News: China

We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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China: news

China sets limit on melamine use

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 11:50

China's health ministry has issued official levels of melamine to be allowed in milk and food.
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IOC to examine Beijing dope tests

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 10:37
related places: Beijing

The International Olympic Committee will retest 5,000 doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug.
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IOC to examine Beijing dope tests

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 10:37
related places: Beijing

The International Olympic Committee will retest 5,000 doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug.
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Anger over Guantanamo ruling

Tuesday, October 7th 2008, 22:16
related countries: United States

The White House criticises a US judge who ruled 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay should be freed into the US.
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China makes Nobel prize warning

Tuesday, October 7th 2008, 15:47

China says it hopes the 'right person' will win the Nobel Peace Prize, amid reports jailed Chinese dissidents are on the short list.
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In pictures

Tuesday, October 7th 2008, 10:55
related places: Beijing

Beijing returns to normal after the Olympic Games
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China cancels US military contact

Monday, October 6th 2008, 23:40
related countries: United States, Taiwan
related places: Washington

China cancels some military and diplomatic exchanges with the US over Washington's $6.5bn deal to supply Taiwan with arms.
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Tibetan earthquakes kill dozens

Monday, October 6th 2008, 14:29

At least 30 people die as two earthquakes strike the Himalayan region of Tibet, Chinese state media report.
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Deadly earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan

Monday, October 6th 2008, 11:33
related countries: Kyrgyzstan

An earthquake kills at least 65 people in Kyrgyzstan, near its mountainous border with China, officials say.
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Kyrgyzstan earthquake 'kills 58'

Monday, October 6th 2008, 5:41
related countries: Kyrgyzstan

Officials in Kyrgyzstan say an earthquake has killed 58 people near its mountainous border with China.
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China lung disease 'to kill 83m'

Saturday, October 4th 2008, 0:40
related countries: United States

A US health study says tens of millions of people in China will die as a result of lung disease in the next 25 years.
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US to sell $6bn in arms to Taiwan

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 21:32
related countries: United States, Taiwan

The US defence agency proposes a multi-billion dollar sale of military equipment to Taiwan in a move likely to anger China.
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Taiwanese 'brawl' over bad milk

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 16:27
related countries: Taiwan

Taiwan's health minister is taken to hospital after being allegedly attacked by opposition MPs over the tainted Chinese milk scandal.
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Thousands in Beijing for world's first 'Mind Games'

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 14:52
related places: Beijing

After the Olympics and the Paralympics, China welcomes the first ever games testing mental strength.
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China 'spying on Skype messages'

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 1:38
related countries: Canada

Chinese officials are censoring messages sent through the internet service Skype, Canadian researchers say.
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China 'spying on Skype messages'

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 1:38
related countries: Canada

Chinese officials are censoring messages sent through the internet service Skype, Canadian researchers say.
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China dairy 'asked for cover-up'

Wednesday, October 1st 2008, 14:26

The company at the centre of China's tainted milk scandal asked for help to cover up the problem, the official People's Daily says.
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Beijing 'to reinstate car rules'

Tuesday, September 30th 2008, 17:42
related places: Beijing

Beijing is preparing to bring back certain traffic restrictions after those enforced during the Olympics helped clean the air.
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Chinese arrests over milk scandal

Tuesday, September 30th 2008, 15:42

Police have arrested 22 people suspected of introducing the toxic chemical melamine into the food chain in China.
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Melamine found in Cadbury goods

Monday, September 29th 2008, 14:54
related countries: Hong Kong

Preliminary tests find the chemical melamine in Cadbury's Chinese-made chocolates, the company says.
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China lauds latest space 'heroes'

Monday, September 29th 2008, 10:37
related places: Beijing

The three Chinese astronauts who returned to earth safely on Sunday are given a heroes' welcome in Beijing.
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Turning sour

Monday, September 29th 2008, 0:30

What went wrong with the Chinese dairy industry
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Turning sour

Monday, September 29th 2008, 0:30

What went wrong with the Chinese dairy industry
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China spacecraft returns to Earth

Sunday, September 28th 2008, 11:24

Three Chinese astronauts return safely to Earth after a landmark mission which included the country's first spacewalk.
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Chinese astronaut walks in space

Saturday, September 27th 2008, 9:21

A Chinese astronaut on board a spacecraft orbiting the Earth becomes the first in his country's history to take a space walk.
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China stops tainted sweet sales

Friday, September 26th 2008, 17:03

A Chinese sweet maker stops domestic sales of one of its best-known brands after it is found to contain an industrial chemical.
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Animals sick from Chinese milk

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 18:11

Two baby orang-utans and a lion cub have become the latest victims of China's contaminated milk crisis.
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Animals sick from Chinese milk

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 18:11

Two baby orang-utans and a lion cub have become the latest victims of China's contaminated milk crisis.
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Lift-off for China space mission

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 13:12

China has launched Shenzhou VII, its third manned space mission, which is to feature the country's first spacewalk.
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EU limits imported Chinese food

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 12:07

The EU imposes a ban on imported Chinese baby food that contains any traces of milk, while other Chinese food will be tested.
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Venezuela signs Chinese oil deal

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 3:09
related countries: Russia, Venezuela
related places: Moscow

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Beijing says oil exports to China could triple by 2012 to one million barrels a day.
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China milk scare 'under control'

Wednesday, September 24th 2008, 12:57

China's chief food safety official seeks to reassure consumers that milk tainted with melamine no longer poses a problem.
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Typhoon sweeps HK, China, Vietnam

Wednesday, September 24th 2008, 8:53
related countries: Vietnam

China evacuates 100,000 people in the path of typhoon Hagupit, while Vietnam readies itself for floods.
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Chinese milk fears spread in Asia

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 11:12

Countries across Asia are testing Chinese dairy products, and sometimes banning them, as fears spread over tainted milk.
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China quality chief resigns over milk

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 11:33

Nearly 53,000 children in China are now known to have been made ill by contaminated milk powder, officials say.
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China stock market bounces back

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 10:25

China's main share index soars by almost 8% after government moves to revive investor confidence.
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China milk poisoning cases rise

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 7:05

Nearly 53,000 children in China are now known to have been made ill by contaminated milk powder, officials say.
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Arrests after Chinese club fire

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 4:30
related places: Shenzhen

Police arrest 13 people involved in the unlicensed nightclub in Shenzhen where a fire on Saturday killed 43 people.
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'Thousands ill' due to China milk

Sunday, September 21st 2008, 19:42
related countries: Hong Kong

Nearly 13,000 children in China are now in hospitals after drinking tainted Chinese milk powder, officials in Beijing say.
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Fire at China club leaves 43 dead

Sunday, September 21st 2008, 12:08
related places: Shenzhen

A fire at a nightclub in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen kills at least 43 people, state media reports.
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'All-out effort' for China babies

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 4:53

The Chinese cabinet orders an all-out effort to save babies made ill by contaminated milk products.
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'China repression grows', says US

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 0:33
related countries: United States

The repression of religious freedom in some parts of China has intensified over the past year, a US report says.
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Mass recall of China milk produce

Friday, September 19th 2008, 14:40

Shops in China and elsewhere are cleared of Chinese dairy products after tests find tainted normal milk as well as baby formula.
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Beijing gold

Friday, September 19th 2008, 11:46

Simply the best Paralympics ever
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China tainted milk scandal widens

Friday, September 19th 2008, 8:39

The scandal of deadly tainted dairy products in China has widened, with liquid milk now found to be contaminated.
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China arrests 12 in milk scandal

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 10:59

Chinese police arrest 12 people over a tainted milk scandal, while Hong Kong orders a product recall.
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Chinese to tighten dairy testing

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 15:47

China pledges to test all dairy products for a banned substance after tainted baby formula makes more than 6,200 infants ill.
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Paralympic baton passed to London

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 14:08
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Beijing, London

London takes over as the Paralympic host city as Beijing bids farewell to the Games in a final closing ceremony.
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Chinese baby milk toll escalates

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 11:07

The number of babies in China made sick by contaminated milk powder has risen to more than 6,200, the government says.
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Weir storms to second Games gold

Tuesday, September 16th 2008, 12:38
related places: Beijing

GB's David Weir grabs his second gold on the track as ParalympicsGB make it a century of medals in Beijing.
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