2008年10月31日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Once hostile Taiwan, China set to sign more deals (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:45 AM CDT

A plane flies past the entrance of the Grand Hotel, which is the location of the upcoming talks between the mainland and Taiwan, in Taipei October 31, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)Reuters - Negotiators for China and Taiwan will meet next week, as Beijing sends its highest-level official in decades to the self-ruled island that it claims as its own to sign a list of deals over a din of protests.


China, after dumplings row, sniffs at Japan sauces (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:36 AM CDT

Reuters - China, accused in Japan of producing tainted frozen beans and dodgy dumplings, now says it has found toxic chemicals used in paint in Japanese mustard and soy sauce.

Chinese resort island battles cholera outbreak (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:35 AM CDT

Reuters - China's southern resort island of Hainan has confirmed 30 cholera cases and nearly 300 suspected cases in the last few days, the provincial government said on Friday.

China mother spared over mercy killing of daughter (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:35 AM CDT

Reuters - A mother has been spared jail after admitting poisoning and smothering her 20-year-old mentally disabled daughter, a case that throws the spotlight on the plight of the mentally ill in China.

Chemical concerns grow over China's livestock feed (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:17 AM CDT

An elderly Chinese woman shops for eggs despite nationwide fears of melamine contamination, at a market in the city of Xiamen, on October 29. China's state-run press warned on Friday that a toxic chemical found in eggs and milk was likely being mixed into livestock feed, in the clearest official indication yet that other foods may be contaminated.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China's state-run press warned Friday a toxic chemical found in eggs and milk was likely being mixed into livestock feed, in the clearest official indication yet that other foods may be contaminated.


China plans ethnic tour for Dalai Lama envoys (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 12:30 AM CDT

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrives at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture, Japan October 31, 2008. (Kyodo/Reuters)Reuters - China plans to take the Dalai Lama's envoys to visit a non-Tibetan minority, a source said on Friday, as they try to persuade their wary visitors Beijing is sincere about talks on the Himalayan region's future.


China turns to fixing system as toxic milk eases (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2008 08:32 PM CDT

Employees work in a small road-side bakery in Beijing October 31, 2008. (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)Reuters - China's health minister urged officials to focus on fixing the problem-ridden food safety system now the flood of Chinese children hospitalized for toxic milk poisoning has eased.


Report: China's animal feed tainted with melamine (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2008 07:09 PM CDT

Shoppers walk past the eggs on display for sale together with a notice, left, bearing the words 'No Melamine Contain' inside a supermarket in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Chinese authorities said Wednesday they were investigating how eggs came to be contaminated with the same industrial chemical at the center of a milk scandal that sickened thousands of babies, as more tainted eggs turned up in Hong Kong and the mainland. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - The industrial chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in China to make it appear higher in protein, state media reported, in what appeared to be a tacit admission by the government that contamination is widespread in the country's food supply.


6 people die after snowstorms hit Tibet (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2008 05:29 AM CDT

AP - Chinese state media says six people have died in heavy snow storms in Tibet.
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