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Items by By KEITH BRADSHER
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Additives Draft Law Reviewed
Posted: October 24th, 2008, 1:47am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
China’s legislature began reviewing a draft law that would strictly limit food additives, after more than 50,000 infants were sickened by tainted milk formula.
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China, an Engine of Growth, Faces a Global Slump
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 11:51pm EDT by By JIM YARDLEY and KEITH BRADSHER
China hopes to prevent the possible global recession and financial crisis from derailing its economic miracle.
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World Briefing | Asia: Taiwan: Chinese Official Jostled
Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 2:19am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Zhang Mingqing, a senior Beijing official, was knocked to the ground but not seriously injured by pro-independence demonstrators in Taiwan.
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Populists Gain Seats in Election in Hong Kong
Posted: September 7th, 2008, 9:29pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Chinese national pride after the Olympics and growing distress over inflation combined to produce a leftward shift in Hong Kong legislative elections on Sunday.
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World Briefing | Asia: Taiwan: Former President Quits Party
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:33am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Former President Chen Shui-bian resigned Friday from the Democratic Progressive Party, the party he has long dominated.
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Tropical Storm Forces Closures in Hong Kong
Posted: August 7th, 2008, 3:15am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Businesses, government offices, financial markets and schools were closed Wednesday in Hong Kong and Macau with the approach of a severe tropical storm.
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Tropical Storm Forces Closures in Hong Kong
Posted: August 7th, 2008, 3:10am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The approach of severe tropical storm Kammuri affected businesses, government offices, financial markets and schools.
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Hong Kong Warns of Strong Storm Ahead of Games
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 1:53am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Hong Kong’s meteorological agency issued an early warning of a strong storm arriving in the days before the Olympic equestrian events start.
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Booming China Suddenly Worries That a Slowdown Is Taking Hold
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 12:58am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Growth in China is expected to slip a couple of percentage points below the double digit threshold over the coming year, relieving inflationary pressure but undermining global growth.
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China Orders Highest Alert for Olympics
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 2:23pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG and KEITH BRADSHER
Chinese officials have thrown an almost smothering blanket of security across Beijing in preparation for the start of the Olympic Games on Friday.
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China Sharply Raises Energy Prices
Posted: June 20th, 2008, 1:19am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
China is faced with increasingly severe fuel shortages for truckers and farmers and the prospect of blackouts during the summer air-conditioning season.
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Taiwan’s Leader Outlines His Policy Toward China
Posted: June 19th, 2008, 3:17pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER and EDWARD WONG
President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan called on Wednesday for a rapid expansion of economic relations between Taiwan and mainland China over the next year or two.
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Investors Seek Asian Options to Costly China
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 1:13pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
A number of multinationals are creating or expanding other Asian bases, particularly in Vietnam.
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World Briefing | Asia: Taiwan: More Talks With Beijing
Posted: May 26th, 2008, 11:48pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The chairman of Taiwan’s Nationalist Party began a six-day visit to the Chinese mainland intended to lay the groundwork for detailed talks on more chartered flights.
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Taiwanese Party Leader Visits Mainland China
Posted: May 26th, 2008, 11:38pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The chairman of Taiwan’s Nationalist Party began a six-day trip to mainland China, the latest in a series of moves by officials on both sides of the Taiwan Straits to forge closer relations.
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The Food Chain: World’s Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 2:58pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN
Agricultural research is reduced even as the growth of the global food supply slows and the population increases.
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The Food Chain: Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 2:11pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN
Shrinking grain stocks and an increasing appetite for meat have collided with a shortage of fertilizer. -
After Troubled Tour, Torch Arrives in China
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 9:16pm EDT by By GRAHAM BOWLEY and KEITH BRADSHER
The Olympic torch returned to China in preparation for its first relay on Chinese soil after a stormy global tour. -
Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 10:50pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN
Population growth, shrinking world grain stocks and a growing appetite for meat, particularly in the developing world, has collided with a shortage of fertilizer. -
Torch Nears, Posing Test of Autonomy in Hong Kong
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 1:26am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong on Friday, the first on Chinese soil, is turning into a broader struggle over Hong Kong’s evolving role as an autonomous territory of China. -
At Trade Show, China’s Police Shop for the West’s Latest
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:08pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
In China, the world’s fastest-growing market for security and crime-control equipment, it is business as usual between Western multinationals and Chinese police agencies. -
At Trade Show, China’s Police Shop for the West’s Latest
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 3:26am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
In China, the world’s fastest-growing market for security and crime-control equipment, it is business as usual between Western multinationals and Chinese police agencies. -
Beijing Pressures Automakers to Improve Efficiency
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 5:22am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The shift of the Chinese market toward larger vehicles will probably push up the country’s already voracious demand for oil and make it an even bigger emitter of global warming gases. -
The Food Chain: A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice
Posted: April 17th, 2008, 5:05pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The collapse of Australia’s rice production may foretell some of the effects of global warming on agriculture. -
The Food Chain: A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice
Posted: April 17th, 2008, 5:05pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The collapse of Australia’s rice production may foretell some of the effects of global warming on agriculture. -
China and Taiwan Report Small Steps in Easing Tensions
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 12:46am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Weedkend meetings between top Chinese and Taiwanese officials produced progress on improving economic relations and reducing tensions across the Taiwan Strait. -
China and Taiwan Report Small Steps in Easing Tensions
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 12:46am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Weedkend meetings between top Chinese and Taiwanese officials produced progress on improving economic relations and reducing tensions across the Taiwan Strait. -
China and Taiwan Report Small Steps in Easing Tensions
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 12:46am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Weedkend meetings between top Chinese and Taiwanese officials produced progress on improving economic relations and reducing tensions across the Taiwan Strait. -
High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 1:42am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The price of rice, a staple in the diets of nearly half the world’s population, has almost doubled on international markets in the last three months. -
Election Outcome in Taiwan Buoys Stock Market
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 1:29am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Stock prices soared in Taiwan as investors welcomed the presidential election victory of Ma Ying-jeou, a Nationalist who has called for closer relations with mainland China. -
Flu Outbreak Closes Hong Kong Schools
Posted: March 14th, 2008, 4:14am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
The Hong Kong government closed all elementary schools and preschools a week early for Easter holidays after three children died amid an influenza outbreak. -
China’s Rate of Inflation Is Highest in 11 Years
Posted: March 11th, 2008, 1:29am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Food prices were the biggest contributor, up 23.3 percent from February of last year.