2008年10月26日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China questions 63 accused of mine deaths cover-up (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:25 AM CDT

AP - Chinese authorities were investigating 63 people suspected of involvement in a cover-up of a coal mine blast in northern China that killed 35 people, state television said Sunday.

China, Vietnam pledge to settle disputed borders, boost trade (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:13 AM CDT

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (2nd left) and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Beijing on October 22. In a step to resolving long-running disputes, China and Vietnam have pledged to turn contentious border areas into economic growth zones and jointly explore oil-rich offshore areas in the future.(AFP/Pool/File/Ng Han Guan)AFP - In a step to resolving long-running disputes, China and Vietnam have pledged to turn contentious border areas into economic growth zones and jointly explore oil-rich offshore areas in the future.


Nearly quarter of Beijing infants fed tainted milk: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 01:45 AM CDT

A woman carries her baby outside a children's hospital in Beijing. Nearly one quarter of families in the Chinese capital have fed their children milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, state press has reported.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Nearly one quarter of Beijing families have fed their children milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, state press reported Sunday.


Chinese eggs found tainted with excessive melamine (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 12:13 AM CDT

AP - Excessive levels of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese eggs might be traced to feed given to chickens, the Hong Kong government said late Saturday.

Fourth of Beijing babies drank tainted milk: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 09:46 PM CDT

Food safety analysts conduct testing of China-made milk products at the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) office in Alabang, south of Manila October 2, 2008. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)Reuters - Nearly a fourth of infants in the Chinese capital consumed milk formula tainted with melamine before the shoddy products were taken off store shelves, state media on Sunday cited survey by the city government as showing.


Japan's leader wants more phone time with China (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 01:53 PM CDT

AP - China and Japan pledged to continue their recently warming ties, with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso saying Saturday the countries' leaders should talk more on the phone.

Half a million march in Taiwan against China, president (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 04:48 AM CDT

Demonstrators march through the Zhongxiao area during an anti-China protest in Taipei October 25, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)Reuters - Close to half a million people marched in Taiwan on Saturday to protest against the government's growing ties with China, where a tainted milk powder scandal has fueled fresh distrust toward Beijing among island citizens.


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