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China appoints new Party chiefs for 5 provinces
THE Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced yesterday the latest reshuffle of provincial leaders. Former Party chief of Fujian Province Lu Zhangong was appointed secretary of the Henan...
China lifts bans on pork imports from US, Canada, Mexico
CHINA had lifted import bans on pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, the country's top quarantine authorities said today. The bans were lifted on the basis of risk assessment, the General Administration...
Shandong to build 10b yuan offshore island
SHANDONG Province on East China's coast plans to invest 10 billion yuan (US$1.46 billion) to level a barren hill and make it into an island off Longkou City to create more land for economic development. The...
Parents sue hospital over daughter's flu death
PARENTS of a 14-year-old girl who died of swine flu in south China's Guangdong Province say they will seek 1 million yuan (US$146,488) in compensation and sue their daughter's hospital for negligence. Chen Hongdi's...
Next Stop Copenhagen
PREMIER Wen Jiabao said yesterday that the upcoming Copenhagen conference represented another important moment in international action on climate change. "The willingness and commitments to be expressed by countries...