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Melamine death toll rises| China has increased to 6 the estimated number of children who died from drinking dairy products contaminated with melamine | |
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| Dec.2 |
China |
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11 pupils killed by carbon monoxide  Map of Shaanxi China 11 schoolgirls in northwest province died from carbon monoxide poisoning after they used a school-provided charcoal heater to warm the dorm room
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| Dec.9 |
 Hong Kong |
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 80,000 birds to die in flu scare Authorities ordered about 80,000 chickens killed after discovering dozens of birds had died of bird flu at a farm in the territory
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| Dec.10 |
China |
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Slowdown prompts unrest fears China's sharp economic slowdown is set to cause more labor unrest amid factory closures and mass layoffs triggered by the global crisis
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| Dec.17 |
Beijing |
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China sending ships to fight pirates China plans to send a fleet of ships to help patrol the waters off the Horn of Africa. Beijing has not sent military ships far from its shores
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| Dec.20 |
Beijing |
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 China to deploy ships off Somalia China will send two navy destroyers and a supply vessel to the Gulf of Aden to protect merchant ships from attacks by pirates
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| Dec.21 |
Beijing |
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China to provide $19B to Taiwan firms| China will provide 130 billion yuan in financing over the next 2 to 3 years to Taiwan-based companies doing business in the mainland | |
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| Dec.25 |
China |
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Scandal-tainted Sanlu files for bankruptcy Map of Shijiazhuang China Sanlu Group, the company at the center of China's tainted infant formula scandal, has filed for bankruptcy
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| Dec.27 |
Beijing |
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China dairies to compensate victims| Victims of tainted baby formula are expected to be compensated by 22 Chinese dairy producers that made the milk | |
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| Dec.31 |
China |
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Milk scandal executives on trial Map of Shijiazhuang China| 4 Sanlu Group executives have gone on trial over a contamination scandal that left at least six children dead and hundreds of thousands ill | |
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Record stock market falls in 2008| Global markets saw record falls as the financial turmoil and slowdown ended the stock market boom. Shanghai is ending the year 65% lower | |
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