Tag: China

AP: The Olympic torch reached its final stop of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan province in China on Tuesday, marking the last leg of the relay across the earthquake ravaged zone.

A strong earthquake hit China Friday in the same area as the deadly May 12 temblor. There are no reports of casualties.

AP: Kansas Senator Sam Brownback released documents Tuesday that he says orders all hotels near Olympic venues in China to install spying software on their guests.

AP: 22 rescuers who helped victim’s of May’s devastating earthquake helped carry the Olympic torch on Friday. The torchbearers included soldiers, firefighters, and civil servants.

DailyMail: Families are gradually returning to the area after May’s devastating earthquake-In one of the world’s most populous countries, the fact there was no elbow room in the pool was not going to stop the fun.

Variety: Italian car maker Fiat has apologized to China for its latest TV ad, featuring Hollywood star and political activist Richard Gere socializing with Tibetan monks.

AP: Chinese soldiers completed work on a channel to divert water from a lake formed when landslides triggered by the earthquake blocked the Tongkou River. Water levels in the lake had been rising steadily and threatened to flood surrounding areas.

Two pandas that live at the Wolong Reserve in the area of China hardest hit by the earthquake are still missing. The quake damaged the panda enclosures at the reserve which is just 20 miles from the quake’s epicenter.

CNN: Official figures show the number dead has risen to 40,075 in the Sichuan province alone.

AP: China: Earthquake buried 32 sources of radiation

NPR reporter Melissa Block was in the process of recording an interview when Monday’s earthquake hit. She then fled the building and reported on the scene in the city’s streets.

AP: A powerful earthquake trapped nearly 900 students in central China on Monday after their school collapsed and at least 107 people were killed across several provinces.

Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting Japan, aiming to strengthen ties with the world’s No. 2 economy. The leaders of Japan and China touted progress towards settling a feud over energy rights in the East China Sea, and agreed at

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AFP: An independent report released this week by specialists artprice said China’s art market overtook France’s for the first time last year in a buoyant world market that saw revenue up more than 40 percent.

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A Defense Department analyst and a former engineer for Boeing Co. were charged Monday in separate spy cases for allegedly selling military secrets to the Chinese government, the Justice Department said.

CBS: The toxic glue covering the Aqua Dots, which are made in China, unbelievably contains a chemical that metabolizes into the date rape drug GHB when swallowed.

Heavy rain caused a river to burst its banks, flooding two separate pits, the latest accident to hit the world’s deadliest mining industry.

http://video.ap.org/v/default.aspx?p=truveo&g=8033f640-8e12-489d-9e4a-df32d00d5e28 The Pentagon scraps a plane to sell plane parts after an investigation shows buyers for China and Iran had been acquiring sensitive U.S. military gear.

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=7ce80612-9693-466d-bd8f-8de94a084f89&f=00&fg=email Police in central China have rescued 217 people, including 29 children, who had been forced to work as slaves at brick kilns. More than 35,000 officers were mobilized to raid 7,500 kilns in Henan province during a three-day campaign