Beijing :: China
| about 9 hours ago
In a statement on its website, China's health ministry indicated the death toll may also rise from the four previously announced, saying that six deaths since September 10 may be linked to the consumption of melamine-laced milk.
Tags: tainted milk, milk, melamine, China
Tehrān :: Iran
| about 14 hours ago
Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with a Chinese government spokesman on Monday and told him economic sanctions on Iran should be increased. The two discussed a number of regional, political and security topics. "Iran's strengthening plan endangers the...
Tags: iran, economic sanctions, Sanction Iran, Defense Ehud Barak, Barak Calls, China
Beijing :: China
| about 14 hours ago
The body of 23-year-old Omri Kidron, an Israeli backpacker who went missing last June in a river in south-west China, was identified Monday, the Foreign Ministry said. Foreign Ministry spokesman for domestic media, Yossi Levy, told Ynet the ministry...
Tags: Omri Kidron, China, Israeli
Hefei :: China
| about 16 hours ago
China can expect a record-high grain output of 525 billion kg this year, sustaining a rising momentum of grain harvest for five straight years, said a top economic planner at a national work meeting on rural economy here on Monday. "The steady increase...
Tags: commission, economy, China
Beijing :: China
| about 16 hours ago
The top economic planning agency also urged price regulators at all levels to closely monitor price changes of basic food products and guard against possible abnormal price fluctuations. January 15, whereby makers and sellers of grain, cooking oil, meat...
Tags: food price, China, price control
Brussels :: Belgium
| about 17 hours ago
Chinese insurer Ping An should not count on any compensation from Belgium over its losses following the state-led carve-up of financial group Fortis, according to the Belgian government. "I understand that there is disappointment, but there are always...
Tags: government, china, Fortis, Belgium
Hong Kong :: China
| about 17 hours ago
Most Asian currencies fell Monday as weak economic data fuelled investor concern about the depth of a downturn in the region, while a slide in the Chinese yuan sparked speculation of a shift in currency policy. Among the couple of currencies that bucked...
Tags: asia, China
Shanghai :: China
| about 18 hours ago
China can weather the financial storm because the economy has no major bubbles while a year of policy adjustments have tamed the property market, a top central bank adviser said in comments published on Monday. The economic slowdown is a "benign correction",...
Tags: slowdown, economy, economic, financial, national, crisis, rates, news, China, central bank
Shanghai :: China
| about 20 hours ago
Hu delivered the speech on Saturday in a meeting with members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. Hu underlined the challenges China is facing. “In the time to come, we will be facing an increasing pressure from the...
Tags: competitiveness, environment, development, economy, warning, China
Beijing :: China
| about 20 hours ago
Dec 1 – The downturn in China’s manufacturing sector gathered pace last month as falls in new orders and production drove the official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) to a record low.
Tags: china, economy, economic crisis, China Federation of Logistics, manufacturing activity
