Deaths uncounted in China's tainted milk scandal
LITI VILLAGE, China - Li Xiaokai died of kidney failure on the old wooden bed in the family farmhouse, just before dawn on a drizzly Sept. 10.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-11-15
The Housing Crisis Spreads to China
Autumn is usually the busiest time for real estate salesman Wang Yaodong. Last September and October, for instance, he sold more than a dozen luxury townhouses in western Shanghai, but this year he has sold only one. "Everybody is waiting for prices to fall," Wang says.
Nations:China Hong Kong Activities:2008 China Real Estate Crisis Source:(BusinessWeek)
2008-10-28
Laid-off factory workers in China say prospects grim
DONGGUAN, China (AFP) - Frustrated Chinese workers left jobless when a major toy maker went bust said Sunday they might have to go home in debt, as more factories face failure due to the global financial crisis.
Nations:China Source:(AFP)
2008-10-19
China sits out global crisis, focusing on own growth
BEIJING -- China sits on a huge pile of money, and its policymakers crave global assets. So why doesn't China spend a little and save the world from global financial meltdown?
People:Wen Jiabao Activities:Global Financial Crisis China Economic Reform China-U.S. Trade Ties Source:(McClatchy)
2008-10-11
China seeks public trust after milk scandal
BEIJING - China sought Saturday to shore up public confidence weakened by a milk safety scandal, with the president scolding officials for negligence and government agencies promising adequate supplies of uncontaminated milk.
Nations:Hong Kong China Japan People:Hu Jintao Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-09-20
Distributors: China dairy ordered milk off shelves
BEIJING - The company at the heart of China's tainted milk scandal ordered distributors to pull its products off store shelves in early July, weeks before the company went public with the problem, two distributors said Friday.
Nations:New Zealand China Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-09-19
China reports 3rd death in tainted milk scandal
BEIJING - China's health minister says a third death of a baby has been reported in the country's spreading scandal over tainted milk formula, and more than 6,200 infants have become sick.
Nations:New Zealand China Myanmar Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-09-16
Where China Goes Next
With the Chinese media gushing over the success of the Olympics, the latest issue of Southern Window - a highbrow news magazine with a circulation of 500,000 - caught my eye. The cover illustration features a couple of law textbooks and a teacher with a wooden pointer giving instruction to a businessman and a government official. The coverline: "Rule of Law Starts With Limitation of Power." Sounds boring? In China, it's almost revolutionary.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:China Political Reform Source:(Time)
2008-08-26
China considers $54bln stimulus plan: state media
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China is considering a 54-billion-dollar stimulus plan involving tax cuts and government spending, state media said Monday, in another sign that boosting the economy is becoming a priority.
Nations:China Japan Source:(AFP)
2008-08-25
Relative of US Olympic coach killed in Beijing
BEIJING - A Chinese man stabbed the in-laws of the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball coach, killing one and injuring the other while they visited a Beijing tourist site near the main venue where Olympic competitions began Saturday, officials said.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-09
E-mail threat turns back plane to Japan
TOKYO - An anonymous bomb threat e-mailed to Air China's Tokyo offices on Friday forced a passenger jet to make an emergency return to Japan, the Japanese Transport Ministry said. Four other flights were delayed.
Nations:Japan China Activities:Air Travel Safety 2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-08
Police struggle to control Beijing Olympic ticket chaos
BEIJING (AFP) - Police struggled on Friday to control surging crowds of more than 50,000 people desperate to grab the last Olympic tickets in Beijing, as a Hong Kong journalist trying to cover the chaos was detained.
Nations:China People:Liu Xiang Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AFP)
2008-07-25
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