Parents file lawsuit in China against dairy firm
BEIJING - The parents of a 1-year-old boy who developed kidney stones after drinking infant formula tainted with an industrial chemical are suing the dairy at the heart of the scandal, state media reported, as tests implicated 15 more companies Wednesday.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Milk Powder Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-10-01
China: local leaders must manage complaints better
BEIJING - China has told local government leaders to be more responsive to people's complaints after several rural protests threatened to disturb the calm run-up to next month's Olympic Games, a government notice said Wednesday.
Nations:China Source:(AP)
2008-07-16
China: Floods kill 63 this month
GUANGZHOU, China - Soldiers scrambled to shore up soggy levies with sandbags Tuesday in southern China as forecasters warned that more heavy rain in the central region could trigger flooding on the country's second-longest river.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Southern China Flood Source:(AP)
2008-06-17
Thousands evacuated as rains lash China quake region
BEIJING (AFP) - Tens of thousands of victims of China's earthquake were evacuated Monday as torrential rain lashed the region, triggering flood warnings on major rivers including the Yangtze and the Pearl.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Southern China Flood 2008 China Earthquake Source:(AFP)
2008-06-16
China leaders grapple with political aftershocks
Chinese leaders moved to contain the political aftershocks of last week's deadly earthquake, promising a big rebuilding fund, reining in the recently aggressive media and trying to keep despair from turning to anger in the disaster zone.
People:Hu Jintao Wen Jiabao Deng Yaping Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-21
China orders budgets cut to feed $10B relief fund
A woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after an earthquake struck central China -- the only person found alive Wednesday -- while the government ordered budgets slashed to free money for relief efforts.
Nations:China People:Deng Yaping Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-21
Boy dies in China as govt tries curb diseases
The death of a child in south China has raised fears that a virus that has already killed 22 is spreading, as authorities called Saturday for better controls of infectious diseases.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China EV-71 Outbreak
2008-05-03
Chaotic rush to board trains in China
Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Snow Storm
2008-02-01
Heavy snow blamed for 10 deaths in China
Unusually heavy snowfall in central China has been blamed for at least 10 deaths and has stranded hundreds of thousands of people ahead of the peak Lunar New Year travel season, state media said Monday.
Nations:China
2008-01-21
China unveils likely successors to top posts
China's ruling Communist Party unveiled on Monday a new leadership line-up, including two men likely to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
Nations:China People:Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Wen Jiabao Activities:2007 CCP 17th Congress China Hu Jintao Admin.
2007-10-22
China kung fu monks seek apology for ninja affront
China's Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, is demanding an apology from an Internet user who said its monks had once been beaten in unarmed combat by a Japanese ninja, Chinese media reported on Friday.
Nations:Japan China
2007-08-31
Rain floods southern China
Downpours brought by a fading tropical storm caused widespread flooding in south China, toppling more than 3,600 houses, while in the northeast hundreds were evacuated to avoid landslides, state media said on Monday.
Nations:China Hong Kong Taiwan Activities:2007 Typhoon Pabuk 2007 China Flood
2007-08-13
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