China appeals for sense over banana virus rumor
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China dismissed a rumor on Thursday that bananas grown on a southern island might contain viruses similar to SARS, the latest and most improbable in a series of food-safety scares to hit the country.
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Last August, the Chinese government unleashed its most extensive campaign since the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS, the mysterious killer disease. The goal: to shore up China's battered reputation as a manufacturer of quality goods.
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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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Concerns about national security and technology transfer are being raised by rumors of Chinese interest in acquiring an American disk drive maker.
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China's capital, Beijing, has imposed  an early-warning system for infectious diseases, anticipating a  possible return of the deadly SARS virus as winter sets in, the  Beijing Morning Post said on Friday.
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The company reports disease problems on banana plantations.
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The State Department is seeking clarification from China about the status of Zhao Yan, a New York Times researcher who reportedly was arrested in Shanghai on charges of passing state secrets to foreigners.
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BEIJING : UN health and agricultural officials urged China to provide more details after a top bird flu scientist revealed the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus had been found in the country&#39;s pigs.
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Nearly 100 people, many of them children, have been sent to hospital after an outbreak of encephalitis B in southwest China, state media said Sunday.
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China promised to cooperate in tackling its food safety problems but urged a quick resolution.
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There are no pigs in the Chinese mainland infected with the H5N1 virus, or avian flu virus, and relevant research has reached no clear conclusion on H5N1 infecting pigs, announced
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Chinese PM Wen Jiabao urges his country to "have faith" recent bad weather can be overcome, media reports.
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The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases in China has grown by nearly 30 per cent this year, state media said on Wednesday, warning the virus seemed to be spreading from high-risk groups to the general public.
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BEIJING : China has stepped up surveillance of HIV carriers and is also investing heavily to raise public awareness about AIDS. The country has an estimated
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China has suffered a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry, a news report said Saturday, as experts tried to determine whether a Chinese man died of the disease in 2003, two years before the country reported any human cases.
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A viral disease that has broken out in eastern China's Shandong province has killed a third child, Xinhua said on Thursday, raising doubts over earlier claims that the epidemic may have been contained.
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Foreign media have fuelled unfounded fears about Chinese products, the nation's top quality official has said, as China blocked a U.S. protein powder shipment while the two countries sparred over safety worries.