2008年11月1日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese President calls for domestic demand boost: state media (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 01:16 AM CDT

President Hu Jintao speaks at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Beijing on 24 October. Hu has called for a boost in domestic demand to maintain the nation's economic growth in the face of the global financial crisis, state media have reported.(AFP/Pool/File/Michael Reynolds)AFP - China's President Hu Jintao has called for a boost in domestic demand to maintain the nation's economic growth in the face of the global financial crisis, state media reported Saturday.


China to tighten control of feed industry: state media (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 01:06 AM CDT

A market in Xiamen. China has pledged to tighten supervision of the animal feed industry, state media said Saturday, amid signs a toxic chemical found in milk and eggs was being mixed into livestock feed(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China has pledged to tighten supervision of the animal feed industry, state media said Saturday, amid signs a toxic chemical found in milk and eggs was being mixed into livestock feed.


Nine die in Tibet snowstorms: Chinese state media (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:35 PM CDT

Nine people have died in extreme snowstorms in Tibet, while nearly 2,000 others have been evacuated to safer areas(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Nine people have died in extreme snowstorms in Tibet, while nearly 2,000 others have been evacuated to safer areas, Chinese state media said Saturday.


Sudan says kidnapped Chinese found, one dead (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:44 PM CDT

Reuters - Sudanese armed forces have found one surviving Chinese worker and the body of another who had been kidnapped along with seven colleagues from an oil field nearly two weeks ago, state media said on Friday.

One kidnapped Chinese found alive in Sudan (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 08:51 AM CDT

AP - Sudanese authorities have found one of the kidnapped Chinese oil workers alive in southwestern Sudan, China's ambassador to Khartoum said Friday.

Death toll in China coal mine rises to 23 (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 06:41 AM CDT

AP - The death toll in a mine explosion in northern China this week has risen to 23, with six others missing and presumed dead, state media said Friday.

Nestle sends experts for melamine tests in China (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 05:42 AM CDT

A worker labors behind a stack of eggs before they are packaged at a major chicken eggs production factory in suburban Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Three more Chinese brands of eggs containing melamine have been identified and a local government has acknowledged that officials knew about the contamination for a month before it was publicly disclosed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - The head of European food giant Nestle said Friday the company had mounted a "sizable effort" to ensure the safety of its dairy products in China, sending in scientists and specialized machines in the wake of the melamine contamination scandal.


Rescuers pull 23 bodies from China mine after blast (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 04:44 AM CDT

Reuters - Rescue workers have pulled 23 bodies from a mine in northern China wrecked by a gas explosion and are still searching for another 6 missing men, state media said on Friday.

China "kidnapping" alleged as markets turn scrappy (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 04:33 AM CDT

Reuters - A British scrap metal trader says he was abducted and held for several days by his Chinese customers in a type of business dispute that could increase as falling prices tempt companies to default.
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