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Staff Reporter | Apr 10, 2013 01:11 PM EDT
The Chinese mainland is seriously concerned about a new fishery agreement that Japan and Taiwan are close to signing, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 09, 2013 06:12 PM EDT
Chinese authorities reported four new H7N9 avian influenza infections in east China on Tuesday, bringing the total to 28 cases nationwide. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 09, 2013 01:40 PM EDT
Prime Minister of Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir and her wife will travel to China on an official visit April 15-18 to meet with her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang and President of China Xi Jinping. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 08, 2013 04:11 PM EDT
President Xi Jinping pledged Monday to keep China's door open to the outside world and to pursue development that benefits the whole world. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 08, 2013 02:44 PM EDT
China will grow relatively quickly for a long time, and its market will be open and fair, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, soothing fears over the Chinese economy. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 06, 2013 03:47 PM EDT
Two more people have contracted bird flu in Shanghai, China's health ministry said on Saturday, as authorities closed live poultry markets and culled birds to combat a new virus strain that has killed six people. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 06, 2013 03:39 PM EDT
On the morning of Feb. 13, Drupchen Tsering, a Buddhist monk from Tibet, walked out of a restaurant here in Nepal's capital, dripping with gasoline. In front of the Bouddhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist shrines in the world, he lit himself on fire. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 05, 2013 07:17 PM EDT
CDC officials say they "have the public's back" on this and are already working on a possible vaccine for China's new bird flu variant, though so far only people exposed to live poultry in China have gotten it. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 05, 2013 06:05 PM EDT
Federal health officials are already working on seed strains of China's new bird flu so they can make vaccines quickly should they be necessary. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 05, 2013 01:10 PM EDT
Chinese authorities have killed more than 20,000 birds from a live-poultry trading zone in Shanghai after an unusual strain of bird flu that has so far killed six people in the country was found in pigeons on sale in the city, state-run media outlet Xinhua reported Friday. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 04, 2013 07:06 PM EDT
China said it was mobilizing resources nationwide to combat a new strain of deadly bird flu that has killed five people, as Japan and Hong Kong stepped up vigilance against the virus and Vietnam banned imports of Chinese poultry. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 04, 2013 06:43 PM EDT
A new strain of bird flu has claimed two more lives in China's business capital of Shanghai, taking the total number of human deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to five, state media said Thursday. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 03, 2013 02:10 PM EDT
China has intervened in the deepening Korea crisis by summoning the ambassadors of North and South Korea, as well as the United States, to warn tensions must be defused on the Korean peninsula. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
