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09 Oct 08
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China's small dairy farmers caught in milk scandal Consumer anxiety and stricter milk collection rules are threatening their livelihoods. Analysts say it's unlikely small farmers were involved in the melamine scandal.
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07 Oct 08
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China cancels visit over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan Beijing also shelves other military and diplomatic contacts with Washington to protest an announced $6.5-billion sale of defensive weapons to Taiwan, Pentagon and State Department officials say.
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07 Oct 08
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Toll in Tibet quakes revised down to 9 China's state news agency had earlier reported 30 deaths. Rescuers are trying to save people buried under rubble after hundreds of houses collapsed.
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03 Oct 08
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China's version of Skype spies on text chats Finding that messages with certain words are flagged and stored raises privacy worries.
A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of EBay Inc.'s... |
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03 Oct 08
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Living in China, worrying about the safety of food A Times reporter and his friends have changed the way they feed their families amid China's melamine-tainted-milk scandal.
On holiday with my family this week on... |
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30 Sep 08
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Violence in Korean waters raises animosity toward China Chinese fishermen, suspected of fishing illegally, are accused of killing a South Korean Coast Guard officer. In a separate incident, a North Korean patrol fires on a Chinese fishing boat.
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30 Sep 08
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World Briefing Pakistan: Violence swells ranks of refugees / China: Cadbury recalls chocolate found to contain melamine / Sudan: Aid helicopter shot down; 4 killed / Ecuador: President Rafael Correa urges unity
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28 Sep 08
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World Briefing China: Reassurance on food safety / Japan: Minister quits / France: U.S. Navy honored / Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai warns of food crisis / Myanmar: Monks hold protest / Brazil: Compensation for pastor
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28 Sep 08
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Chinese milk scandal engulfs White Rabbit candy Production of the beloved sweets has been halted because of suspected melamine contamination.
They were Premier Zhou Enlai's favorite late-night snack. He loved... |
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27 Sep 08
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China performs its first spacewalk Taikonaut Zhai Zhigang floats outside the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft, making his country the third to accomplish the feat, after the U.S. and Russia.
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27 Sep 08
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China milk scandal hits home Chinese had shrugged off previous problems as Western hysteria, but tainted milk has many wondering what else poses a risk. Even professed patriots seek out products not made in China.
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26 Sep 08
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Chinese spacewalk mission enters orbit China's three-man spacecraft shifted from an oval orbit to a more stable circular orbit some 213 miles (343 kilometers) above Earth today in preparation for the country's first attempt at a spacewalk. |
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26 Sep 08
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World Briefing Israel: Professor injured by pipe bomb / China: European Union bans baby food containing milk from China / Canada: Man convicted in terrorism case / Colombia: Justice minister's brother arrested in co
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25 Sep 08
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China launches three-man crew into space; mission to include spacewalk China launched a three-man crew into space today, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk -- its most challenging mission since its first orbital flight in 2003. |
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25 Sep 08
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World Briefing Japan: New Premier Taro Aso takes office / China: Milk scandal spurs ban in 12 nations / Pakistan: U.S. denies report of drone crashing in Waziristan
Conservative Aso forms his Cabinet |
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24 Sep 08
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China readies manned rocket mission, including space walk The launch, with three astronauts, could come today. It is seen as a step toward building a space station and increasing China's prestige on the world stage.
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24 Sep 08
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2008 not a lucky year for China Except for two weeks of near-perfection during the Olympics, China has been awash in bad news, including riots, a massive quake and now tainted formula and sick babies.
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22 Sep 08
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Product-quality chief resigns in China over tainted infant formula Formula from 22 dairy producers was contaminated with melamine, a chemical also found in pet foods that killed dogs and cats last year in the U.S.
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22 Sep 08
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In China, 53,000 children sickened by milk Chinese authorities promise to crack down on those responsible for tainted formula.
The number of children sickened by tainted milk in China has jumped to nearly... |
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21 Sep 08
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World Briefing Switzerland: Malfunction shuts down Large Hadron Collider / China: 43 reported killed in nightclub blaze / Bolivia: Morales replaces Pando governor / Mexico: Grenade attack toll rises to 8
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19 Sep 08
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Chinese parents scramble to hospitals amid milk crisis Children are taken for tests as fear grows with the scandal. Hong Kong officials issue a recall of milk products from the mainland.
Sweat dripping down his face, Mo... |
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18 Sep 08
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World Briefing Britain: New inquiry in 1998 Omagh bombing / Russia: Friendship treaties with breakaway Georgian regions / China: 12 more arrests in tainted baby formula scandal
Inquiry into 1998 attack in... |
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17 Sep 08
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Third baby dies in China milk crisis Illnesses caused by tainted formula skyrocket, and more products test positive for contamination.
China's troubles with tainted baby formula grew into a national... |
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15 Sep 08
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China makes arrests over tainted infant formula Two brothers are held in Hebei province, home to Sanlu Group, which sold the contaminated milk powder.
Chinese police today announced the first arrests in the... |
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14 Sep 08
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China landslide toll rises to 254 Hundreds more are believed to be buried under acres of sludge.
The death toll has risen to 254 in a landslide triggered by the collapse of an illegal mining dump... |
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14 Sep 08
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World Briefing Sudan: Rebels report heavy army attacks / China: Dairy blamed for delay in formula warning / France: Pope prays at Lourdes / Malaysia: 1 of 3 detainees freed
Rebels report 'very heavy' army... |
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13 Sep 08
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Infant milk powder is latest worry in China A major brand recalls 700 tons of formula after one death and reports of kidney stones.
Like most parents, Dong Zhenqing and his wife wanted only the best for their... |
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10 Sep 08
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World briefing Mine slide in China plows into buildings / Israeli's remark prompts protest / Man charged in an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown / Lopsided win for Angola's ruling party / And finally. . .
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08 Sep 08
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World Briefing China: Democracy advocates lose 3 seats / Canada: Elections to be held Oct. 14 / Morocco: Rice defends U.S.-Iraq ties
Democracy advocates lose 3 seats |
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07 Sep 08
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Paralympic Games open to roars of approval in Beijing The international Paralympic Games opened Saturday in Beijing in spectacular fashion, launching an event China's leaders hope will show their country in a compassionate light. |
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06 Sep 08
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China watches U.S. elections with bemusement The electoral spectacle appears chaotic and unseemly to many Chinese, used to disciplined one-party rule. It doesn't help that the media focus on the absurdities.
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05 Sep 08
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Paralympic boon to China's disabled The Games for the physically impaired start Saturday in Beijing, but they already have left one group of Chinese citizens heartened.
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05 Sep 08
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World Briefing China: Quake-hit schools were poorly built / Mexico: Three held in beheadings / Russia: Army kills 5 Muslim rebels in Dagestan
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02 Sep 08
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Death sentence in rampage sparks debate in China Yang Jia, convicted in the July stabbing deaths of six officers, had been in police custody last year. The attack prompted many Chinese to question police treatment of suspects.
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01 Sep 08
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World Briefing Thailand: Several lawmakers join protest / China: Rescuers aid quake survivors / Russia: Journalist slain / Israel: Abbas rejects interim deal / Pakistan: Operation halted for Ramadan
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31 Aug 08
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China earthquake kills 22 About 1,000 houses crumble along border areas of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, state media say.
An earthquake struck southwestern China on Saturday on the border... |
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30 Aug 08
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Taiwan's new president faces big challenges on China Beijing and Washington welcome his less bellicose approach to independence for the island, but the progress is tenuous.
In his first 100 days in office, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou ... |
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29 Aug 08
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China, Iraq to revive oil field development deal The project was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion
China and Iraq have signed a $3-billion deal revising an earlier agreement for China's biggest oil company... |
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29 Aug 08
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Putin suggests U.S. may have provoked Georgia conflict Russian prime minister's assertions are dismissed by Washington as both nations' diplomats trade barbs at the U.N. China and other Central Asian nations criticize Moscow's action in Georgia.
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28 Aug 08
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Pentagon OKs missile sale to Taiwan Ending an apparent freeze on providing arms to the island, the deal comes at a time of warming cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.
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26 Aug 08
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China's gold medals came at a high price Athletes sacrificed dearly -- one was separated from her toddler, one was banned from eating dinner, one missed a parent's funeral. While Americans spoke of fun, the Chinese were on a 'sacred mission.'
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25 Aug 08
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'The best Olympics ever' -- now what? The Beijing Games are over, declared a resounding success. The question now is whether China will finally loosen up or justify its authoritarianism.
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24 Aug 08
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U.S. calls on China to free foreign activists, criticizes Olympic restrictions Hours after the American Embassy's statement, 10 foreigners being detained for holding protests during the Games reportedly are released shortly following the Olympics' close.
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24 Aug 08
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World Briefing Spain: Survivor tells of moments before crash / El Salvador: National police chief resigns / China: Falun Gong reports torture / North Korea: Special noodles reportedly ease hunger
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24 Aug 08
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Plane that flies on solar power, day or night Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg promote their prototype at the Beijing Olympics. They hope they can circumnavigate the world next year and boost the quest for renewable energy.
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23 Aug 08
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Beijing Games: Chinese gold medalists rake in rewards The central government is giving at least $51,500 to each gold medalist, who will also receive cash and prizes from local officials and corporations. Then there are the endorsements.
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22 Aug 08
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Jeff Ruffolo competed to do Olympic PR for China and won The Southern Californian had to get over his bigotry toward the nation first.
"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Communists" could be the title of Jeff... |
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21 Aug 08
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Elderly would-be protesters face labor camp Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. |
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21 Aug 08
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Hua Guofeng, 87; Mao's successor as Chinese leader Hua Guofeng, one of the last of the early generation of Communist revolutionaries who was named briefly to succeed Chairman Mao Tse-tung, died Wednesday, Chinese state media reported. Hua, who is credited with putting China on the path to reform by... |
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20 Aug 08
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Opera during Olympics will showcase relations between China and Tibet The director of 'Princess Wencheng' hopes audiences will take away the message that Tibet has always been part of China.
In a bid to show the world that it is... |
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