News Topic - China
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Mourning colors In Turkey, the color of mourning is violet. In most Muslim countries as well as China, it is white. Source: Global Traditions
PostBulletin.com – Oct 10, 2008 12:05 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Mourning colors In Turkey, the color of mourning is violet. In most Muslim countries as well as China, it is white. Source: Global Traditions
PostBulletin.com – Oct 10, 2008 12:05 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Visit China's Forbidden City -- as a virtual eunuch
Reuters - Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.
Yahoo! – Oct 10, 2008 11:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Reuters - Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.
Yahoo! – Oct 10, 2008 11:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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China dissident Zeng says she wants to speak out despite fearAFP - Chinese dissident Zeng Jinyan said on Friday that she wanted to keep speaking out on human rights but was afraid due to intimidation of her and her jailed husband, who had been tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Yahoo! – Oct 10, 2008 11:09 AM [GMT] – comment?
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California Department Of Public Health Warns Consumers Not To Eat Hawthorn Candy
Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), has warned consumers not to eat Hawthorn Candy, which is imported from China, after tests by CDPH found elevated levels of lead. Consumers in possession of Hawthorn Candy should discard it immediately. (See photo of cand ... more »
Medical News Today – Oct 10, 2008 11:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Health: Fitness and Nutrition
Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), has warned consumers not to eat Hawthorn Candy, which is imported from China, after tests by CDPH found elevated levels of lead. Consumers in possession of Hawthorn Candy should discard it immediately. (See photo of cand ... more »
Medical News Today – Oct 10, 2008 11:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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China: 2nd Lawsuit Filed in Bad Milk Scandal
Migrant worker files 2nd lawsuit against dairy company in tainted milk scandal.
ABC News – Oct 10, 2008 09:22 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Migrant worker files 2nd lawsuit against dairy company in tainted milk scandal.
ABC News – Oct 10, 2008 09:22 AM [GMT] – comment?
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U.S.-Taiwan arms deal upsets China U.S. arms sale to Taiwan China
China has cut some military exchanges following Washington's approval of a multibillion-dollar arms package for Taiwan, the commander of the U.S. forces in the Pacific said yesterday.
The Honolulu Advertiser – Oct 10, 2008 09:12 AM [GMT] – comment?
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China has cut some military exchanges following Washington's approval of a multibillion-dollar arms package for Taiwan, the commander of the U.S. forces in the Pacific said yesterday.
The Honolulu Advertiser – Oct 10, 2008 09:12 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Drug-resistant HIV strains turning up in China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of China as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold in the general population, a leading Chinese AIDS researcher said.
Reuters – Oct 10, 2008 09:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of China as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold in the general population, a leading Chinese AIDS researcher said.
Reuters – Oct 10, 2008 09:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Zhang Hong: Banning the Business Post shows press freedom is an illusion in China
Zhang Hong: The China Business Post's ban shows that moves towards openness mean nothing when powerful interests are threatened
The Guardian – Oct 10, 2008 08:07 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Zhang Hong: The China Business Post's ban shows that moves towards openness mean nothing when powerful interests are threatened
The Guardian – Oct 10, 2008 08:07 AM [GMT] – comment?
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When nations kill their own
The Christian Science Monitor - At the height of the bloody suppression by the Burma (Myanmar) regime of protesting monks last year, the heated question was whether the international community should intervene. In response, a well-known Chinese professor told an American newspaper "China has us ... more »
Yahoo! – Oct 10, 2008 08:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The Christian Science Monitor - At the height of the bloody suppression by the Burma (Myanmar) regime of protesting monks last year, the heated question was whether the international community should intervene. In response, a well-known Chinese professor told an American newspaper "China has us ... more »
Yahoo! – Oct 10, 2008 08:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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MarketWatch First Take: Money markets in China and Japan could provide hope to Asia
There appeared to be little discrimination in Friday's selloff in Asia in a region-wide panic that produced some of the biggest losses in history, Craig Stephen writes.
MarketWatch.com – Oct 10, 2008 06:56 AM [GMT] – comment?
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There appeared to be little discrimination in Friday's selloff in Asia in a region-wide panic that produced some of the biggest losses in history, Craig Stephen writes.
MarketWatch.com – Oct 10, 2008 06:56 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business