Two earthquakes struck Yunan on Friday; a 4.9 magnitude quake at Ruili, on the Myanmar-China border, and a 4.3 magnitude quake near Kunming. Nine peope were injured, a government building collapsed in Ruili, over a hundred...
Read MoreState representatives have announced that the twenty-two dairy producers involved in the melamine scandal will be paying one-time compensation packages to the families of the approximately 300,000 children affected. “The...
Read MoreThe Vatican has agreed to Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun’s request to step down from his post in 2009: [The Cardinal] said he would spend more time monitoring Catholic churches in mainland China, according to The Associated...
Read MoreA gas leak has killed 17 workers and has injured 27 at a steel plant in Zunhua, a city 93 miles east of Beijing. From The Times of India: The leak occurred this morning at the Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd about 150 kilometres...
Read MoreCDT has produced a series of posts which summarize the key issues facing China in 2008. This latest installment focuses on food and product safety. Previous post in the China 2008 series include: China and the Developing World,...
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