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Chinese Mecca-bound pilgrims get swine flu shots

BEIJING - China will give swine flu vaccinations to thousands of Muslims about to make the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, state media said, as authorities reported the mainland's third death from the illness. ...

From GILLIAN WONG, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Xinhua

China makes efforts to rescue hijacked cargo ship

BEIJING - China is making an "all-out" effort to rescue a cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates, a government spokesman said Tuesday. ...

From GILLIAN WONG, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  20 Oct 2009

Regional summit in China will discuss Afghanistan

China, Russia and a group of Central Asian nations will discuss international efforts to stabilize Afghanistan at a regional summit in Beijing next week, a senior diplomat said Friday. Ahead of the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ...

From GILLIAN WONG, Taiwan News,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wang Guangya,  NATO,  Vladimir Putin,  Wen Jiabao,  Hu Jintao

China urges calm over Iran nuclear talks

China said Tuesday the latest uproar over Iran's nuclear program had to be settled through negotiations, but refused to tip its hand on its stance ahead of talks in Geneva later this week. Diplomats from the five permanent members of the U.N. ...

From GILLIAN WONG, eTaiwan News,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Jiang Yu,  U N Security Council,  Barack Obama

Beijing students protest teacher's detention

Nearly a hundred university students gathered outside a Beijing district police bureau Sunday to demand the release of a lecturer _ a former leader of 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy demonstrations _ who they believe is being held unfairly by ...

From GILLIAN WONG, Taiwan News,  21 Sep 2009

China opposes US officials meeting Dalai Lama

China criticized a meeting between aides of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying Tuesday it opposed any such engagements with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but stopping short of threatening a response. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman ...

From GILLIAN WONG, eTaiwan News,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Dalai Lama,  Barack Obama,  Jiang Yu,  Valerie Jarrett,  George W. Bush

China-U.S. trade tensions mount

C hina is launching antidumping investigations into imported U.S. auto and chicken products, the government said Sunday, adding to a string of trade disputes with Washington including a recent decision to raise tariffs on Chinese-made tires. The ...

From GILLIAN WONG, Globe and Mail,  13 Sep 2009

Related Topics: World Trade Organization,  Barack Obama

China to start swine flu vaccination in weeks

China will start vaccinating citizens against swine flu in coming weeks to fight a surge in cases that is expected to gain speed, the county's top health official said Tuesday. Health Minister Chen Zhu said that performers in the Oct. 1 National ...

From GILLIAN WONG, Taiwan News,  8 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Chen Zhu,  World Health Organization

Tanks out in Beijing in 60th anniversary rehearsal

Tanks, armored personnel carriers and rocket launchers rolled along a major Beijing boulevard Sunday in practice for a parade next month to mark China's 60th anniversary. The main east-west artery of Beijing was closed for a rehearsal of the ...

From GILLIAN WONG, eTaiwan News,  6 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Hu Jintao

China's 1-shot vaccine holds hope for world's H1N1 battle

THE answer may be at hand to a crucial question about vaccination for the advancing swine flu - one shot or two? Chinese officials approved a vaccine yesterday that they say prevents the new flu in a single dose. If they're right, it would be good ...

From GILLIAN WONG, Shanghai Daily,  3 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Novartis,  World Health Organization,  National Institutes of Health,  Food and Drug Administration

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