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China: Fourth baby dies from tainted milk

CNN.com - Health  Thu, 09/18/2008 - 10:04am

Chinese officials in Xinjiang Province reported the death of a fourth baby Thursday in the country's expanding contaminated infant formula case.

The tainted milk powder has already sickened more than 6,200 babies.



 

China investigates baby formula

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 09/11/2008 - 2:28am

Chinese officials are investigating a brand of baby formula after more than a dozen babies who drank it developed kidney stones.



 

Calif. Strawberries Bound For China's Top Athletes

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 08/07/2008 - 10:36am

Some California farmers are getting an unexpected boost from China's Olympic athletes, who told Chinese officials that the fruit they most desire as they strive for gold is strawberries.

Strawberry season in China has ended, so officials turned to California, where strawberry growers have been trying to break into China's market for years.



 

New home planned for quake pandas

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Tue, 07/08/2008 - 10:42am

Chinese officials draw up plans to rebuild a major panda reserve badly damaged in the Sichuan province quake in May.



 

China's yuan rises as talks begin

BBC Finance  Tue, 06/17/2008 - 2:49am

China's yuan is at its strongest level since July 2005 as US and Chinese officials begin a two-day meeting.



 

Did Chinese officials copy U.S. government laptop data and use i...

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 05/29/2008 - 8:02pm

The U.S. government is looking into allegations that Chinese officials snagged a laptop left unattended by a top U.S. official there, copied the data and then used it to try to hack into U.S. government computers, according to a report by The Associated Press.

The incident is ...



 

China Amends Child Policy for Some Quake Victims

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 05/29/2008 - 7:49am

Many parents in China who lost a child in the earthquake lost their only child. Chinese officials this week said families are allowed to have another child if their child was killed, injured or disabled in the quake.

Tyrene White, author of a book about China's birth planning, talks about the policy.

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