China PM Wen Jiabao makes new flood warning BBC News South and central China, reeling from the worst floods in 12 years, could face even more severe deluges, Premier Wen Jiabao has warned. | Mr Wen, pictured in state media wading through knee-high water in Wuhan, said the situation was at a "crucial stage". | Floods have forced many thousands of peopl...
China to stop restaurant reuse of cooking oil The Himalayan | BEIJING: Chinese call it "gutter oil" - a foul slop fished up from sewage drains or collected at restaurant back doors - and it's being used widely in the country's eateries. | Recycled food oil is China's latest food-safety scandal that has worried consumers and brought fresh promises of governme...
China city halts water supply as chemicals swept into river (1st Lead) m&c | Beijing - Officials in north-eastern China cut the public water supply to 4.3 million residents of Jilin city after a flood washed thousands of barrels of chemicals into a major river, state media said on Thursday. | Some 3,000 plastic barrels hold...
Chinese city suspends water supply after chemicals swept into river m&c | Beijing - Officials in north-eastern China cut the public water supply to 4.3 million residents of Jilin city after a flood washed thousands of barrels of chemicals into a major river, state media said on Thursday. | Some 3,000 barrels holding a to...
China Defends High-Speed Rail Plan Wall Street Journal By SHAI OSTER | BEIJING—China's powerful Ministry of Railways dismissed foreign concerns about the transfer of technology from foreign companies participating in its enormous high-speed rail building binge, saying the country doesn't force such...
Going against the slippery slope of a pyramid scheme China Daily | | Last month, a Beijing woman surnamed Liu was promised 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) within three years if she joined a scheme that involved enrolling her friends and family. | She thought it was a joke, but after traveling to Nanning, cap...
Police urged to protect offenders' privacy China Daily | BEIJING - The Ministry of Public Security has urged local police to protect the privacy of suspected offenders after two widely publicized prostitution cases this month in which alleged prostitutes were paraded in public or had their personal infor...
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China PM Wen Jiabao makes new flood warning BBC News South and central China, reeling from the worst floods in 12 years, could face even more severe deluges, Premier Wen Jiabao has warned. | Mr Wen, pictured in state media wading through knee-high water in Wuhan, said the situation was at a "crucial st...
European Markets Slip on Concerns About U.S. The New York Times | European exchanges traded in a narrow range Wednesday amid signs that the recent rally may be running out of steam because of concerns about a recovery in the United States. | Asian stocks closely sharply higher, however, on optimism over the region’s two leading economies, Japan and China. | In London, the FTSE 100 was down 20.56 points, o...
The Kids Are All Right The New York Times | While conducting my never-ending search for cheerful news, I noticed that one of New York’s senators made the Top 10 in a list of the 50 most beautiful people on Capitol Hill. Tony Cenicola/The New York Times | Gail Collins Go to Columnist Page » The Conversation | David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns.All Conversations » Rel...
