From Reuters: China has killed more than 5,000 ducks which farmers fed with a dye to make their eggs look redder and fresher, state media said on Friday as the country tackles the latest in a series of food safety scares. China’s food safety watchdog confirmed this week that samples of red-yolked duck eggs sold […]
Read MoreFrom AsiaNews.it: China’s government has admitted that an illegal traffic in human organs for transplant actually exists, but blamed it on the work of rogue surgeons. For this reason, it has called on the members of the profession to adhere to a “code of conduct”. Addressing a conference of surgeons in Guangzhou yesterday, Deputy Health […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Hundreds of police have moved into Dongzhou (‰∏úÊ¥≤) village near the southern Chinese port of Shanwei (ʱïÂ∞æ) after a six-day standoff in which villagers detained eight officials to demand the release of a local activist, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. On Nov. 9, Dongzhou police detained villager Chen Qian, described by […]
Read MoreThe Economist writes about the discrimination faced by the one out of ten Chinese citizens who suffer from Hepatitis B: IN CHINA, as elsewhere, people with HIV/AIDS often suffer discrimination. But a far bigger group of virus carriers in China encounters similar bigotry. For 130m Chinese carrying the hepatitis B virus, which can cause fatal […]
Read MoreFrom Reuter: Chinese President Hu Jintao is poised to unveil an ambitious expansion of nuclear power cooperation with Pakistan when he visits next week, testing China’s balance between Pakistan and its wary neighbor, India. On the first trip to Pakistan by a Chinese president in a decade, Hu is likely to announce that China will […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: White mice are to take part in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing – their task to protect international athletes from food poisoning. The mice will be fed milk, alcohol, salad, rice, oil and seasonings, the city’s health inspectors said. Mice show adverse reactions within 17 hours, while laboratory tests take much […]
Read MoreFrom CRIOnline: In Xinye County of Henan Province, people almost can not survive by farming because of the sandy soil, so many of them keep monkeys to make a living, with monkey performances. They travel out of the province to perform, even as far as to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Burma. Some of them never […]
Read MoreFrom The Economist: Grassroots democracy in China, which began to show faint signs of life three years ago, is struggling. On November 8th millions of voters in Beijing took part in largely stage-managed local elections. The authorities seem to have had second thoughts about encouraging more combative contests. In 2003 elections to district people’s congresses, […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: A Citigroup-led consortium was on Thursday confirmed as the preferred bidder for Guangdong Development Bank, a struggling lender in southern China which has been subject to a prolonged bidding war. Citigroup and its partners will pay Rmb24.2bn ($3.1bn) for an 85.6 per cent stake in GDB, which operates 500 branches across China. […]
Read MoreFrom Globe and Mail: Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a coming economic summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam, an official said Thursday. In a move deemed by many to be a diplomatic snub earlier this week, China abruptly called off a private meeting between the two leaders” apparently because […]
Read MoreLi Yuanyuan (李媛媛) is a young investigative reporter with Beijing Television, and she does some freelancing on the side. Since last week, a mentor and editor of hers reports, Li has been running scared. On the streets of...
Read MoreFrom China Daily (first food, now also watch out for clothes): Investigators are looking into how clothing containing cancer-causing agents found its way onto shelves at Wal-Mart, Carrefour and several local leading chain stores, according to a report posted yesterday on the website of the Beijing Administration For Industry and Commerce (BAIC Âåó‰∫¨Â∏ÇÂ∑•ÂïÜË°åÊîøÁÆ°ÁêܱÄ). The BAIC […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (photo from Guangzhou Daily, Ms. Chen comforting mother of a dying migrant worker while convincing a donation of corneas): A visit from Chen Shuying may be not good news for the loved ones of seriously ill patient. Twenty-eight-year-old Chen’s job is to persuade the relatives of dying patients to donate their loved […]
Read MoreFrom allAfrica.com: DR HARRY BROADMAN has authored a book discussing the expanding trade between Africa and the Asian giants China and India. He was in Nairobi last week to launch Africa’s Silk Road: China and India’s New Economic Frontier. FRANCIS AYIEKO spoke to him Why do you think China and India are showing increased interest […]
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