2009年8月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China moves to cut use of executed inmates' organs (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 09:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 26, 2003 file photo, China's Vice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu, center, is surrounded by journalists after attending the ASEAN + 3 Health Minister Special Meeting on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The majority of transplanted organs in China come from executed prisoners, state media reported Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in a rare disclosure about an industry often criticized for being opaque and unethical. The country's Health Ministry and the Red Cross Society of China this week launched a national organ donation system to reduce the reliance on death row inmates and encourage donations from the public, the China Daily newspaper reported. Condemned prisoners are 'definitely not a proper source for organ transplants,' the report quoted Huang as saying. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - China has launched a national organ donation system to try to reduce its dependence on body parts harvested from executed prisoners, who make up the majority of donors, state media reported Wednesday.

Iraq approves controversial Sinopec oil rights deal (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 04:58 AM PDT

Employees work at an oil drilling facility near Taq Taq in Iraq's northern Kurdish region in 2006. Iraq has approved a deal that would see China's Sinopec Group acquire controversial oil rights in northern Iraq through its purchase of Swiss oil giant Addax Petroleum, Chinese media have said.(AFP/File/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraq has approved a deal that would see China's Sinopec Group acquire controversial oil rights in northern Iraq through its purchase of Swiss oil giant Addax Petroleum, Chinese media said Wednesday.

Premier: China to curb industry overcapacity (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 04:53 AM PDT

AP - China's Cabinet said Wednesday it will try to curb overcapacity and excessive investment in industries including steel and cement — a possible side effect of its massive stimulus plan.

CNOOC says 1H profit down 55 pct on lower prices (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 03:53 AM PDT

AP - CNOOC Ltd., China's third-largest oil and gas producer, said Wednesday its first-half profit sank 55 percent on sharply lower oil prices but it forecast better results as the economy recovers.

Thousands flood into China after Myanmar army standoff (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 12:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Tension between Myanmar government troops and an armed ethnic group has sparked an exodus of thousands of people into China from northeastern Myanmar, activists and witnesses said on Wednesday.

China denies Xinjiang inmates killed: state media (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:50 PM PDT

A Uighur man passes a battalion of armed Chinese security forces in Urumqi in mid July. China has dismissed as AFP - China on Wednesday dismissed as "groundless" a claim by the exiled leader of the Uighur minority that nearly 200 inmates were killed in a prison in the restive Xinjiang region, state media reported.

China donor drive aims to end prisoner organ trade (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:32 PM PDT

Reuters - China launched its first national organ donation system in a bid to crack down on organ trafficking and create a source for transplants other than executed prisoners, who currently make up the majority of donors.

Air China profit doubles in first half (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:22 PM PDT

An airplane takes off from Beijing Capital International airport. Air China, the nation's flag carrier, has said its net profit more than doubled in the first half of the year due to lower fuel prices, fuel hedging gains, and improving domestic travel demand.(AFP/File)AFP - Air China, the nation's flag carrier, has said its net profit more than doubled in the first half of the year due to lower fuel prices, fuel hedging gains, and improving domestic travel demand.

Chinese president visits restive Xinjiang region (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 08:34 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 and released by China's Xinhua News Agency Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, talks with military officers and soldiers of Xinjiang military area command in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Hu made his first trip to China's restive western region of Xinjiang after last month's deadly ethnic riots, urging government officials and security forces Tuesday to focus on maintaining stability in the region and warning separatists that they are 'doomed to fail.' (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ju Peng)AP - President Hu Jintao made his first trip to China's restive western region of Xinjiang since last month's deadly ethnic riots, urging government officials and security forces to focus on maintaining stability and warning separatists that they are "doomed to fail."

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