Killer banana rumour grips China
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A rumour spread by text message tells Chinese consumers that bananas can spread a deadly virus.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday was bringing his eight-nation African tour to Zambia, a copper-rich country where China's growing clout has prompted charges of exploitation and emerged as a volatile political issue.
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The company reports disease problems on banana plantations.
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BEIJING -- Heightened anger and fear over the safety of food ingredients, medicine, and other consumer products was vividly on display here Tuesday following the execution of the former head of China's food and drug safety agency.
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China is accused of pressuring the World Bank into not publishing research about fatal Chinese pollution.
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Fresh highs for China's darling may mean stale returns.
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PARIS  - The murderous advance of AIDS was commemorated around the world in pledges, appeals, processions and concerts, but the day was stamped by China&#39;s warnings about its exposure to the epidemic.
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Crisis has been in the air in China the past week &#151; over pork.
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Japanese officials will travel to China later on Monday to try to find out how dumplings made at a factory there were contaminated with pesticide, sickening 10 Japanese and sparking a nationwide food scare.
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There was a time the words âMade in Chinaâ immediately evoked âshoddy.â Lately, many Americans are thinking âdanger.â
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China, reeling from a series of health scandals, has ordered video surveillance at blood collection centers across the country in a bid to stamp out a persistent black market trade, state media reported on Wednesday.
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At the apex of the rampant Chinese interest in the NBA are stars Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, whose teams face off on Saturday. That's why a televised game between the Bucks and Rockets is expected to be seen by more fans in China than Sunday's Super Bowl.
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China risks damaging its credibility if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official newspaper said on Monday amid a series of health scares over toxic drugs, foods, toys and other products.
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China on Tuesday sought to reassure consumers already spooked by a slew of food scandals that poultry was safe to eat after officials confirmed the first H5N1 bird flu outbreak since May.
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HANGZHOU, China -- In spring 2006, an essay appeared on the Internet detailing collusion between the Chinese government's food and drug watchdog agency and a pharmaceutical venture. It accused the country's highest-ranking regulator of accepting a lakeside house and hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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China is to punish 97 government officials over the sale of fake milk powder that killed at least 13 babies.
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In the face of new competition, primarily from China, produce farmers have joined forces for the first time.