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Massive oil spill threatens China's supplies

Dan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:12:09 +0000

A massive oil spill into the Yellow River in central China is threatening the drinking water of towns and cities. Last Wednesday 150,000 litres of diesel oil spilled out of a ruptured pipeline and into two tributaries of the Yellow...

Beijing hit by record snowfall

Dan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:44:43 +0000

Schools have been closed in the Chinese capital Beijing, and flights cancelled out of Beijing and South Korea’s capital Seoul, due to heavy snow.

China Trains Afghans and Iraqis in Mine Clearing

Dan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:31:16 +0000

The Chinese military said Tuesday that it had begun training 40 officers from Iraq and Afghanistan to clear and defuse land mines.

China has trained 300 mine specialists from 15 countries over the past decade, its Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Most recently, in June, 20 Sudanese soldiers completed a six-week de-mining course in Nanjing.

The training of foreign mine-clearing specialists appears to serve the dual purpose of assisting in China’s steadily expanding search abroad for oil and gas, including projects in Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Angola and Ethiopia, and of burnishing China’s image in the world.

Chinas Hu praises 30 years of ties with U.S.

Dan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:41:18 +0000

Chinese President Hu Jintao called for strengthened cooperation with the United States as the two countries marked the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties on New Year’s Day.Thousands of peace doves were released in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square at dawn on Thursday, as the Chinese flag was raised for the first morning of 2009. The United states switched diplomatic recognition from Kuomintang-controlled Taiwan to Communist China on Jan 1, 1979.

EV71 Virus Outbreak Kills 19 Children in China

Dan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:59:38 +0000

A virus outbreak in an eastern Chinese city has killed 19 children and left hundreds ill, state media reported on Sunday nearly two months after the outbreak started.

The intestinal virus called “enterovirus 71″ or EV71, one trigger of what is sometimes called “hand-foot-mouth disease”, began spreading in Fuyang in Anhui province from early March, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the city health office.