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February 2008
- China Exports Inflation to US
  
  New York Times | Feb 1, 08 1:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After years of pumping out cheap consumer goods, China is driving up American price tags, the New York Times reports. As costs rise domestically, prices down the supply chain rise at the same time that recession threatens in the US. “China has been the world’s factory,” said one economist. “But its heyday is over. We’re going to see higher prices.” More »
- China Storms Strand Millions
  
  Associated Press | Feb 1, 08 9:14 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Close to six million people are trapped in train stations throughout China today, as freak snow storms continue to buffet the country. So far, the storms have killed at least 60, and caused $53.8 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) in damages, the Civil Affairs Ministry announced today. That damage doesn’t count stock losses, which have been rampant, the AP reports. More »
January 2008
- Prez Finds It's Not Easy Being Green
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Jan 31, 08 1:57 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - President Bush's $2 billion proposal to help finance cleaner technologies for developing countries may be too little, too late, the Christian Science Monitor reports. While some laud Monday's State of the Union plan as "a major landmark in addressing global warming," critics argue expecting voluntary contributions from other industrial nations "adds up to lots of rhetoric and little actual change." More »
- Vienna's Baby Panda Says Hello
  
  Associated Press | Jan 31, 08 9:03 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Vienna's newest celebrity made his debut yesterday as the 5-month-old panda Fu Long met the public for the first time. The Austrian capital's Schönbrunn Zoo had to issue a statement to anxious panda fans that the cloistered cub was healthy and growing strong. Only yesterday afternoon did Fu Long emerge to an adoring crowd, although the zoo's director told the AP that the panda is more of "a night owl." More »
- China Storms Wallop Winter Crops
  
  Associated Press | Jan 31, 08 6:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Winter storms battering China have hit crops hard, the AP reports. "The impact on fresh vegetables and on fruit in some places has been catastrophic," said a Communist Party official, who added that emergency plans were in place to ensure a food supply to people and protect what crops remain. China's worst winter storms in 50 years have already triggered steep hikes in food and fuel prices, and future shortages are likely to drive inflation up further. More »
- Abortion Pill Maker in Tainted Drug Scandal
  
  New York Times | Jan 31, 08 5:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Chinese pharmaceutical giant which exports the abortion pill RU-486 to the US is accused of producing tainted cancer medication and of attempting a cover-up. Shanghai Hualian's tainted drugs left 200 Chinese leukemia patients hospitalized, some paralyzed, reports the New York Times . There's no indication US shipments of RU-486 are also tainted. The company is the sole supplier of RU-486 to the US. More »
- China Economy Adrift as Snow Keeps Falling
  
  Associated Press | Jan 30, 08 4:18 PM CST

Stories

China Exports Inflation to US

China Storms Strand Millions

Prez Finds It's Not Easy Being Green

Vienna's Baby Panda Says Hello

China Storms Wallop Winter Crops

Abortion Pill Maker in Tainted Drug Scandal

China Economy Adrift as Snow Keeps Falling