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  • February 2008

    • Possible Heparin Deaths Increase; Recall Expands

      New York Times  |  Feb 29, 08 8:07 AM CST

      Possible Heparin Deaths Increase; Recall Expands

      (Newser) - Baxter International has expanded its recall of heparin products as the FDA said the number of deaths possibly linked to the blood thinner rose from 4 to 21, the New York Times reports. The agency said it found "deficiencies" at a Chinese plant that supplied the active ingredient. Baxter, which produces about half of the nation's supply, has now recalled virtually all of its heparin products. More »

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      China  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • blood thinner  • pigs

    • China May Drop 1-Baby Law

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 29, 08 7:32 AM CST

      China May Drop 1-Baby Law

      (Newser) - China, faced with an aging population and too few women, may end its controversial one- child-per-family policy. The law that allowed urban couples only one child and rural families two is credited with preventing 400 million births over three decades. But cultural preferences for males has also created a troubling gender imbalance as millions of female fetuses have been aborted, reports the Guardian. More »

    • EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      Ars Technica  |  Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST

      EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      (Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European Parliament 571-38, and now awaits European Council confirmation. More »

    • Heparin Supply Chain Shaky in China

      New York Times  |  Feb 28, 08 2:07 PM CST

      Heparin Supply Chain Shaky in China

      (Newser) - With at least four US patients dead and hundreds suffering complications from the blood-thinning drug heparin, the New York Times follows the supply chain back to Chinese slaughterhouses that deal with the pig intestines that provide raw material for the drug. Though companies say the chain is secure, the Times finds it vulnerable to contamination and lack of oversight. More »

    • China ATM Glitch Nets Man Life

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 28, 08 11:56 AM CST

      China ATM Glitch Nets Man Life

      (Newser) - It seemed like a miracle to Xu Ting of Guangzhou: a misplaced decimal point somewhere in the bowels of an ATM meant that his $140 withdrawal debited his account only 14 cents. Over several hours he made another 170 transactions, pocketing more than $24,000. But after getting robbed and buying lottery tickets, he ended up in court—where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for bank robbery, writes the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      China  • troop withdrawal  • bank  • bankruptcy  • ATM  • Chinese judiciary  • Chinese banks

    • Star's Naked Photos Drive Hong Kong Wild

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 27, 08 1:07 PM CST

      Star's Naked Photos Drive Hong Kong Wild

      (Newser) - It all started when Edison Chen, a Hong Kong actor and hip-hop artist, took his laptop in for repairs. Turned out Chen had on his hard drive more than a thousand photos of himself, naked, with more than a dozen of the island's leading actresses and singers. Someone at the shop helped himself to the pictures, and the result was biggest sex scandal the puritanical city has ever seen, the LA Times reports. More »

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      China  • sex scandal  • pornography  • Hong Kong  • nude photo

    • Beijing Opens Giant Air Terminal

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 27, 08 11:25 AM CST

      Beijing Opens Giant Air Terminal

      (Newser) - Ahead of this August's Olympics, Beijing is set to open a new airport terminal that has been billed as the world's largest building. Designed by Norman Foster, who also designed Hong Kong's airport, the new Terminal 3 was built in only 4 years and, unlike many buildings in China, incorporates environmental control systems to minimize energy consumption, writes the Independent . More »

    • China Will Resume Talks on Human Rights With US

      Washington Post  |  Feb 26, 08 6:07 PM CST

      China Will Resume Talks on Human Rights With US

      (Newser) - China said today it is ready to restart a discussion on human rights with the US that has been suspended since 2004, the Washington Post reports. The move, announced by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi after a meeting with Condoleezza Rice, comes as China looks to improve its image before the summer Olympics. A growing number of Western rights groups have criticized Beijing's record in recent weeks. More »

    • Siemens to Slash 4,000 Jobs

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 25, 08 6:31 PM CST

      Siemens to Slash 4,000 Jobs

      (Newser) - Siemens is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs and moving 3,000 workers away from its troubled telecom equipment unit, sparking fears of union outcry in Germany, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once a $30 billion annual revenue giant, the business has been trailing competitors in cheap-labor countries like China and struggling with a $1.9 billion bribery scandal. More »

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      China  • Germany  • labor unions  • job  • job cuts  • Siemens

    • China: Sorry for This Fake Photo

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 22, 08 5:12 PM CST

      China: Sorry for This Fake Photo

      (Newser) - China’s state-run news service has apologized for running—and honoring—a doctored photo that aided the government’s argument about a new train line's environmental impact. The 2006 image showed antelopes frolicking under Tibetan tracks, purportedly demonstrating that the beloved beasts weren’t affected by them. It worked, until sleuths noticed the telltale signs of Photoshop, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Beijing  • hoax  • photo  • Photoshop  • Xinhua  • doctored photo