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INTERNET / MEDIA:
"How Good Are the Censors in China?" News.com, 5/30/2007.
In China, search results will vary, depending on where you sit.To test censorship in China, I did a search for "Tiananmen" in English in my hotel room; in English on a computer in an Internet cafe; and on Google's Chinese site, as well as Chinese search portal Baidu, using Chinese characters.
http://news.com.com/How+good+are+the+censors+in+China/2100-1025_3-6187221.html
CLIMATE CHANGE:
"China Shrugs Off Calls for Climate Change Action," Reuters, 5/29/2007.
China shrugged off on Tuesday calls from the European Union to take more action on climate change, saying it was still a developing country and it was up to industrialized nations to shoulder more responsibility.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070529.wchinaclimate0529/BNStory/International/home
“Green Group Warns China of Glacier Retreat Threat,” Reuters, 5/30/2007.
Accelerated glacier melting in the mountains of Tibet could choke off water sources vital for large parts of China, an environmental group said on Wednesday, warning of a chain-reaction of damage from global warming.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK76118.htm
"China's Climate Change Plan Due Ahead of G8 Summit," Reuters, 5/31/2007.
China will release its first national plan to tackle climate change next week, seeking to rebut international criticism that it is not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials said on Thursday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK102384.htm
"China to Announce Strategy for Combating Climate Change," Agence France-Presse, 5/31/2007.
China will next week release its long-awaited national strategy for addressing climate change but there are no plans for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, officials said on Thursday.
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070531063235.0zy9dwzb&cat=science
COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT:
"China Sentences Former Food and Drugs Chief to Death," London Guardian (UK), 5/29/2007.
The disgraced head of China's food and drug agency was sentenced to death today amid a wave of consumer safety scandals that have rippled across the world.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2090404,00.html
"China Sentences Drug Regulator to Death," Associated Press, 5/29/2007.
The unusually harsh sentence for the former director comes at a time of heightened concerns about the quality and safety of China’s food and drug system
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/world/asia/29cnd-drug.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
"China Punishes 20 Officials in Lead Poisoning," Reuters, 5/29/2007.
China has punished 20 officials in the northwestern province of Gansu after more than 2,000 people, including some 300 children, suffered lead poisoning from waste discharged by a smelter, state media reported on Tuesday.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/29/content_882841.htm
"China Punishes Officials Linked to Lead Poisoning," Wall Street Journal, 5/29/2007.
Nineteen officials linked to one of China's worst cases of lead poisoning have been punished and the chairman of a lead smelter that flouted safety regulations will face criminal charges.
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"Eight China Ministries to Check Polluting Sectors," Reuters, 5/29/2007.
China will dispatch inspection teams next month to probe whether local authorities are implementing state policies restricting investment in polluting industries, the top economic planning body said on Monday.
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/42211/story.htm
“20 Officials Punished in Lead Contamination Scandal,” Xinhua News Agency, 5/31/2007.
Twenty officials in northwest China's Gansu Province have received various punishments for their role in a lead contamination scandal affecting 368 people, a provincial government spokesman said.?From March to August last year, residents from Xinsi, Muba and Liugou villages in Huixian County of Longnan City -- including dozens of children -- were hospitalized with excessive levels of lead in their blood.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/government/212476.htm
CONSUMER PROTECTION:
"Over 20% of Chinese Toys Substandard," China Daily, 5/28/2007.
More than 20 percent of Chinese toys and baby clothes are substandard, according to the country's consumer safety watchdog.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/28/content_881805.htm
"Chinese Warning over Toy Safety," BBC, 5/28/2007.
An investigation by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine found some were even dangerous, Beijing News said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6697591.stm
"China Tightens Quality Control on Toys," Xinhua News Agency, 5/25/2007.
China will ban the sale of toys that fail to pass a national compulsory safety certification beginning from June 1.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/25/content_6152708.htm
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:
"Chinese Textiles Industry Gets New CSR Focus," China CSR, 5/29/2007.
The opening ceremony for the Joint Project on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Chinese Textile Industry has been held in Beijing, with representatives attending from the China National Textile and Apparel Council, International Labor Organization, and United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
http://www.chinacsr.com/2007/05/29/1367-chinese-textile-industry-gets-new-csr-focus/#more-1367
DAFUR:
"Europe Seeks to Pressure China," Pretoria News, South Africa, 5/28/2007.
European foreign ministers are expected to confront China over the Darfur conflict at a meeting of 46 EU and Asian nations that starts on Monday.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=nw20070528120120678C274782
DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA:
"Wal-Mart Ordered to Compensate Consumer for False goods Packaging," China CSR, 5/29/2007.
Shanghai Pudong New District Court has sentenced a Wal-Mart Supercenter in the area to pay compensation to a customer surnamed Lu who had mistakenly eaten three boxes of out-of-date cookies sold by Wal-Mart.
http://www.chinacsr.com/2007/05/29/1364-wal-mart-ordered-to-compensate-consumer-for-false-goods-packaging/#more-1364
"Electronics Sector Continues to Expand," Xinhua News Agency, 5/29/2007.
China's electronics sector recorded 17 percent year-on-year revenue growth in its core manufacturing business in the first four months of the year, sources with the Ministry of Information Industry said on Tuesday.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/BAT/212258.htm
ENERGY:
"China Embraces Nuclear Future," Washington Post, 5/29/2007.
Not far from the old Silk Road, Chinese government scientists have begun boring holes deep into granite in the first steps toward building what could become the world's largest tomb for nuclear waste.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052801051.html
"Gas Reserves Discovered in SW China," Xinhua News Agency, 5/28/2007.
About 3.8 trillion cubic meters of natural gas deposits have been discovered in southwest China's Sichuan Basin, with verified exploitable reserves topping 600 billion cubic meters.
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/27/eng20070527_378330.html
"Economic Restructuring the Key to Improving Energy Conservation in China," Interfax, 5/28/2007.
China should focus on using economic restructuring measures to improve energy conservation and to meet its daunting energy consumption targets, a senior government research official said at a forum in Shanghai Friday.
http://www.interfax.cn/displayarticle.asp?aid=24348&slug=CHINA-ENERGY-CONSERVATION
"Guangdong Nuclear in Anhui Plant Deal," China Daily, 5/28/2007.
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding, the smaller of the nation's two dominant nuclear energy producers, has agreed to develop a large plant in Anhui province to meet growing demand for clean power in the local market and in Shanghai.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-05/28/content_881698.htm
"China Eyes Up to 20-Fold N-Power Boost by End of '30," Osaka Daily Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan), 5/27/2007.
The Chinese government plans to boost the country's nuclear power generation capability by the end of 2030, a Chinese official close to the plan said Saturday.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20070527TDY01005.htm
"Power Shortages Affect Guangdong's Economic Activity," Xinhua News Agency, 5/28/2007.
For the fifth summer in a row, south China's Guangdong Province is facing major electricity shortages, said an official with the provincial economic and trade commission.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/212123.htm
“China’s Suntech Releases Results,” United Press International, 5/30/2007.
Suntech's sales continue to outpace market growth. In particular, sales volumes have grown measurably in Spain, where the company shipped 27 megawatts in the first quarter of 2007, similar to shipment volumes in Germany.
http://www.upi.com/Energy/Briefing/2007/05/29/chinas_suntech_releases_results/6450/
“Double Glazing Hailed as Window of Energy Opportunity,” Hong Kong Standard, 5/30/2007.
A top European Commission official has called on Hong Kong to install double-glazed windows in all buildings to save energy. Thomas Roe made the call Tuesday at the International Conference on Climate Change in the city.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=45581&sid=13829474&con_type=1
“China Embraces Nuclear Future,” Washington Post, 5/29/2007.
As governments worldwide look at nuclear power as a possible answer to global warming, China has embarked on a nuclear-plant construction binge that eventually could exceed the one the United States undertook during the technology's heyday in the 1960s.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/05/28/AR2007052801051.html
"As Pork Prices Soar, Chinese Put Brakes on Corn for Ethanol," Christian Science Monitor, 5/31/2007.
Ethanol production has put the Chinese government in an unpleasant bind, as fears rise that the environmentally friendly gasoline additive is also fueling politically dangerous increases in the price of food.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0531/p01s04-wosc.html
"Mitsubishi Enters China's Wind Industry," United Press International, 5/31/2007.
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries agreed to license its 1 megawatt wind turbine production technology to Wuzhong Instruments.
http://www.upi.com/Energy/Briefing/2007/05/30/mitsubishi_enters_chinas_wind_industry/5177/
"China Opens Nuclear Power Industry to Private, Foreign Investors," Xinhua News Agency, 5/31/2007.
Domestic and foreign companies will be allowed to invest in China's nuclear power generating projects but cannot hold a controlling stake, a senior official with the State Commission of Science and Technology for National Defense Industry said on Wednesday.?China is keen to boost development of the nuclear power industry.
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2007/05/31/176@233414.htm
ENVIRONMENT & ECONOMY:
"Law on Circular Economy to Come Out Next Year," China Daily, 5/29/2007.
China's first law on circular economy, which aims at protecting the environment in economically feasible ways, is expected to be launched in January 2008.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-05/29/content_882740.htm
"Can Shanghai Turn Green and Grow?," BBC (UK), 5/28/2007.
Shanghai has been transformed into a global city - but its rapid growth has produced pollution, traffic jams and overcrowding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6683103.stm
"Global Balancing Act 'Challenge for China,'" Shanghai Daily, 5/26/2007.
Maintaining high economic growth should be a key goal for China, but it is more important for the country to balance its role in the era of increasing globalization.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200705/20070526/article_317336.htm
"Cheap Chinese Goods Could Cost Us Our Health," (opinion), Edmonton Journal (Canada), 5/26/2007.
In our passion for inexpensive goods, we have thrown caution to the wind when it comes to dealing with the Chinese. The latest scare involving contaminated toothpaste from China shows we're at risk even in our bathrooms.
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=ac032587-678e-41a5-979f-fcb33f125ec4
“Chinese Journalist Urges Developing Mind-Set for Living Green,” The Oregonian, 5/30/2007.
The fledgling environmental movement in China is growing, but a leading activist and journalist there says personal practices for "living green" often are overshadowed by development methods that are harming the Earth.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/05/chinese_journalist_urges_devel.html
“Grading List for China’s Cities Unveiled,” China Daily, 5/31/2007.
China should include the "livable" factor in the performance of local city officials, said a leading urban planning expert said yesterday.? The standards are a comprehensive evaluation of the daily life of urban residents.It incorporates six components, social civilization, economic affluence, environment condition, resource capacity, living convenience and public sense of safety. The maximum score is 100 points.?? Public opinion on housing, traffic and social welfare, accounts for almost one-third of the score, said Luo Yameng, a drafter of the standards.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/212482.htm
"Banking on Green Gesture?" BBC (UK), 5/31/2007.
Does generosity toward environmental causes allow a bank - or any other institution - to then continue carrying on with business as usual?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6705051.stm
ENVIRONMENT, GENERAL:
"Media, NGOs Help China Become Environmentally Aware, Japan Times, 5/28/2007.
The media and nongovernmental organizations are beginning to play a role in shaping China's environment protection policies as awareness of the costs of its rapid growth spreads among policymakers and the public.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070528a5.html
"China to Give NGOs a Break," Sydney Australian, 5/28/2007.
Concern over China's growing environmental problems could lead to greater freedoms for the 354,000 non-government organizations operating in the country, as the Government reviews the rules under which they operate.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21803200-30417,00.html
"NGOs Have More Room to Develop," China Daily, 5/25/2007.
China will revise laws and policies to encourage the development of foreign and domestic non-governmental organizations (NGOs), a senior official has been quoted as saying,
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-05/25/content_879965.htm
"China Vows to Shoulder Obligations in Global Environmental Protection," Xinhua News Agency, 5/26/2007.
China will take its responsibilities seriously and contribute to the global cause of environmental protection, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday.
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/26/eng20070526_378129.html
"Great Role for NGOs," (editorial), China Daily, 5/26/2007.
The United Nations Development Program and the European Union's joint decision to help China improve its legal and operational frameworks for non-governmental organizations is a move with far-reaching impact.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2007-05/25/content_880217.htm
"More than US $3B to be Invested in Pollution Control," Xinhua News Agency, 5/31/2007.
Beijing will continue huge investment in pollution control one year before the Olympic Games opens in the Chinese capital, a government official said here on Thursday.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-05/31/content_884679.htm
"Beijing Grumbles About Noise Pollution, Xinhua News Agency, 5/31/2007.
Noise pollution in the Chinese capital is the number one gripe of Beijing residents with traffic pulsating along the city arteries day and night and construction projects mushrooming, a recent survey said.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/212496.htm
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTESTS:
“China City Suspends Chemical Plant After Uproar,” Reuters, 5/30/2007.
Chinese citizens alarmed about pollution won a rare victory on Wednesday when a city froze a chemical project after angry residents joined in opposition through a flood of mobile phone text messages.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK79478.htm
“Xiamen Suspends Controversial Chemical Project,” Xinhua News Agency, 5/30/2007.
Xiamen, a port city in east China's Fujian province, has decided to put a highly polluting chemical project on hold amid fears of pollution, the city government said on Wednesday.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-05/30/content_883440.htm
“Pollution Protestors Hold Up Chemical Plant:? Report,” Agence France-Presse, 5/30/2007.
Work on a billion-dollar petrochemical plant in a major Chinese port has been put on hold following a text message campaign by protesters angry about industrial pollution, state media said Wednesday.
http://www.terradaily.com/2007/070530065110.v1gehhyw.html
"'Text Protest' Blocks China Plant," BBC (UK), 5/31/2007.
Residents of the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen have blocked construction of a chemical plant with a text message campaign, media reports say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6704359.stm
"'Green' Protests Derail Chinese Chemical Plant," Wall Street Journal, 5/31/2007.
A Chinese city has suspended plans to build a chemical plant after a wave of cellphone text and online messages generated strong opposition to the project.
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"Chinese Protest Threat Delays Plant," Financial Times, 5/30/2007.
A grassroots revolt against the construction of a chemical plant, culminating in a flood of text messages calling for street protests, has prompted a Chinese city to delay a project it promoted as essential to the local economy.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/601630e6-0ec7-11dc-b444-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e
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E-WASTE:
“E-Waste Dismantling Factory Plant in Bejing,” China CSR, 5/31/2007.
Beijing will open the first electronics waste dismantling factory this year to dispose of the increasing e-waste of the city.? In answering citizen's question on solid waste and pollution, a representative from Beijing Municipal Environment Protection Administration said that the city would set up the e-waste dismantling factory at Majuqiao in Tongzhou District this year to dissolve waste and discarded electrical appliances. The factory will have an annual processing capacity of one million sets of home appliances.
http://www.chinacsr.com/2007/05/31/1374-e-waste-dismantling-factory-planned-in-beijing/#more-1374
FOOD SAFETY:
"From a Chinese Oil Refinery to Your Twinkle," (opinion), Los Angeles Times, 5/29/2007.
Eight of the ingredients in Twinkies come from domestic corn and three from soybeans. Others come from petroleum. Chinese petroleum. Chinese refineries and Chinese factories.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-0e-ettlinger29may29,1,4306189.story
"Toxic Pet Food Dogs US-China Relations," Financial Times (UK), 5/28/2007.
Food safety has long been an issue of consumer concern in China’s richer cities, but few expected the death of a reported 16 US pets to escalate into the newest source of friction in ever-prickly Sino-US ties.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bb1664a0-0c71-11dc-a4dc-000b5df10621.html
"Eating Dangerously," (editorial), Milwaukee Journal, 5/28/2007.
With tainted food from China flooding into the United States, the Feds must take steps to protect a vulnerable public.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=610781
"Costa Rica Seizes Contaminated Toothpaste Imported from China," Reuters, 5/26/2007.
The Costa Rican authorities seized 300 boxes of a Chinese toothpaste tainted with a toxic chemical on Friday, after raids on distributors in other countries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/world/americas/26toothpaste.html
"Mislabeled Fish from China May be Deadly," Edmonton Journal (Canada), 5/26/2007.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is trying to trace two shipments of frozen monkfish from China that may contain a potentially deadly toxin.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=95e9ddf3-26f8-4d73-9324-ceb75704d7db
"Chinese Say U.S. Shares Blame in Food Scandal," USA Today, 5/25/2007.
Fed up with weeks of Americans bashing their food safety standards, Chinese government and industry officials say that bargain-hunting U.S. food companies share blame if contaminated Chinese ingredients wind up in food.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-05-25-china-food-scandal_N.htm
"Fish from China Recalled," Associated Press, 5/25/2007.
A frozen product labeled monkfish distributed in three states is being recalled after two Chicago area people became ill after eating it, the importer announced Thursday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-afishrecall25may25,0,6259686.story?track=rss
"Firm Recalls Frozen Fish From China; Toxin is Found in Tests," Los Angeles Times, 5/25/2007.
Hong Chang Corp. of Santa Fe Springs said Thursday that it was recalling frozen fish from China that might have been mislabeled and could contain puffer fish, which carries a potentially deadly toxin.
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-badfish25may25,1,2038805.story
"As Imports Increase, a Tense Dependence on China," National Public Radio, 5/25/2007.
This week, the Food and Drug Administration began testing toothpaste at U.S. ports of entry after contaminated Chinese toothpaste began showing up in other countries.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10410111
"Chinese Toothpaste Cause of Scare," CanWest News (Canada), 5/25/2007.
Health Canada scrambled Thursday to determine what toothpaste brands China exports to Canada after U.S. health authorities began testing for toxins in U.S.-bound Chinese toothpaste shipments.
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=3f37fd12-88db-40dd-859d-8dfe6010b068
"FDA Halts Imports of Chinese Toothpaste," Washington Times, 5/25/2007.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced that it is stopping all imports of toothpaste from China to test it for a deadly chemical found in Chinese toothpaste sold in other countries.
http://washingtontimes.com/business/20070524-100149-3393r.htm
"China to Establish Food Recall System," China Daily, 5/29/2007.
China will release the country's first regulation on food recall by the end of this year as part of its efforts to improve food safety, a senior official has said.? The move by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) comes in response to a recent spate of food safety scandals.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/government/212231.htm
"Foreign Businesses Warned of Illegal Food Imports," China Daily, 5/29/2007.
A senior official for food-export supervision has warned foreign businesses not to import illegally-exported products from China.? The warning follows recent reports of some poor-quality Chinese products entering foreign markets
http://www.china.org.cn/english/BAT/212179.htm
“China’s Food and Drug Crackdown,” Los Angeles Times, 5/30/2007.???
The death sentence given in the bribery case of the former head of the State FDA in China reflects the growing pressure under which Beijing finds itself in the wake of scandals that have rattled the nation and spread anxiety abroad.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-corrupt30may30,1,7489847.story
“Wary of Food Safety, China Consumers Shop with Care,” Reuters, 5/30/2007.
First bird flu made eating poultry worrisome. Next it was tainted pork. Pesticides in vegetables. Toxic additives in processed foods. Chinese consumers could be forgiven for not knowing what to eat any more.
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=wary-of-food-safety-china&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters
“China Confronts Crisis Over Food Safety,” Wall Street Journal, 5/30/2007.
A death sentence and the formation of a national food-recall system suggest Beijing intends to send a stern message amid a series of contaminations.
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“China Blocks Imports of Tainted Seafood – Report,” Reuters, 5/30/2007.
China turned away 30 tonnes of frozen seafood from Australia that was tainted with heavy metals, state TV reported on Wednesday, as the quality and safety of China's own products have come under scrutiny around the world.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK89791.htm
“Ex-Head of China FDA Sentenced to Death,” Washington Post, 5/30/2007.
The disgraced head of China's drug administration was sentenced to death Tuesday for accepting what a court described as "huge bribes" to approve faulty medicines, including a batch of antibiotics that killed six patients and sickened 80.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/29/AR2007052902063.html
“Excessive Bacteria Found in Imported Evian Water,” Shanghai Daily, 5/30/2007.
More than 118 tons of imported Evian-branded mineral water failed to meet China's food safety standards, according to national quality supervisors.? Evian bottled water imported on February 18 contained 100 times more bacteria than China allows, according to the Website of the National Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine yesterday.? It's the largest amount of imported high-end mineral water to fall foul of Chinese safety laws.? All the bottles were destroyed or returned to Europe before being sold in Shanghai.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/government/212386.htm
"Melamine from U.S. Put in Feed," New York Times, 5/31/2007.
Ever since pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical was traced to shipments from China, American officials have been cracking down on imports. It turns out the problem was closer to home, too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/business/31food.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"U.S. Firms' Use of Chemical Could Change China Debate," Wall Street Journal, 5/31/2007.
The use of a chemical as an animal feed additive by a pair of U.S. companies could shift the terms of a debate now playing out over China's regulation of its food production and exports.
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"2 U.S. Firms Recall Feed Ingredients," USA Today, 5/31/2007.
For the first time, the industrial chemical that contaminated pet food ingredients imported from China has been found in livestock and fish feed ingredients produced in the USA.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-05-30-food-recall_N.htm
"Melamine Contamination Expands to Livestock, Shrimp Feed," North Country Gazette, NY, 5/31/2007.
The FDA is alerting livestock and fish/shrimp feed manufacturers about a voluntary recall of products used in feed production because several have been found to contain melamine.
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/news/2007/05/30/still_more_melamine/
"Tainted Feed in Human Food Chain," Denver Post, 5/31/2007.
A Colorado company used melamine - a chemical compound recently found in pet food that killed cats and dogs - in animal feed for livestock and fish meant for human consumption, health officials said Wednesday.
http://www.denverpost.com/technology/ci_6023850
"China Turns Away Shipments of Evian, Australian Seafood," Wall Street Journal, 5/31/2007.
China refused a shipment of Evian bottled water for what it said were unsafe bacterial levels and of Australian seafood that it said was tainted with heavy metals.
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"China Blames Panamanian Merchants for Tainted Drugs," Xinhua News Agency, 5/31/2007.
China on Thursday blamed Panamanian traders for falsifying documents on a Chinese chemical product that resulted in the deaths of dozens of Panamanian people who had taken tainted medicines.
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2007/05/31/48@233611.htm
GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS:
"China Sets Ambitious Domestic Emissions Goal," National Public Radio, 5/29/2007.
In international negotiations, Beijing has resisted calls for global caps on greenhouse gas emissions. But at home it has set ambitious goals for saving energy and reducing emissions.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10498839
"Carbon-Credit Sales May Double This Year," International Herald Tribune, 5/28/2007.
Developing countries, led by China, may more than double sales of carbon credits to $12 billion this year as Japan and Europe try to meet an emissions reduction deadline by 2012.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/27/business/sxcarbon.php
"Taiwan's Government Agencies Divided on Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Taipei China Post, 5/25/2007.
Government agencies are still engaged in quarreling over how to respond to global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions as the issues are gaining increasing worldwide concern.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/110519.htm
"Shandong Will Close Some Power Plants," China CSR, 5/29/2007.
In the coming four years, Shandong Province will close coal-fired power plants totaling 4 million kilowatts, which is expected to reduce the emissions by more than 120,000 tons of sulfur dioxide.
http://www.chinacsr.com/2007/05/29/1365-shandong-will-close-some-power-plants/#more-1365
"Shandong Closes Down Coal-Fired Power Plants," Xinhua New Agency, 5/29/2007.
A small coal-fired power plant in Shandong Province of east China was demolished on Sunday as the local government began to respond to a call from the central government to save energy and cut pollution.
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2007/05/29/189@232817.htm
“China Rejects Binding Targets on Greenhouse Emissions,” Agence France-Presse, 5/30/2007.
China on Tuesday promised to "do its best" on fighting climate change but rejected calls that Asia should sign up to binding targets on cutting carbon emissions.
http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/China_Rejects_Binding_Targets_On_Greenhouse_Emissions_999.html
“China Urges Developed Nations to Play a Greater Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gases,” Xinhua News Agency, 5/30/2007.
China on Tuesday urged industrialized nations to play a greater role in dealing with climate change, saying China's per-capita greenhouse gas emissions were "less than one third of the level of developed nations".
http://english.people.com.cn/200705/29/eng20070529_379040.html
LABOR:
四川立法禁止性骚扰 讲“荤”段子就是性骚扰 (Sichuan to Outlaw Sexual Harassment), Xinhuanet, 5/29/2007.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-05/29/content_6167951.htm
烟台两千民众聚集要求对话：“阳光工程不应只照官家” (2,000 Retired Workers and Soldiers Demand Dialogue with Shandong Authorities over Retirement Benefits), Radio Asia, 5/28/2007.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/28/tuixiu/
调查显示部分国家机关存在就业歧视现象 (Survey Reveals Rampant Employment Discrimination in Government Agencies), China Youth Daily, 5/28/2007.
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-05/28/content_1774136.htm
中国工人的工资影响着全世界工人 (Wages of Chinese Workers Affect Workers Around the World), Nanfang Weekend, 5/24/2007.
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200705240824.asp
"Unions Set Up for Guangdong's Fast Food Workers," China Daily, 5/29/2007.
Chen Xiaoxuan, a worker at a McDonald's outlet in Guangzhou, is going through the process of becoming a member of the company's newly established trade union.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/BAT/212180.htm
MEDICINE:
"China Scientists Shed New Light on Male Infertility," Reuters, 5/31/2007.
Scientists in Hong Kong and China have identified for the first time a protein in sperm from humans and from mice that could be responsible for many unexplained cases of male infertility.
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=china-scientists-shed-new&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters
"Now China Targets Traditional Medicine Factory," Reuters, 5/31/2007.
China has raided a filthy underground fake medicine factory, Chinese media reported, as the country faces a series of food and medicine safety scandals at home and abroad
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=now-china-targets-traditi&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters
NATURAL RESOURCES:
"Heilongjiang Province Begins Fishing Ban," China CSR, 5/29/2007.
Heilongjiang Province in northeast China has enacted a fishing ban period to protect and recover the Province's natural fishing resources.
http://www.chinacsr.com/2007/05/29/1366-heilongjiang-province-begins-fishing-ban/#more-1366
OLYMPICS:
"Beijing to Ban Vehicle Use During Olympic Games," Shanghai Daily, 5/31/2007.
Beijing will cut the number of vehicles running on its streets during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to reduce both traffic flow and air pollution, Beijing's Vice Mayor Ji Lin said today.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200705/20070531/article_317937.htm
"Beijing to Cut Emissions for Games," China Daily, 5/31/2007.
Although there are three million registered vehicles on the road, Beijing is still confident in having blue skies for the Olympic Games next year.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/2007-05/31/content_884673.htm
PUBLIC HEALTH:
"Chinese Blame Pollutants for Rise in Killer Cancers," Johannesburg Mail & Guardian, 5/28/2007.
Foul air, filthy water and contaminated soil have led to a surge of tumors in China, where cancer is the main cause of death, the state media reported this week.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=309626&area=/insight/insight__international/
"Bad Pollution Report Spurs China into Action," Xinhua News Agency, 5/28/2007.
Bad air, polluted rivers and contaminated water supplies mean China must ban projects that damage the environment, officials said on May 22.
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/node20872/userobject1ai2866018.html
"Cancer at the Heart of China's Industry Boom," Melbourne Age (Australia), 5/26/2007.
The clusters of cancer in villages across China have attracted widespread media coverage, swaying the Chinese leadership to begin the long, expensive and difficult process of trying to balance economic growth with rehabilitation of the environment.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/cancer-at-the-heart-of-chinas-industry-boom/2007/05/25/1179601669834.html
"Do Bananas Spread SARS?? China Gripped by Health Scare," London Independent (UK), 5/25/2007.
China is in the grip of a food safety scare, and although it has generated a number of bizarre rumors circulating in frantic text messages, the issue poses a serious potential threat to international trade.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2581237.ece
"Kids Major Victims of Yunnan Encephalitis B Outbreak," Xinhua News Agency, 5/29/2007.
Most of the people hospitalized following an outbreak of encephalitis B in southwest China's Yunnan Province are children, the local health authority has confirmed.? The authority has sent an expert panel consisting of top pediatricians to Jiufang Township, 44 km from Shidian County, to investigate the outbreak.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/government/212190.htm
"Cancer Expected to Skyrocket in Asia," Associated Press, 5/31/2007.
Asia is bracing for a dramatic surge in cancer rates over the next decade as people in the developing world live longer and adopt bad Western habits that greatly increase the risk of the disease.
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ats-ap_health11may30,0,3040038.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines
SOLID WASTE:
"Legislator Hits Out at 'Punitive' Plastic Bag Tax," Hong Kong Standard, 5/28/2007.
Lawmaker Vincent Fang Gang, representing the wholesale and retail sector, said the industry fully supports the proposed tax to protect the environment, but criticized it is as a "short- sighted" approach.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=45411&sid=13806165&con_type=1
TOBACCO:
"China's Battle Against Smoking," (opinion), Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/27/2007.
The government is going in the right direction. But economic and cultural forces stand in the way.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070527_Chinas_battle_against_smoking.html
"Passive Smoking Kills 100,000 Chinese Annually," Xinhua News Agency, 5/29/2007.
About 540 million Chinese are suffering the effects of passive smoking and more than 100,000 of them die annually from diseases caused by passive smoking, according to the Ministry of Health.
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2007/05/29/189@232778.htm
"Guangdong to Ban Smoking in Public," CRI, 5/25/2007.
Smoking in public places has long been considered impolite. It will become illegal in south China's Guangzhou city within the year.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/211948.htm
“WHO Says China Must Take Smoking Threat Seriously,” Reuters, 5/30/2007.
China needs comprehensive laws to reduce the number of smokers or the habit could end up killing 2.2 million Chinese a year by 2020, the World Health Organization said.
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=who-says-china-must-take&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters
“China Calls for Limits on Smoking,” Wall Street Journal, 5/30/2007.
Chinese public-health authorities, encouraged by well-funded international antismoking groups, are making tentative moves aimed at curbing the country's massive cigarette habit.
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“Fight Has Already Begun for Smoke-Free Games,” The Standard, 5/30/2007.
Dozens of security guards wielding metal pipes made history this month when they spilt the first blood in the tobacco wars over the Beijing Olympic Games.? State media reported that May 1 dozens of security guards beat up workers taking a cigarette break during construction work on the National Stadium, centerpiece of next year's Olympic Games.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=45540&sid=13823186&con_type=1&d_str=2007
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"China Bans Smoking at Olympics," London Daily Telegraph (UK), 5/31/2007.
China will risk the wrath of the country's 350 million smokers today by declaring the site of the Beijing Olympics a smoke-free zone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=24VQEXEEWOKW1QFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2007/05/31/wchina31.xml
"Stubbing Out an Unhealthy Addiction," China Daily, 5/31/2007.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that China has 350 million smokers, accounting for more than a quarter of the world's 1.3 billion total.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/31/content_883859.htm
"Smoking Deaths to Double Without Action," China Daily, 5/31/2007.
Cigarette-related deaths in China will more than double by 2020 unless the government introduces comprehensive measures to curtail smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/31/content_884033.htm
"Ministry Wants New Laws to Curb Rise in Smoking," Shanghai Daily, 5/30/2007.
China's Ministry of Health today called for new regulations to control the sale of tobacco as the smoking population in China now exceeds 350 million -- the biggest in the world.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200705/20070530/article_317779.htm
TRADE:
"Bush Says Chinese 'Need' to Eat US Beef," Agence France-Presse, 5/25/2007.
President George W. Bush said Thursday the Chinese "need" to eat US beef for their health, and lamented that China refuses to allow imports because of mad-cow concerns.
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/business/20070525-Bush-China-US-beef.html
欧盟在贸易和人权问题上对华施压 (European Union Pressures China on Trade and Human Rights), BBC, 5/28/2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6690000/newsid_6699200/6699285.stm
TRANSPORTATION:
"East China Maglev Project Suspended Amid Radiation Concerns," Xinhua News Agency, 5/27/2007.
China has suspended the planned construction of a high-speed magnetic levitation train route linking the eastern cities of Shanghai and Hangzhou amid radiation concerns, officials and experts said on Saturday.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200705/26/eng20070526_378164.html
"Industry Ponders Why China Canned Maglev Project," Associated Press (via YahooNews), 5/28/2007.
Shanghai's apparent decision to shelve a planned extension of its high-tech train system left industry insiders puzzled Monday, underlining the dilemma China faces in balancing progress with public concern.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070528/ts_afp/chinagermanyrail_070528170818;_ylt=Augl44TeyyIEyREOOaYR7nFPzWQA
WATER:
"China Braces for Extreme Flooding," Melbourne Age (Australia), 5/25/2007.
Chinese authorities are preparing for potentially catastrophic floods along the Yangtze River as the country braces itself for extreme summer weather conditions attributable to climate change and environmental devastation.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/china-braces-for-extreme-flooding/2007/05/24/1179601573579.html
"China Drought Hits Water Supplies to 1.6 Million," Reuters India, 5/25/2007.
Nearly 1 million people in China's western province of Gansu are short of drinking water as the area faces its worst drought in 60 years, the official Xinhua agency reported late on Thursday.
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-05-25T100707Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-299857-1.xml&archived=False
"Chinese Flooding Leaves 21 Dead," BBC, 5/25/2007.
Heavy rains in south-western China have caused flash floods and mudslides, killing at least 21 people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6690281.stm
"Expert Warns of Dirty Dam," Shanghai Daily, 5/25/2007.
The water quality in China's Three Gorges reservoir on the Yangtze River is being polluted by discharge from industry and towns upstream of the giant dam, a Chinese environmental scientist said yesterday.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200705/20070525/article_317180.htm
"Drinking Water Quality Declining in China," Outlook Series, 5/23/2007.
Officials from China's top environmental watchdog have told the state news agency some of the country's most polluted rivers and lakes are not getting any cleaner.
http://china-environmental-news.blogspot.com/2007/05/drinking-water-quality-declining-in.html
"Low Water Level Threatens Shipping on Yangtze," Xinhua News Agency, 5/29/2007.
China's transport authorities have ordered the dredging of navigation channels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to ensure the safety of shipping as the water level falls to the lowest point in two decades.
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2007/05/29/189@232784.htm
"China's Water Supply Could Be Cut Off as Tibet's Glaciers Melt," London Independent (UK), 5/31/2007.
The clear water of the Min river in the Jiuzhaigou National Park is a candidate for the cleanest in China. It is filtered by 108 lakes as it makes its way down from the glaciers of this vast nature reserve before feeding into the Yangtze river.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2600243.ece
"China Algae Outbreak Sparks Water Panic," Reuters, 5/31/2007.
Residents of a city in eastern China rushed to buy bottled water after tap supplies became putrid from algae blanketing a nearby lake, state media said on Thursday, and scientists said the outbreak could last for months.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK16888.htm
"Algae Outbreak Sparks Water Panic," China Daily, 5/31/2007.
Residents in eastern Chinese city of Wuxi rushed to buy bottled water after tap supplies became putrid from algae blanketing a nearby lake, and scientists said the outbreak could last for months.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/31/content_884500.htm
"Diversion of Yangtze River to Tackle Wuxi Water Crisis," Xinhua News Agency, 5/31/2007.
China has stepped up the diversion of the Yangtze River to dilute water polluted by blue-green algae in a lake that provides drinking water for millions of people in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
http://english.cri.cn/2946/2007/05/31/272@233553.htm
WORKPLACE SAFETY:
"Chemical Plants Urged to Watch Out Accidents," Xinhua News Agency, 5/29/2007.
China's work safety watchdog Monday issued a circular, requiring chemical sectors nationwide to take strict precautions against serious accidents.? The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) made a public notice of a recent blast in north China, saying the direct cause was due to improper operation that generated high temperature and TNT, which is highly explosive.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/government/212222.htm
"Illegal Storage, Production of Explosives Kill 16 in May," Xinhua News Agency, 5/29/2007.
Illegal storage and production of explosives have led to four blasts in May, killing 16 people and leaving 18 others injured, China's Ministry of Public Security announced on Monday.?? All the accidents happened in rural areas, the ministry said, adding that two of them, which killed nine people in Hunan and Hebei provinces were caused by the self-ignition of the explosives illegally kept by coal mine owners and villagers.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/212207.htm
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