From Mainichi Daily News: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi dismissed as “temporary” deteriorating ties with China and South Korea as he left Sunday for an Asian summit and a maelstrom of anti-Japanese sentiment among Japan’s most important neighbors. At the meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Koizumi is also expected to finalize a free-trade pact with host […]
Read MoreFrom the Globe and Mail: Despite growing pressure for openness, Chinese officials have concealed bird-flu outbreaks in several provinces for many months this year, a leading scientific expert says. “I don’t know if they are brave enough to admit that they have the virus in every corner of the country,” said Guan Yi, a virologist […]
Read MoreFrom The Nanfang Daily, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: According to Xinanwenbao (note: a newspaper in Anhui province), Qiao Songju who reported the avian flu situation in Tiancheng (Anhui) was recently detained by the police in Gaoyou (Jiangsu) for suspected involvement in an extortion case two years ago. This piece of news was circulated widely around the […]
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times: A blast at a PetroChina plant in north-eastern Jilin province on Nov 13 spilt 100 tonnes of benzene into the Songhua River. Officials waited nine days before they cut Harbin’s water supply and claimed initially that it was for maintenance. They acknowledged the massive water pollution only later. All responsible parties […]
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Read MoreFrom SBS – The World News: China has reported two new outbreaks of bird flu, bringing the total number of confirmed outbreaks in the country to 29 this year. One outbreak occurred in the northwestern Xinjiang region and the other in central China’s Hunan province, a statement on the agriculture ministry’s website said. This topic […]
Read MoreFrom The Globe and Mail: ANALYSIS: Bureaucrats who fear losing jobs, and farmers, their livelihood, are likely to conceal or deny an outbreak, In the coastal city of Ningbo, jittery residents have been queuing up for tables at a hot-pot restaurant that promised a special dish to prevent bird flu. The restaurant’s popularity soared — […]
Read MoreFrom Press Interpreter: Headlines From the November 17, 2005, Edition of the Chinese Weekly “Southern Weekend” Bird Flu Has Infected Humans, Vietnamese Sample Inspected Á¶ΩʵÅÊÑü‰º†Êüì‰∫∫Á±ª„ÄÄË∂äÂçóʆáÊú¨Ë∞ÉÊü• Difficulties Faced by Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Corporation ÂÆùÈí¢ÊùÉËØÅÂõ∞局 Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Corporation Responds to Questions From Southern Daily ÂÆùÈí¢ËÇ°‰ªΩÁ≠îÂçóÊñπÂë®Êú´ Going From “Rule by Virtue” to “Rule […]
Read MoreWorkers disinfect a road in Heishan, in China’s northeast Liaoning province, via VOA.
Read MoreFrom Bangkok Post: China has officially confirmed its first human death from bird flu, a 24-year-old farmer from the eastern province of Anhui. The woman became sick after an outbreak of bird flu among poultry in her village in Zongyang county and died November 10, the Health Ministry said, according to a report Thursday by […]
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