"SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese authorities said on Saturday that they believed 432 babies across the country had been sickened by contaminated milk powder.
The government has ordered Sanlu Group, a dairy producer partly owned by New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group, to halt production after a preliminary investigation found its products were responsible, officials said.
'This is a severe food safety accident,' Gao Qiang, a senior official at the Ministry of Health, told a news conference.
Sanlu, based in the province of Hebei, admitted this week that its baby formula had been contaminated with melamine, a toxin linked to the deaths and illness of thousands of pets in the United States last year."
Saturday, September 13, 2008
China says 432 babies ill in milk powder scare | Reuters
China says 432 babies ill in milk powder scare | Reuters:
Friday, August 1, 2008
China Visitors, Encrypt Your Data
China Visitors, Encrypt Your Data: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's blocking of Web sites has embarrassed the International Olympic Committee, but a computer security expert said on Thursday that visitors to Beijing also needed to protect their data from prying eyes.
'People who are going to China should take a clean computer, one with no data at all,' said Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive of security software firm PGP Corp.
Travelers carrying smart cell phones, blackberries or laptop computers could unwittingly be offering up sensitive personal or business information to officials who monitor state-controlled telecommunications carriers, Dunkelberger said.
He said that without data encryption, executives could have business plans or designs pilfered, while journalists' lists of contacts could be exposed, putting sources at risk."
'People who are going to China should take a clean computer, one with no data at all,' said Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive of security software firm PGP Corp.
Travelers carrying smart cell phones, blackberries or laptop computers could unwittingly be offering up sensitive personal or business information to officials who monitor state-controlled telecommunications carriers, Dunkelberger said.
He said that without data encryption, executives could have business plans or designs pilfered, while journalists' lists of contacts could be exposed, putting sources at risk."
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
U.S. tire manufacturers upset over Chinese imports -- chicagotribune.com
U.S. tire manufacturers upset over Chinese imports -- chicagotribune.com: "'I don't know how much more we can take,' Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Ill., said of Midwest communities such as Freeport, Ill., with its Titan Tire Corp. plant. 'We continue to lose one industry after another after another.'"
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
'Several' Government Computers Attacked by Chinese Hackers - washingtonpost.com
'Several' Government Computers Attacked by Chinese Hackers - washingtonpost.com:
"Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) today called for better measures to protect government computers and cellphones from cyber attacks by foreign governments, after revealing that computers in his office and those of 'several others' on Capitol Hill have been targeted by hackers in China.
Wolf, a champion for human rights in China and elsewhere, said in a news conference today that authorities investigated the attacks on four of his computers in August 2006 and traced them to a computer in China. The hackers, he said, gained access to sensitive information about the identities and locations of Chinese dissidents, among other data.
'That kind of information as well as everything else on my office computer -- e-mails, memos, correspondence, district case work -- was open to outside [eyes],' he said.
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), another vocal critic of China's human rights record who appeared with Wolf to announce the breach and some companion legislation, said he was targeted by Chinese hackers twice and that the sophistication of the attacks and the kind of information retrieved suggests that the government may have been behind them."
"Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) today called for better measures to protect government computers and cellphones from cyber attacks by foreign governments, after revealing that computers in his office and those of 'several others' on Capitol Hill have been targeted by hackers in China.
Wolf, a champion for human rights in China and elsewhere, said in a news conference today that authorities investigated the attacks on four of his computers in August 2006 and traced them to a computer in China. The hackers, he said, gained access to sensitive information about the identities and locations of Chinese dissidents, among other data.
'That kind of information as well as everything else on my office computer -- e-mails, memos, correspondence, district case work -- was open to outside [eyes],' he said.
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), another vocal critic of China's human rights record who appeared with Wolf to announce the breach and some companion legislation, said he was targeted by Chinese hackers twice and that the sophistication of the attacks and the kind of information retrieved suggests that the government may have been behind them."
Friday, April 25, 2008
CNN sued for $1.3 bil over Cafferty remarks
So now the Chinese will sue us into submission. Considering the morality of American trial lawyers, it might work.
CNN sued for $1.3 bil over Cafferty remarks:
"HONG KONG -- A Chinese primary school teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York over remarks they say insulted the Chinese people and are seeking $1.3 billion in compensation -- $1 per person in China, a Hong Kong newspaper reported.
The case against the Atlanta-based cable channel, its parent company Turner Broadcasting and Jack Cafferty, the offending commentator, comes after 14 lawyers launched a similar suit in Beijing alleging that Cafferty's remarks earlier this month violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people.
Cafferty said the United States imported Chinese-made 'junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food' and added: 'They're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years'."
CNN sued for $1.3 bil over Cafferty remarks:
"HONG KONG -- A Chinese primary school teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York over remarks they say insulted the Chinese people and are seeking $1.3 billion in compensation -- $1 per person in China, a Hong Kong newspaper reported.
The case against the Atlanta-based cable channel, its parent company Turner Broadcasting and Jack Cafferty, the offending commentator, comes after 14 lawyers launched a similar suit in Beijing alleging that Cafferty's remarks earlier this month violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people.
Cafferty said the United States imported Chinese-made 'junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food' and added: 'They're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years'."
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
New Data Link Heparin Deaths to Chinese Batches, FDA Says - washingtonpost.com
New Data Link Heparin Deaths to Chinese Batches, FDA Says - washingtonpost.com: "Food and Drug Administration officials said yesterday they have new evidence that links hundreds of serious adverse reactions and scores of deaths among patients given the blood thinner heparin to a man-made contaminant introduced during production in China.
Janet Woodcock, director of the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said that the contaminant has been traced to 12 different Chinese companies and has been found in heparin batches shipped to 11 nations, all of it from China."
Janet Woodcock, director of the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said that the contaminant has been traced to 12 different Chinese companies and has been found in heparin batches shipped to 11 nations, all of it from China."
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Taking the easy way out when it comes to China | Coop's Corner : A Blog from Charlie Cooper - CNET News.com
Taking the easy way out when it comes to China | Coop's Corner : A Blog from Charlie Cooper - CNET News.com:
"Looking more than a decade over the horizon, the Pentagon expects the Chinese to try and gain expertise which would allow them to strike foreign communications and logistics nodes, financial infrastructure and information operations in case of a conflict.
What's more, French and German government officials in the past year have accused the Chinese of sponsoring computer network intrusions. The Director-General of Britain's MI 5 also weighed in with a warning to 300 financial institutions that the PRC was targeting their computer networks."
"Looking more than a decade over the horizon, the Pentagon expects the Chinese to try and gain expertise which would allow them to strike foreign communications and logistics nodes, financial infrastructure and information operations in case of a conflict.
What's more, French and German government officials in the past year have accused the Chinese of sponsoring computer network intrusions. The Director-General of Britain's MI 5 also weighed in with a warning to 300 financial institutions that the PRC was targeting their computer networks."
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