Chinese authorities have ordered the closure of a lead ingot factory in the country's southwest after 94 people, including 88 children, in nearby villages were found to have lead poisoning. Reports of lead poisoning have emerged around the country since last year, ...
<div><p>China Sunday announced the first suspected case of swine flu on the mainland -- a man in southwestern Sichuan province who had recently returned from the United States, state media reported.</p><p>The 30-year-old had just arrived in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu after ...
<div><p>China on Monday confirmed its first case of swine flu on the mainland in a Chinese man who recently travelled back from the United States, the Xinhua news agency reported.</p><p>The 30-year-old man surnamed Bao was hospitalised with a fever after arriving in ...
<div><p>A first case of swine flu was confirmed in mainland China on Monday, underlining the outbreak's global spread, as the United States soared ahead of Mexico in terms of infections.</p><p>The world toll had passed 50 at the weekend after Costa Rica reported ...
<div><p>China has isolated 349 people, including foreigners, who travelled with the mainland's first swine flu case, officials and state media said Tuesday, as it ramped up efforts to contain the virus.</p><p>State-run China Central Television said authorities had found and "isolated" 349 of ...
<div><p>Japan's Daisuke Naito survived a sixth-round knockdown to retain his World Boxing Council flyweight title by a unanimous decision over China's Xiong Zhaozhong here Tuesday.</p><p>Xiong, 26, was making the first crack at a world title by a male Chinese professional boxer. China, ...
<div id="subtitle">Bus fire in southwestern China kills 25; cause of blaze still unclear</div><div><p>At least 25 people died and dozens were hurt Friday when a packed commuter bus burst into flames and was destroyed within minutes during the morning rush hour in the ...
<div><p>At least 24 people were killed in a bus fire in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p><p>It was not immediately clear from Xinhua's report how the fire started. The report said the inferno had left an unspecified ...
<div><p>Twenty-five people were killed and 76 injured when a bus caught fire in southwestern China, state media reported.</p><p>Police said they were not sure how the fire broke out aboard the bus in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, state news agency Xinhua ...
<div><p>Twenty-five people were killed and 76 injured when a bus caught fire in southwestern China on Friday, state media reported.</p><p>Police said they were not sure how the fire broke out aboard the bus in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, state news ...
