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We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
China's health ministry has issued official levels of melamine to be allowed in milk and food.
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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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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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United StatesThe 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 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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Beijing returns to normal after the Olympic Games
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TaiwanChina cancels some military and diplomatic exchanges with the US over Washington's $6.5bn deal to supply Taiwan with arms.
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At least 30 people die as two earthquakes strike the Himalayan region of Tibet, Chinese state media report.
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KyrgyzstanAn earthquake kills at least 65 people in Kyrgyzstan, near its mountainous border with China, officials say.
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KyrgyzstanOfficials in Kyrgyzstan say an earthquake has killed 58 people near its mountainous border with China.
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United StatesA 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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United States, TaiwanThe 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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TaiwanTaiwan's health minister is taken to hospital after being allegedly attacked by opposition MPs over the tainted Chinese milk scandal.
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After the Olympics and the Paralympics, China welcomes the first ever games testing mental strength.
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CanadaChinese officials are censoring messages sent through the internet service Skype, Canadian researchers say.
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CanadaChinese officials are censoring messages sent through the internet service Skype, Canadian researchers say.
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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 is preparing to bring back certain traffic restrictions after those enforced during the Olympics helped clean the air.
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Police have arrested 22 people suspected of introducing the toxic chemical melamine into the food chain in China.
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Hong KongPreliminary tests find the chemical melamine in Cadbury's Chinese-made chocolates, the company says.
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The three Chinese astronauts who returned to earth safely on Sunday are given a heroes' welcome in Beijing.
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What went wrong with the Chinese dairy industry
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What went wrong with the Chinese dairy industry
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Three Chinese astronauts return safely to Earth after a landmark mission which included the country's first spacewalk.
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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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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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Two baby orang-utans and a lion cub have become the latest victims of China's contaminated milk crisis.
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Two baby orang-utans and a lion cub have become the latest victims of China's contaminated milk crisis.
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China has launched Shenzhou VII, its third manned space mission, which is to feature the country's first spacewalk.
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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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Russia, 
VenezuelaVenezuelan 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's chief food safety official seeks to reassure consumers that milk tainted with melamine no longer poses a problem.
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VietnamChina evacuates 100,000 people in the path of typhoon Hagupit, while Vietnam readies itself for floods.
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Countries across Asia are testing Chinese dairy products, and sometimes banning them, as fears spread over tainted milk.
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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's main share index soars by almost 8% after government moves to revive investor confidence.
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Nearly 53,000 children in China are now known to have been made ill by contaminated milk powder, officials say.
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Police arrest 13 people involved in the unlicensed nightclub in Shenzhen where a fire on Saturday killed 43 people.
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Hong KongNearly 13,000 children in China are now in hospitals after drinking tainted Chinese milk powder, officials in Beijing say.
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A fire at a nightclub in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen kills at least 43 people, state media reports.
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The Chinese cabinet orders an all-out effort to save babies made ill by contaminated milk products.
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United StatesThe repression of religious freedom in some parts of China has intensified over the past year, a US report says.
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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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Simply the best Paralympics ever
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The scandal of deadly tainted dairy products in China has widened, with liquid milk now found to be contaminated.
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Chinese police arrest 12 people over a tainted milk scandal, while Hong Kong orders a product recall.
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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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United KingdomLondon takes over as the Paralympic host city as Beijing bids farewell to the Games in a final closing ceremony.
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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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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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China's Health Ministry says the number of babies affected by contaminated milk powder may be rising.
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More than 1,250 children have fallen ill and two have died after drinking contaminated milk, says China's health ministry.
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New ZealandA Chinese firm whose tainted milk powder made babies ill was urged to withdraw the product, its New Zealand partner says.
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More than 430 Chinese babies are ill with kidney stones as a result of contaminated milk powder, officials say.
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More than a dozen mine officials have reportedly been arrested after a landslide killed at least 178 people in China.
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China has vowed to severely punish makers of defective baby milk formula, after an infant died and dozens fell ill.
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North KoreaReports say North Korea is close to completing a new launch site for long-range missiles close to its border with China.
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Chinese officials are investigating a brand of baby formula after more than a dozen babies who drank it developed kidney stones.
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A Chinese mental health charity warns that more young Chinese people die at their own hands than any other means.
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A landslide that devastated a valley in central China on Monday killed over 120 people, rescuers say, and more are missing.
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United StatesChina's trade surplus hit a monthly record of $28.7bn in August as the gap with the US and Europe widens.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao opens the Paralympic Games in Beijing at a stunning ceremony in the Bird's Nest stadium.
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The Chinese government reportedly sends thousands of soldiers and police to quell unrest in Hunan province.
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China admits there could have been construction problems with some schools that collapsed during the Sichuan earthquake.
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North KoreaChina names North Korea as an official tour destination, allowing groups of Chinese tourists to visit the reclusive neighbouring state.
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Drinks giant Coca Cola is to pay $2.5bn to buy Chinese juice company Huiyan, to tap into demand for healthier drinks.
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Beijing residents say they want measures aimed at cutting pollution during the Olympics to remain in place.
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A powerful earthquake in China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces killed 32 and left more than 460 injured, says state media.
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A powerful earthquake in China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces leaves 22 dead and more than 100 injured, says state media.
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Human rights in China after the Olympic Games
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IraqChina's state-oil firm CNPC has agreed a $3bn (£1.63bn) oil services contract for Iraq.
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Two Chinese policemen have been killed in a clash in the north-west region of Xinjiang, reports say.
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China's government departments misused, embezzled or mismanaged more than $6.7bn in 2007, the state auditor says.
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With the Games over, where does China go next?
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Chinese athletes who won gold medals at this summer's Beijing Olympics are to be paid about $51,000 each (£28,000). according to Chinese state media.
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The 2008 Beijing Games are praised as "truly exceptional" by Olympics chief Jacques Rogge.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaSouth Korean and Chinese presidents discuss stalled North Korean nuclear talks, as a two-day summit begins in Seoul.
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Profits at Asia's biggest oil refiner Sinopec fall as price controls prevent the firm from passing on record crude costs.
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