2008年10月16日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Olympic freedoms for foreign press in China set to expire (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 03:57 AM CDT

A photographer takes pictures from a rainy pitch at a Beijing Olympic women's football match in mid August. Rules introduced before the Olympics aimed at giving foreign reporters greater freedoms in China are set to expire, with authorities refusing to say whether they will be extended.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Rules introduced before the Olympics aimed at giving foreign reporters greater freedoms in China are set to expire Friday, with authorities refusing to say whether they will be extended.


China's milk heartland fights to reclaim trust (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 02:52 AM CDT

A 9-month-old child, who suffers from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province October 16, 2008. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)Reuters - China's dairy heartland promised it has banished a toxic chemical from its milk and launched a media campaign to restore its reputation after thousands of children were poisoned.


China lawyers say govt warning against tainted milk lawsuits (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 02:51 AM CDT

A man cares for his child being treated after drinking contaminated milk at a hospital in Hefei, eastern China on October 7. Lawyers for victims of the toxic milk scandal have said the government had warned them not to sue, although three lawsuits had already been filed and more were expected.(AFP/File)AFP - Lawyers for victims of China's tainted milk scandal said Thursday the government had warned them not to sue, although three lawsuits had already been filed and more were expected.


China says no evidence beans in Japan contaminated (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 01:14 AM CDT

Reuters - China has found no evidence that frozen beans pulled from the shelves in Japan were tainted with pesticide, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday as yet another health scare implicated Chinese producers.

China says 5,824 children in hospital after milk scandal: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 02:04 PM CDT

A woman carries a child along a Beijing street on October 7, 2008. China Thursday announced that 5,824 children are still receiving hospital treatment for kidney diseases caused by a contaminated milk scandal, state news agency Xinhua said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China Thursday announced that 5,824 children are still receiving hospital treatment for kidney diseases caused by a contaminated milk scandal, state news agency Xinhua said.


Polluting factories in central China sicken farmers: state press (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 11:25 AM CDT

A farmer tends to his crop at his farm near the town of Jianli in central China's Hubei province. Illegal factories pumping arsenic and other chemicals into rivers have left farmers in Jianli and other areas of central China with skin problems and failing crops, state press reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Illegal factories pumping arsenic and other chemicals into rivers have left farmers in a heavily populated area of central China with skin problems and failing crops, state press reported on Wednesday.


Pakistan gets help from China for ailing economy (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 11:05 AM CDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) smiles with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari in front of their respective country's flags during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 15, 2008. Zardari arrived on Tuesday for his first visit to China as president, and has said he wants his four-day trip 'to remind the leadership of the world how close our relationship is'. Pakistan is set to usher in a series of agreements with China during the trip, highlighting Islamabad's hopes that Beijing will help it through economic and diplomatic troubles. (David Gray/Reuters)AP - Pakistan's president Wednesday won more help from longtime ally China as his country grapples with an ailing economy and chronic electricity shortages, though the prospect of a much anticipated civilian nuclear deal remained uncertain.


Pakistan's Zardari looks to China for support (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 09:36 AM CDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) smiles with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari in front of their respective country's flags during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 15, 2008. Zardari arrived on Tuesday for his first visit to China as president, and has said he wants his four-day trip 'to remind the leadership of the world how close our relationship is'. Pakistan is set to usher in a series of agreements with China during the trip, highlighting Islamabad's hopes that Beijing will help it through economic and diplomatic troubles. (David Gray/Reuters)Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari reached trade deals with China on Wednesday, raising hopes that Beijing would help his country through difficult economic and diplomatic times.


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