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China calls for new checks amid milk scare

AFP - Wednesday, February 10

BEIJING (AFP) - - China warned Tuesday of a continued "grim" food safety outlook following the re-emergence of a tainted milk scandal and called for strengthened efforts nationwide to contain the threat. More »

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China quake activist jailed for subversion: lawyer
AFP - Wednesday, February 10
BEIJING (AFP) - - A Chinese activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in the massive 2008 Sichuan earthquake was jailed Tuesday for five years for subversion, his lawyer said.
UN envoy arrives in N.Korea
AFP - Wednesday, February 10
BEIJING (AFP) - - UN envoy Lynn Pascoe arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, China's state Xinhua news agency reported, on a mission to try to revive long-stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger
AFP - Tuesday, February 9
MUMBAI (AFP) - - As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction.
Korea should be nuclear-free, Kim tells China envoy
AFP - Tuesday, February 9
BEIJING (AFP) - - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
Palau willing to take remaining Guantanamo Uighurs
AFP - Tuesday, February 9
KOROR (AFP) - - Palau's President Johnson Toribiong said his country was willing to take the remaining five Uighurs being held at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.
N.Korea accuses S.Korea of plot amid push for nuclear talks
AFP - Tuesday, February 9
SEOUL (AFP) - - Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured, while a top Chinese official met North Korea's leader to bring the country back to nuclear disarmament talks.
At least six dead in China bus accident: report
AFP - Tuesday, February 9
BEIJING (AFP) - - At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in rugged southwestern China on Monday when a bus plunged down a 300-metre (990-foot) valley, state media reported.
'Fewer than 50 wild tigers' left in China
AFP - Tuesday, February 9
BEIJING (AFP) - - Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said Monday, voicing hope that the Year of the Tiger would not be the last for the endangered cats.
China shuts down hacker training operation
AFP - Monday, February 8
BEIJING (AFP) - - Police in central China have shut down a hacker training company that taught thousands of people how to launch cyberattacks and provided them with spy software, media reports said Monday.
China 'jails porn website operator for 13 years'
AFP - Monday, February 8
BEIJING (AFP) - - China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and fined him 100,000 yuan (15,000 dollars), state media said, amid an ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content.
Thousands of dinosaur footprints uncovered in China
AFP - Sunday, February 7
BEIJING (AFP) - - Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals.
Trial of top China official accused of mob links ends
AFP - Sunday, February 7
BEIJING (AFP) - - The trial of a former top Chinese official accused of gangster links, rape and taking bribes ended Sunday, the court said, bringing to a close the highest-profile case yet of a huge mafia crackdown.
Top Chinese official holds talks in N.Korea
AFP - Sunday, February 7
SEOUL (AFP) - - Senior Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui was in Pyongyang on Sunday, North Korean media said, as the North comes under growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
China official heads to North Korea
AFP - Sunday, February 7
BEIJING (AFP) - - A senior Chinese Communist Party official was on Saturday heading for North Korea, as the international community tries to persuade Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks, state media said.
No jail for sexy texts, China tells couples
AFP - Sunday, February 7
BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese authorities are trying to reassure amorous couples that sexy text messages will not land them in jail amid a crackdown against pornography on the Internet and mobile phones.
China says ICC move could hit Sudan peace process
AFP - Saturday, February 6
BEIJING (AFP) - - China has expressed concern over a move by a war crimes court to reconsider adding genocide charges to an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar el-Beshir, saying it could hurt the peace process.
China calls for 'mutually acceptable' solution on Iran
AFP - Saturday, February 6
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Friday he hoped a "mutually acceptable formula" could be found to solve the stand-off over Iran's nuclear programme, which has entered a "crucial stage."
US-born pandas arrive 'home' in China
AFP - Saturday, February 6
BEIJING (AFP) - - A "Panda Express" jet arrived in China on Friday carrying two furry former residents of US zoos, which experts hope will do their bit to boost dwindling numbers of the notoriously under-sexed species.
US to appeal to China on Iran sanctions: Clinton
AFP - Saturday, February 6
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday the United States will continue to reach out to China and other partners as it seeks ways to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear ambitions.