2009年2月15日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China clears Danone, milk products of melamine (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 11:52 PM CST

In this Sept. 19, 2008 file photo, Telunsu, products of China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. are displayed at a press conference to announce the company's interim results in Hong Kong.  Chinese quality investigators have found that milk products from a unit of France's Groupe Danone SA are melamine-free and also said an unapproved additive used by one of China's largest dairies is safe but was used illegally. The Health Ministry said a panel of experts had reviewed OMP, a milk protein added by Mengniu to its premium Telunsu line and declared that 'consumption ... is not hazardous to health.' However, the ministry said that OMP is not a government-approved additive and Mengniu 'promoted its function in an exaggerated manner.' (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - Chinese quality investigators have found that milk products from a unit of France's Groupe Danone SA are melamine-free, and also said an unapproved additive used by one of China's largest dairies is safe but was used illegally.


Beijing to lend 29 Qing Dynasty relics to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 11:38 PM CST

AP - Beijing will lend 29 Qing Dynasty relics to Taiwan's National Palace Museum for a joint exhibit this fall, state media said Monday, in the first major cultural exchange since the two sides split amid civil war six decades ago.

China announces military dialogue with US (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 11:30 PM CST

AP - Suspended contacts between the U.S. and Chinese militaries will resume later this month shortly after a visit by newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chinese state media reported Monday.

Suspicions linger 30 years after Sino-Vietnam war (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 10:25 PM CST

A Vietnamese guard walks next to a marker on the Vietnamese side of the Friendship border Gate with China on February 5. Thirty years after they went to war with each other, Beijing and Hanoi have opted for cooperation, even if Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia view China's growing presence with suspicion.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Thirty years after they went to war with each other, Beijing and Hanoi have opted for cooperation, even if Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia view China's growing presence with suspicion.


China to lend Taiwan Forbidden City relics as ties thaw (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 09:01 PM CST

Reuters - China will lend long-time rival Taiwan 29 relics from Beijing's Forbidden City, state media said on Monday, 60 years after defeated Nationalists fled to the island taking similar treasures with them.

China, U.S. to resume military dialogue: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 08:23 PM CST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to an audience at the Asia Society in New York February 13, 2009. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - The United States and China will resume senior military talks following a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, state media said Monday, after an interruption caused by U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.


China, Tanzania leaders sign multi-million-dollar deals (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 02:30 PM CST

Chinese president Hu Jintao waves during a visit to a construction site of a national theater financed by China in Dakar, on February 14, 2009. Hu Jintao signed cooperation agreements with Tanzania worth more than 20 million dollars Sunday, covering agriculture, communications and technical cooperation.(AFP/File/Seyllou)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao signed cooperation agreements with Tanzania worth more than 20 million dollars Sunday, covering agriculture, communications and technical cooperation.


China editorial slams 'Buy American' provision (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 02:44 AM CST

AP - Measures in a $789 billion U.S. stimulus package that favor American goods are a "poison" that will hurt efforts solve the financial crisis, an editorial by China's official news agency said.
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