Archive for August, 2007

China builds another gas pipeline to fuel energy-thirsty east (People’s Daily)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

China on Friday afternoon launched a gas pipeline that runs from the southwestern inland of Sichuan to coastal Shanghai, another “energy artery” to fuel the booming but energy-insufficient east following the grand West-East gas project. …

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Friday, August 31st, 2007

Eds: AMs. Moving on financial services.

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A country’s competitive edge can spread industry to industry, like a disease (Science News)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

The economies of poor and developing countries often depend almost exclusively on a single product—perhaps timber or coffee—or on a handful of products at most.

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China starts recall system for food, toys (CNN Money)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Beset by safety scandals, Beijing says it will begin requiring manufacturers to stop production and alert the public when defects are found.

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China starts recall systems for food (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

China’s first nationwide recall systems for unsafe food and toys came into effect Friday in one of the strongest steps taken by Beijing to clean up the country’s scandal-hit manufacturing industry. China, a major global supplier, has been facing growing international pressure to improve the quality of its exports after dangerous toxins - from lead to an antifreeze ingredient - were found in goods …

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China starts recall systems for food (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

China’s first nationwide recall systems for unsafe food and toys came into effect Friday in one of the strongest steps taken by Beijing to clean up the country′s scandal-hit manufacturing industry.

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EU Presses China for Safe Food (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

The European Union’s food safety chief will meet with Chinese officials next month to talk about ways to help them track down problem products following a host of recent alerts, the European Commission said Friday.

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Manufacturing.Net - August 31, 2007 (Logistics Management)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s industrial production shrank a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent in July from the previous month as a powerful earthquake which hit Niigata Prefecture dented auto production, the industry ministry said Friday.

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China replaces finance minister after reports of sex scandal (Southeast Missourian)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

BEIJING — China replaced its finance minister Thursday amid reports he was involved in a sex scandal and also named a new chief of secret police. The reshuffle appeared aimed at putting President Hu…

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Fake icewines flourish in China (Canada.com)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Amid concerns that Canada’s icewine industry is being watered down by Asian knockoffs, China’s Tonghua Grape Wine Co. has announced its purchase of a 75% stake in St. Catharines, Ont.-based Vitibev Farms Ltd.

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