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From Asia Times: China’s President Hu Jintao is on his way to North Korea, where his task will be to wrest a clear commitment for nuclear disarmament from Kim Jong-il. This commitment should be brought to Beijing on November 8, when the next round of six-party talks is scheduled to start. If the talks make […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via Stuff.co.nz: Baiyangdian, a maze of reed-lined waterways two hours’ drive south of Beijing, is just the crossroads of water, birds and farmers that many experts believe could sow more and deadlier outbreaks of bird flu. The villagers here live among the marshes – boats are the only transport in and out – […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The Chinese government said Friday that very few samples of bird flu virus collected here over the past two years showed resistance to a key influenza drug, contradicting complaints by international...
Read MoreFrom Scidev.net: Chinese and US researchers have said illegal blood donation is to blame for high levels of hepatitis C infection in rural China. Although illegal blood donation practices were stopped by the Chinese government in the late 1990s, methods of collecting and storing blood need to be urgently improved to stop the virus spreading […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: The Chinese leadership has developed an “irrational fear” of so-called colour revolutions, leading to a tightening of controls over political freedom, human rights activist John Kamm said yesterday. Mr. Kamm made the remark at a wide-ranging talk organised by the Asia Society in Hong Kong, during […]
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