Beijing - China suspended imports of pigs and pork products from Mexico and three US states Monday, following the death of at least 20 Mexicans from an outbreak of swine flu. The agriculture ministry and China's quality watchdog issued a joint notice suspending all imports of live pigs or products containing pork from Mexico and the US states of Texas, California and Kansas.
In another emergency notice issued Sunday, the health ministry reassured the public that there is no evidence to suggest people can contract swine flu by eating pork.
New Delhi, April 27 : A Chinese man is seeking 1 yuan in damages after accusing the Commercial Press for printing more than 20,000 mistakes in its Xinhua Dictionary.
Chen, from Beijing, alleged he could site 22,638 errors in the 10th edition of the most popular dictionary in China, which was first published in 1957.
He brought the matter to the publisher’s attention, asking them to cease publication, reports the China Daily.
Beijing - A collision between a bus and a truck Saturday morning killed 18 people and left another 22 injured in south-western China, local media reported. A passenger bus traveling in Chuxiong prefecture, Yunnan Province, veered off the road early morning after being hit from the rear by a truck, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Sixteen passengers on the bus died, along with two passengers in the truck.
The truck collided with the bus, after the bus driver slowed to avoid a swerving vehicle ahead, the report said.
Beijing - A Chinese maker of aluminium extrusion products is on track to raise some 1.6 billion dollars in this year's largest initial public offering (IPO), a news report said Friday.
The international tranche of the IPO by China Zhongwang Holdings was heavily oversubscribed, with one investor alone bidding for shares valued at 200 million dollars, the Hong Kong-based Standard newspaper said.
Beijing - China suspended imports of pigs and pork products from Mexico and three US states Monday, following the death of at least 20 Mexicans from an outbreak of swine flu. The agriculture ministry and China's quality watchdog issued a joint notice suspending all imports of live pigs or products containing pork from Mexico and the US states of Texas, California and Kansas.
New Delhi, April 27 : A Chinese man is seeking 1 yuan in damages after accusing the Commercial Press for printing more than 20,000 mistakes in its Xinhua Dictionary.
Beijing - A collision between a bus and a truck Saturday morning killed 18 people and left another 22 injured in south-western China, local media reported. A passenger bus traveling in Chuxiong prefecture, Yunnan Province, veered off the road early morning after being hit from the rear by a truck, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Beijing - A Chinese maker of aluminium extrusion products is on track to raise some 1.6 billion dollars in this year's largest initial public offering (IPO), a news report said Friday.
