2008年10月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese dairy blames subcontractors for tainting (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 03:57 AM CDT

In this July 3, 2007, file photo, a worker selects the daily product at the production line at Wahaha's factory in Hangzhou, China. Chinese beverage maker Wahaha Group is considering buying dairy assets from Sanlu Group, the milk maker at the heart of a scandal over milk tainted with an industrial chemical, reports said Monday October 13, 2008.  Wahaha spokesman Shan Qining said he could not confirm the reports citing the company's chairman, Zong Qinghou, as saying he wants to buy a milk powder production line from Sanlu. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)AP - A dairy ensnared in China's chemical-tainting scandal says it was a victim of unscrupulous behavior by the independent providers from whom it buys raw milk.


China posts another record trade surplus in September (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 03:45 AM CDT

Containers are seen at a terminal overlooking Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. China has said its trade surplus hit a monthly all-time high of 29.3 billion dollars in September, although it was down slightly for the first three quarters of the year.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - China said Monday its trade surplus hit a monthly all-time high of 29.3 billion dollars in September, although it was down slightly for the first three quarters of the year.


Beijing's new traffic rules fail to curb gridlock, pollution (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 02:34 AM CDT

Cars drive through thick smog on a street in Beijing in September. Beijing rolled out new traffic control measures Monday, but they had little effect as the capital's roads remained clogged and a grey smog shrouded the city.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Beijing rolled out new traffic control measures Monday, but they had little effect as the capital's roads remained clogged and a grey smog shrouded the city.


China's Wahaha interested in buying tainted dairy producer (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 02:29 AM CDT

A Chinese lab technician collects milk products suspected of being tainted for testing at a laboratory in Wuhan, central China in late September. China's largest soft drinks maker, Wahaha, has said it is interested in buying the dairy company.(AFP/File)AFP - China's largest soft drinks maker, Wahaha, said Monday that it is interested in buying the dairy company at the origin of a nationwide scandal over contaminated milk.


Rare protest in China in support of police killer (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 01:34 AM CDT

A protester is taken away in a police car outside the court where Yang Jia, who was convicted of murdering six policemen, began his appeal, in Shanghai on October 13. Protesters staged a rare demonstration outside the court in support of Yang(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - Protesters staged a rare demonstration outside a Shanghai court on Monday in support of a jobless man who is appealing against his conviction for murdering six policemen.


China milk scandal companies apologize (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 10:04 PM CDT

A child suffering from kidney stones receives treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province October 10, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Three Chinese dairy companies have publicly apologized for their involvement in a toxic milk scandal that has killed at least four children and led to Chinese-made products pulled from shelves around the world.


China looking inward as foreign economies slow (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 10:20 AM CDT

A farmer carries the soybean straws to his cart at a field in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. China's ruling Communists are meeting to discuss agricultural reforms, as the government seeks to maintain growth and guard against the effects of the global economic crisis. The meeting is expected to give farmers formal permission to lease or transfer their land, measures that have already grown common as rural workers move to the city. (AP Photo)AP - China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday said it would seek to expand its massive internal market to counter the global economic slowdown that has reduced international demand for Chinese goods.


China vows stable growth in face of global turmoil (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 06:51 AM CDT

Reuters - China will maintain flexible and prudent macro-economic policies and seek to expand domestic demand in the face of a grim international economic environment, the country's ruling Communist Party said on Sunday.
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