2008年10月12日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Hong Kong sets panda reserve as priority Sichuan aid project (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 03:07 AM CDT

A Giant Panda is fed at a panda breeding research centre in Ya'an, southwest China on September 24. Almost half of Hong Kong's aid package to help China's quake-stricken Sichuan will be used to restore a giant panda reserve, the government has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Almost half of Hong Kong's aid package to help China's quake-stricken Sichuan will be used to restore a giant panda reserve, the government said Sunday.


China's communists set to approve key land reforms (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 01:38 AM CDT

A Chinese farmer works her crop of vegetables in the southwest of the country in mid May. China's ruling Communist Party is expected to approve a major economic reform plan that would let farmers trade and mortgage their right to land and bolster the nation's food security.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's ruling Communist Party was expected Sunday to approve a major economic reform plan that would let farmers trade and mortgage their right to land and bolster the nation's food security.


Scientists sequence giant panda's genome: report (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2008 12:55 PM CDT

Young giant pandas are seen in their enclosure at Beijing Zoo July 10, 2008. Eight giant pandas are part of a special exhibit at the zoo for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters)Reuters - Scientists have sequenced the genome of the giant panda, an achievement which may aid efforts to protect the endangered species, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.


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