From the International Herald Tribune: A leading supplier of toiletries for luxury hotels recalled complimentary tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste worldwide Monday after tests showed some contain a potentially toxic chemical. Gilchrist & Soames said it is recalling its 0.65-ounce (18-gram) tubes with the name Gilchrist & Soames on it. The company said Monday some samples […]
Read MoreFrom the San Diego Union Tribune: Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin suffered a political blow when his son and the security chief were left out of the running for seats in the Communist Party Central Committee, sources with ties to the leadership said. The setback, coupled with the arrest of a former secretary to a […]
Read MoreDue to the unusually heavy flooding this summer and the growing use of pesticides that are killing off natural predators to rodents, mice have overwhelmed farmers in Lujiao, in Hunan Province. From Bloomberg: China is building a new Great Wall — a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high — to guard against hordes […]
Read MoreOne of many impoverished and debt-ridden African countries that are now attracting Chinese businessmen, Chad is hoping that Chinese investments its oil fields will benefit the economy, instead of corrupt officials. From the New York Times: Chad is as geographically isolated as places come in Africa. It is also among the continent’s poorest and least […]
Read MoreFrom FT: Beijing on Sunday sought to repair fallout from reports it could use its $1,330bn foreign exchange holdings to put pressure on Washington and the dollar with a statement affirming the importance of the US dollar as a global reserve currency. The official Xinhua news service quoted an anonymous official at the People’s Bank […]
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