China’s Ministry of Health announced that it suspects a recent rash of kidney stone cases afflicting dozens of infants across the country is due to ingesting milk powder containing melamine, the Wall Street Journal reported. After an initial investigation, the ministry said it suspected that the tainted formula was produced by Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group in […]
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China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) bought US$150 million worth of Costa Rican government bonds, a move seen as evidence that the country is using its US$1.8 trillion foreign-exchange reserves as a tool to advance foreign policy objectives such as the diplomatic isolation of Taiwan, the Financial Times reported. According to documents obtained by […]
Taiwan’s top negotiator with Beijing expects a new round of talks between the two sides within the next two months aimed at introducing daily cross-Strait flights, the Wall Street Journal reported. Chiang Pin-Kung, chairman of Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation, said he thought the establishment of direct ocean-shipping links between China and the mainland and the […]
The death toll from a collapsed mine waste reservoir in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province rose to 128 on Wednesday as angry residents suggested that it was a man-made rather than a natural disaster, Reuters reported. Rescuers continued their search for the dozens of victims still missing after a deluge of sludge from the waste reservoir […]
Fifty-six people were killed and hundreds are missing after torrential rains caused a reservoir of mining waste to collapse in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province, Reuters reported. Reuters cited a state media report that the reservoir at the Tashan ore mine may have been filled beyond capacity. Although 1,100 police, firefighters and villages are engaged in […]