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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March. One previously infected patient died in the week beginning between May 13, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement late on Monday, taking the total number of fatalities from the virus to 36. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country’s poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan (HK$500 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said according to state media Monday. The sector has been losing an average of one billion yuan a day since the end of March, the Beijing Times said, citing Li Xirong, head of the National Animal Husbandry Service. H7N9 avian influenza has infected 130 people in China, killing 35, since it was found in humans for the first time, according to latest official data. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The risk of spillover to humans was “constant or growing”, according to one of the authors of a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Miranda Green, on May 7th, 2013 The indoor, multi-level farms that are sprouting up near urban areas in the U.S. and abroad are helping to slash the distance produce travels from farm to table.
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By By ETHAN BRONNER, on May 6th, 2013 Americans, mostly black, who live near large-scale farms say they are illegally discouraged from applying for work and treated badly by employers who prefer foreigners’ malleability.
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By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> South Korea on Monday dismissed an “incomprehensible” list of North Korean demands for reviving suspended operations at a jointly-run industrial park. The Kaesong Industrial Complex, opened north of the border in 2004 as a rare symbol of co-operation, has been shut indefinitely with the withdrawal of all North and South Korean workers amid soaring military tensions. On Sunday, the North’s National Defence Commission led by leader Kim Jong-un said re-starting the complex would require the South to cease all “hostile acts and military provocations”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 29th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The inflatable sculptures dotting the waterfront of West Kowloon have inspired plenty of debate – and now a local travel agency is selling package tours to see them. Sunflower Travel is offering a one-day tour to see the sculptures, including the much talked about 16.5-metre Rubber Duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, which is due to sail into Victoria Harbour on Thursday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chris So Wai-yin knows what it is like to suffer for his sport. As a young rider, the man who will take up a position as a fully-fledged Jockey Club trainer in July, started his career two decades ago braving the freezing Canadian winter. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Overcrowding on farms around Shanghai was the underlying factor that led to 16,000 dead pigs floating down the Huangpu river into China’s affluent financial centre, according to an analysis of official documents and interviews with farmers in the region. The appearance last month of carcasses of rotting hogs in a river that supplies tap water to the eastern Chinese city was a morbid reminder of the pressures facing China’s mostly small-scale farmers as the country grapples with food safety scares, environmental pressures and, most recently, a bird flu outbreak. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The city should stop importing live poultry from the mainland to cut the risk of the deadly H7N9 bird flu entering Hong Kong, said the government’s former top vet who is a specialist in epidemics. Howard Wong Kai-hay, who was principle veterinary officer at the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department until late last year, warned the inspection process was not thorough enough and food safety was at risk. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Stop mainland China chicken imports, says expert
By , on April 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two men have been arrested in Greece after foremen for strawberry growers allegedly shot and wounded 27 migrant labourers who were demanding to be paid, police said on Thursday. The migrants, mainly from Bangladesh, were hospitalised in the western port of Patras and other areas with gunshot wounds after allegedly being fired upon late on Wednesday by three foremen for the growers in the village of Manolada, one of the main areas of strawberry production in Greece. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A total of 410 pigs and 122 dogs were discovered in homes and at farms earlier this week in a village that comes under Yanshi city’s jurisdiction in central Henan province, authorities said on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The death toll from H7N9 bird flu in China reached 10 on Thursday with another victim in Shanghai, as China confirmed 38 human cases of H7N9 avian influenza after announcing on March 31 that it had found the strain in people for the first time. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China death toll hits 10 in H7N9 bird flu outbreak
By , on April 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong on Friday will step up its control measures against a new bird flu strain that has killed six people in eastern China after a Hong Kong girl showed flu symptoms following a visit to Shanghai. The seven-year-old has become the first suspected case of the H7N9 bird flu virus in Hong Kong. The girl has now been put in an isolation ward in Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further observation to confirm whether she has contracted the virus. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> On Wednesday evening, a small-town newspaper in Sichuan made a rare move by apologising for a doctored photo it published of its local Communist Party secretary. With its apology, the Neijiang Daily, the Party mouthpiece in the town of four million people in south-eastern Sichuan, reacted to widespread satire online after it published the photo two weeks ago. Communist Party Secretary Zeng Wanli was seen standing in his own shadow. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Outrage followed when prominent defence lawyer Wang Quanzhang was detained in a Jiangsu courtroom on Tuesday. The arrest of the outspoken human rights defender has prompted Beijing lawyers to travel to the court to challenge the decision. On Tuesday, the Jingjiang City People’s Court placed Wang under judicial detention for ten days, saying he disrupted court order while defending the case of a Falun Gong practitioner. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Cui Tiankai, China’s newly-appointed ambassador to Washington, said he might use Facebook to make friends in US – once he gets there. The 60-year-old Cui previously headed the Asian affairs department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was China’s ambassador to Japan between 2007 and 2009. Cui had made the remarks weeks before his official arrival in Washington this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A bird flu virus never before found in humans has grabbed world attention this week after it infected and killed people in China. Scientists have been scrambling to understand how it happened and, more importantly, whether it poses a risk to public health or could potentially spark a global pandemic. The good news is that so far there’s no sign that the H7N9 virus is spreading from person to person, but experts say it has mutated in a way that has left them a bit worried. Here’s a crash course in Bird Flu 101 to help explain what’s known about the strain and why it matters: <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Bird flu 101: How bad is the new H7N9 strain?
By , on April 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Earlier this week, a bird flu virus never before found in humans grabbed world attention after it infected and killed people in China. Scientists have since been scrambling to understand how it happened and, more importantly, whether it poses a risk to public health or could potentially spark a global pandemic. The good news is that so far there’s no sign that the H7N9 virus is spreading from person to person, but experts say it has mutated in a way that has caused concern. Here are the answers to some questions to help explain what’s known about the strain and why it matters: <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Henan farmers have angrily refused to recognise a local government land requisition in which famers were offered compensation in crops after 65 years. Shuanglong villagers attempted to break into a Miaowanzu construction site on requisitioned land on Sunday, leading to conflict as villagers vowed to protect their farms from a government land grab, Henan provincial news portal dahe.cn said on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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No new H7N9 cases in China for a week
<!– google_ad_section_start –> No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March. One previously infected patient died in the week beginning between May 13, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement late on Monday, taking the total number of fatalities from the virus to 36. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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