| China's Li sets women's 50m backstroke world mark http://in.reuters.com/artic... China Articles Reuters India - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China's Li Yang has bettered the women's 50 metres backstroke record at the world military games which concludes in India on Saturday, the organisers said. Li clocked 28:09 seconds to win the final on Friday, going under the ... |
| More lead-tainted toys made in China removed from shelves http://www.chicagotribune.c... China Articles Chicago Tribune - BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, removed Chinese-made toy animal sets from its shelves after discovering excessive levels of lead. The results of testing by an independent lab were sent to the Consumer Product ... |
| China's Hu set to emerge stronger from Congress http://today.reuters.com/ne... China Articles Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to oust political rivals, promote allies to key posts and emerge politically stronger from a Communist Party conclave. Hu's rival-turned-ally, Vice President Zeng Qinghong, is poised to retire ... |
| China Congress votes for new elite, results secret http://in.reuters.com/artic... China Articles Reuters India - BEIJING (Reuters) - Delegates to a key five-yearly conclave of China's Communist Party eliminated 8 percent of candidates standing for the Party's 200-strong Central Committee on Saturday, a slightly higher margin than in previous years. The internal ... |
| Top TV producer shows changing face of China Party http://in.reuters.com/artic... China Articles Reuters India - BEIJING (Reuters) - A top television producer whose best-known work has been criticised for poisoning China's youth seems an unlikely choice to be a delegate to the country's Communist Party Congress. But Wang Ping, 40, is representative of a slew of ... |
| Door to secretive China Congress opens by a crack http://in.reuters.com/artic... China Articles Reuters India - BEIJING (Reuters) - In Mao Zedong's day, the world was not even aware China's ruling Communist Party was holding one of its agenda-setting congresses until the whole event was over. When the meeting packed up, firecrackers lit up the sky over Beijing ... |
| Trader Joe's just says no to China http://www.suntimes.com/lif... China Articles Chicago Sun-Times - Trader Joe's, the hip, wholesome food store with 15 locations in the Chicago area, said Friday it will phase out foods imported from China amid concerns that standards on "organic" products from the country aren't as stringent as they should be ... |
| China's first astronaut looks ahead to establishing Communist Party ... http://news.uk.msn.com/Arti... China Articles MSN UK News - China might not have a permanent presence in space yet, but the country's rocket men are already thinking about setting up a Communist Party branch in the outer reaches. Now 14-strong, the Chinese astronaut corps more than meets the party's minimum ... |
| EU says may have to change trade stance on China http://uk.reuters.com/artic... China Articles Reuters UK - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union may take a tougher stance towards China over its growing trade surplus with the bloc if Beijing continues to ignore calls to open up more to foreign exporters and investors, the EU executive said on Thursday ... |
| NDRC: China's pork price drops 11% from peak level http://news.xinhuanet.com/e... China Articles Xinhua News Agency - BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The average price of pork in Chinese shops has dropped 11 percent from its peak in August as the government invests billions of yuan to support the pig breeding industry. The retail price in 36 large and medium-siz ed ... |