 08:59 PM CDT Reuters - A Chinese military spokesman said relations with the United States are sure to suffer after Washington announced a big arms package for disputed Taiwan, warning high-level contacts could be frozen.

Government asked to track Chinese textile imports (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 01:16 PM CDT AP - The House lawmaker in charge of trade wants the government to track what could be a dramatic increase in imports of Chinese-made clothing and other textile products once a deal limiting those goods expires at year's end.

Scandal forces reform in China dairy industry (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 12:05 PM CDT AP - Peering into five pails of foaming milk, Wang Guifeng quickly jotted down the farmer's name before signaling the batch was OK. Every day he rejects milk from two or three farms whose cows don't meet hygiene standards or show signs of disease.

China says it won't torture Guantanamo detainees (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 10:01 AM CDT AP - China on Thursday rejected concerns that it would torture Chinese Muslims held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay if they are returned to China, saying they will be dealt with according to the law.

China recalls herbal injections after three deaths (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 08:43 AM CDT Reuters - China has recalled two batches of herbal injections after three people who used them died, the official Xinhua agency said on Thursday, as the country still struggles to clean up a tainted milk scandal.

China warns U.S. presidential rivals on Taiwan arms (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 05:44 AM CDT Reuters - China said on Thursday that the next U.S. president should not allow a repeat of a recent arms sale to Taiwan which it said had damaged ties between Beijing and Washington.

China opposes Peace Prize for rights activist (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 05:38 AM CDT AP - China said Thursday that a prominent Chinese human rights activist should not be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, saying such an honor would go against the spirit of the award.

China calls Nobel contender an undeserving criminal (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 04:50 AM CDT Reuters - A Chinese government spokesmen said jailed dissident Hu Jia was a criminal undeserving of a Nobel Peace Prize, amplifying Beijing's unhappiness at the possibility Hu could win the honor this year.

China: 200 villagers sickened by arsenic in water (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 04:30 AM CDT AP - The number of villagers sickened by drinking water contaminated with arsenic in southern China has risen to 200, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.

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