Category Archives: China

AP IMPACT: Cadmium, lead found in drinking glasses

By doris | Published: November 22, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from “The Wizard of Oz” exceed federal limits for lead in children’s products by up to 1,000 times, according to laboratory testing commissioned by The Associated Press. The decorative enamel on [...]

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‘Slim’ chance of survival after China mine blast

By doris | Published: October 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com YUZHOU, China — Hopes were fading Monday for the remaining seven Chinese miners still missing after a deadly gas leak over the weekend that left 30 dead. The State Administration of Work Safety announced on its website that as of 6 a.m. local time (5 p.m. ET on Sunday), rescuers had [...]

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China coal mine explosion kills 20, traps 17

By doris | Published: October 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com BEIJING — A dawn explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed 20 and trapped 17 workers underground Saturday in the country’s central region, a national work safety official said. The blast came shortly after the world was riveted by Chile’s dramatic rescue of 33 trapped miners after they spent more than [...]

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2nd bore hole reaches 33 trapped in Chile mine

By doris | Published: August 24, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com COPIAPO, Chile – Rescuers are lowering capsules containing rehydration tablets, glucose and oxygen down a long hole to 33 miners who surprised the world by staying alive while trapped a half-mile underground for 2 1/2 weeks. Raising hopes further Monday, a second bore hole punched into the chamber where the miners [...]

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North Korea says it holds 2nd American

By doris | Published: January 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The North Korean government informed the State Department on Friday that it is holding a second American citizen who the North Koreans say entered the country from China, a State Department spokesman said. The American, who has not been identified, was detained Monday for trespassing on North Korea’s [...]

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China vows to slow carbon emissions growth

By doris | Published: November 27, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com BEIJING – China announced plans Thursday to cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output — a commitment from the world’s largest polluter that builds momentum ahead of a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month. The announcement comes a day after President [...]

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China expert warns of pandemic flu mutation

By doris | Published: November 25, 2009

Full Story atReuters.com HONG KONG (Reuters) – China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said. Zhong Nanshan, director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases in [...]

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