Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China detains 22 in latest food scandal: report (Reuters)
• Tibetan monastery sealed off after monk dies (AFP)
• China urges Japan openness as panic buying hits (AFP)
• China asks Japan for timely, precise nuclear info (AP)
• China urges Japan to give swift radiation information (Reuters)
• Tainted pork is latest food scandal to hit China (AFP)
• China opposes Uighur activist's Australia visit (AP)
• Private lending thrives under China credit clampdown (Reuters)
• China to execute Philippine drug mules: envoy (AFP)
• Tibetan monk who set himself on fire in China dies (AP)

China detains 22 in latest food scandal: report (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:49 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese authorities have detained at least 22 people in connection with the use of illegal additives fed to pigs, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, in China's latest food safety scandal.

Tibetan monastery sealed off after monk dies (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:26 AM PDT AFP - A Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwestern China was tightly sealed off by police on Thursday, local residents said, after a young monk set himself on fire and died, triggering protests.

China urges Japan openness as panic buying hits (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:02 AM PDT AFP - China urged Japan on Thursday to release "timely and precise" information on its unfolding nuclear crisis as uncertainty over the situation fuelled panic buying of salt by Chinese fearing radiation.

China asks Japan for timely, precise nuclear info (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 07:48 AM PDT AP - China on Thursday urged Japan to provide prompt, precise information about its nuclear crisis in a bid to control a flurry of rumors sweeping the region about possible dangers.

China urges Japan to give swift radiation information (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:08 AM PDT Reuters - China urged Japan on Thursday to give the world prompt and accurate information about radiation leaks from a crippled nuclear plant, but said Tokyo had already been giving regular updates to Beijing.

Tainted pork is latest food scandal to hit China (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:51 AM PDT AFP - China has been hit by a fresh food scandal after the country's largest meat processor was forced to apologise when an illegal additive was reportedly found in some of its pork products.

China opposes Uighur activist's Australia visit (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:47 AM PDT AP - China says it opposes an exiled Uighur activist's upcoming visit to Australia, calling her a separatist.

Private lending thrives under China credit clampdown (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:09 AM PDT Reuters - While other businesses chafe under China's restrictions on bank lending, Gong Chengwei sees a windfall.

China to execute Philippine drug mules: envoy (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 11:03 PM PDT AFP - Three Filipino drugs mules on death row in China will eventually be executed despite winning a rare reprieve amid intense Philippine lobbying, the Chinese ambassador in Manila said Thursday.

Tibetan monk who set himself on fire in China dies (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 10:57 PM PDT AP - A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds of monks and others to rally, an exiled Tibetan monk said. A state news agency said the monk died Thursday.

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