China orders recalls as milk scandal widens Sep 20, 2008
A child suffering from kidney stones receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui. Slideshow. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Equities soar on support moves, U.S. bank plan Sep 20, 2008
A man smiles in front of an electronic stock price indicator board at a stock exchange in Hefei, capital of central China's Anhui Province, Sept. 19, 2008. Chinese shares prices had a rare single-day sharp rebound of 9. (Xinhuanet, China)
The cabinet said Thursday it had decided to abolish the regulations relating to quality inspection exemptions for food in a document issued on December 5, 1999.• Most liquid milk in China does not contain melamine Sep 19, 2008
A supermarket staff registers the returned Sanlu brand milk powders in a supermarket in in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province Sept. 17, 2008. Most liquid milk on the market did not contain melamine and was safe to drink, Chinese quality watchdog said on Thursday following a nationwide special check on the chemical. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese quality watchdog on Wednesday cancelled all kinds of national inspection exemptions previously given to food producers.• China's cabinet orders inspections, reform of dairy industry Sep 18, 2008
A supermarket staff registers the returned Sanlu brand milk powders in a supermarket in in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province Sept. 17, 2008. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua). (Xinhuanet, China)
Behind bad baby milk, an ethical gap in China's business Sep 17, 2008
Check-ups: Babies waited to be examined at a hospital in Hefei, China, on Monday. More than 1,200 infants who drank Sanlu brand milk have fallen ill. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
China reports second infant death in milk scandal Sep 15, 2008
Eight-month-old Cheng Aobing, who suffers from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 14, 2008. China's investigation of the tainted milk powder that sickened hundreds. (AlertNet)
Killer Chemical in Milk Discovered Weeks Before Recall Sep 14, 2008
Sept. 13: ix-month-old Wu xian, who suffered from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, China. Sept. 13: ix-month-old Wu xian, who suffered from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, China. (Fox News)
China says 432 babies fall ill from milk powder Sep 13, 2008
Six-month-old Wu xian, who suffered from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 13, 2008. (REUTERS/Stringer). (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
China's transparency is just thin air Sep 12, 2008
It was not until late July that a court in Hefei, Anhui province became the first in China to accept a disclosure case against a provincial government. And no Chinese court has yet ordered a government bureau to release information in keeping with the May ordinance. (Asia Times Online)
Soccer tycoon has loftier goal for Mexicans Sep 6, 2008
Vergara now has a professional Chivas USA team in Los Angeles and a Chivas Hefei team in China, an affiliate in Costa Rica and plans for teams in Europe and India ... In 2003, Vergara bought a Costa Rican team, and in 2007, he bought one in Hefei, China. (AZCentral -- News)
Sinopec's first half net profit falls on price controls for oil products Aug 25, 2008
A Sinopec plant in Hefei, China. The company's net profit was $1. (International Herald Tribune)
Rains, floods affect lives of almost 420,000 in E China Aug 19, 2008
HEFEI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains and flooding that left one person dead affected the livelihoods of 419,300 people in east China at the weekend, the Anhui provincial civil affairs bureau said on Tuesday. More than 1,200 people were evacuated in the three days of rain from Friday to Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Not-So-Great Expectations Aug 16, 2008
" The poor quality of Chinese schools is not a state secret. Consider what happened last year at the Hefei Artillery Academy in Anhui province, a school started decades ago by the People's Liberation Army to train young military cadets in the art of war. Five years ago, the school began accepting civilian students, offering undergraduate degrees in business, accounting and economics, among other subjects. But in November, civilian students learned that the degrees they were paying for were not... (Time.com)
Limits to change Aug 4, 2008
But when the torch came through his home town of Hefei, he was not there. Fang's story tells you something about just how open modern China is. (BBC News)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Air passengers face extra security checks for Olympics Jul 8, 2008
Besides Beijing's Capital International Airport, the measure will be enforced in Shanghai's Pudong and Hongqiao, and Qingdao, Tianjin, Shenyang, and Qinhuangdao airports, and their "alternatives" in Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Jinan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Hefei, Changchun, Harbin, Dalian and Hohhot. Xinjiang has 11 airports, Urumqi, Hami, Korla, Kuqa, Hetan, Kashi (Kashgar), Aksu, Yining, Karamay, Fuyun, and Altay. (Xinhuanet, China)
Asia holds promise of big profits for water industry Jul 1, 2008
"We are in a sweet spot right now targeting second-tier cities in China; the global guys aren't in this market, and the local players don't have the technological know-how," Ong said, referring to cities like Chengdu, Hefei, Xi'an and Xiamen. Vietnam also faces high growth and expanding cities. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Wild Chinese alligator, "living fossil," found in E China Jun 24, 2008
HEFEI, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Fishermen in the eastern province of Anhui have found a wild Chinese alligator, which is being called a living fossil, and tracks of another, local authorities said on Monday. The 20-kilogram reptile was discovered last week in a pond in Wanshou Village, Wuhu County while villagers were fishing. (Xinhuanet, China)
New superconductors present new mysteries, possibilities Jun 5, 2008
"It appears to us that the new iron-based superconductors disclose a new physics, contain new mysteries and may start us along an uncharted pathway to room temperature superconductivity," said Chien, who teamed up on the research with Tingyong Chen and Zlatko Tesanovic, both of Johns Hopkins, and X.H. Chen and R.H. Liu of the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China in Anhui, China. Superconductors are... (EurekAlert!)
Direct Relief Checking In With Partners In China Following 7.9-Magnitude Quake May 13, 2008
Pupils from a primary school take part in an earthquake drill in Hefei, Anhui province May 13, 2008. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the earthquake that hammered southwest China, officials. (AlertNet)
China's Three Gorges Dam not damaged by quake -witness May 12, 2008
A child receives medical treatment for hand, foot and mouth disease at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province May 10, 2008. A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed. (AlertNet)
New disease outbreaks in China; 15K children infected May 10, 2008
A child suspected of carrying the EV-71 virus receives treatment in a hospital in Hefei in central. A child suspected of carrying the EV-71 virus receives treatment in a hospital in Hefei in central China's Anhui province Monday May 5, 2008. (ABC News)
Next Week's News May 9, 2008
The quantum gambling machine devised by Yi-Sheng Zhang and colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, though, could put an end to that. In their system, reported in , the casino places a particle in a quantum superposition, where it is in two boxes at once until the gambler opens one of them, collapsing the particle into one or other box with equal probability. (Nature News Service)
34 dead in China viral outbreak May 9, 2008
HEFEI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Two more Chinese children have died of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), driving the national death toll to34 -- even as the Health Ministry announced a decline in HFMD cases in the worst-affected city ... The deaths occurred in Bozhou, northwestern Anhui, and in Hefei, the provincial capital, said Gao Kaiyan, chief of Anhui Provincial Health Department. (Xinhuanet, China)
Health Officials Battling Child Disease in China May 8, 2008
A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. " Most of the EV-71 cases in China have been centered around Fuyang, in central Anhui Province. Troedsson says he believes doctors at first did not know what they were dealing with, because patients were displaying symptoms not typical for hand, foot and mouth disease. "And, when the clinicians tried to diagnose it, they looked for other causes that could be severe, including avian influenza and SARS and so on, which was all negative," he... (Voice of America)
AirMedia Reports Unaudited First Quarter 2008 Financial Results May 8, 2008
AirMedia started selling advertisements of digital frames in additional five airports located in Chongqing, Nanjing, Haikou, Zhengzhou and Ningbo, in April 2008 and seven airports located in Kunming, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Jinan, Tianjin and Hefei in early May 2008. AirMedia has adjusted its advertising cycle of 46-to- 50-inch digital frames in airports excluding Beijing Capital International Airport from 20-minute cycles to 10-minute cycles to give more exposure for clients' advertisements... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hand-foot-mouth disease kills 28 May 7, 2008
A doctor examines a child at Sigang Village in Yaohai District of Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, May 5, 2008. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
China hand-foot-mouth infections rocket to 15,799 May 7, 2008
A doctor examines a child at Sigang Village in Yaohai District of Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, May 5, 2008 ... A doctor examines a child at Sigang Village in Yaohai District of Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, May 5, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)
INTERVIEW-Global Fund considers loans to fight AIDS May 5, 2008
A child cries while receiving a medical check from a kind of intestinal virus, identified as enterovirus 71 or EV71, at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, May 4, 2008. China. (AlertNet)
Kindergartens in Fuyang ordered to shut May 5, 2008
HEFEI, May 4 (Xinhua) -- All kindergartens in Fuyang City in east China's Anhui Province were ordered to remain closed following the May Day holiday, which ended on Saturday. The decision was taken by the Fuyang City Headquarters for prevention and control of the intestinal virus enterovirus 71, also known as EV71. (Xinhuanet, China)
EV71 virus sickens 3,736 in E China May 4, 2008
HEFEI, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The number of cases of hand-foot-mouth disease in Fuyang, a city in the eastern province of Anhui, rose to 3,736 as of early Saturday from 3,321 on Friday, local authorities said ... The cities with the most cases were Fuyang, Huainan, Bozhou, Bengbu and Hefei, a provincial health department spokesman said. (Xinhuanet, China)
China intensifies war against splittism May 2, 2008
The biggest rallies took place in the inland cities of Wuhan, Xian and Hefei. During a confrontation between protestors and police in Dalian, Shenyang Province on Sunday, April 20, several young demonstrators were arrested. (Asia Times Online)
Paris's citizen gesture draws wrath of China Apr 23, 2008
Chinese citizens protested outside a Carrefour supermarket, a French chain, in Hefei in central China on Saturday. (AP Photo/EyePress) |Print|| Text size + By Steven Erlanger New York Times News Service / April 23, 2008. (Boston Globe)
China tries to calm anti-France protest Apr 23, 2008
A Chinese protester's card reads: "French foreigner, China is not easily bullied!" during a protest outside a Carrefour supermaket in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province, on Saturday. . (MSNBC -- International)
Time to outgrow boycott calls Apr 23, 2008
Ahead of the "Labor Day" boycott, over the weekend in a dozen major Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Hefei, thousands of Chinese, mostly young students, marched in front of Carrefour outlets. "Carrefour, get out of China", they shouted. (Asia Times Online)
Anti-Western backlash fuels protests in China, Hollywood Apr 22, 2008
" On Sunday, more than 1,000 demonstrators carrying banners gathered for a second day in the tourist city of Xian in front of a Carrefour, chanting "Oppose Tibet Independence," "Go China," and "Condemn CNN," the official Xinhua news agency reported. Protests also continued in central Wuhan for a second day, when another 2,000 people, mostly students, waved the Chinese flag and sang the national anthem. Rallies also were staged in the cities of Harbin, Dalian, and Jinan. The protests began... (Globe and Mail -- International)
China urges calm as anti-Western protests resume Apr 21, 2008
Protesters rallied against Carrefour supermarket and French goods in Hefei, Anhui Province, yesterday ... The protests began Saturday, erupting in Beijing and five other major cities - Hefei, Wuhan, Kunming, Xi'an, and Qingdao. (Boston Globe)
* Fresh protests against CNN, Carrefour Apr 21, 2008
After protests erupted in the cities of Beijing, Qingdao, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Xian on Saturday, the state press urged calm yesterday. Saturdays protests led to Carrefour store closures in at least Qingdao, Wuhan and Hefei but yesterday those stores and stores in Xian, Harbin and Jinan were all operating normally, Xinhua said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Demon00004000strations against "Tibet independence" continue Apr 21, 2008
The rallies followed Saturday's demonstrations in Beijing, Xi'an, the eastern cities of Hefei and Qingdao, Wuhan, and the southwestern city of Kunming. They mainly gathered in front of the outlets of French supermarket chain Carrefour, chanting "Oppose Tibet independence", and "Oppose CNN's anti-China statements" on Sunday morning. (Xinhuanet, China)
China urges 'rational' protests Apr 21, 2008
The protests came after Saturday saw hundreds of people demonstrating in cities including Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming, and Qingdao - often outside Carrefour stores. Protesters denounced French President Nicolas Sarkozy's refusal to confirm whether he would attend the opening ceremony of the Games. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* Chinese rallies call for boycott of French goods Apr 20, 2008
It reported protests in Beijing, in the eastern cities of Hefei and Qingdao, in the southwestern city of Kunming and in Wuhan ... In Hefei yesterday, the square where Carrefour is located was packed with people, a receptionist in a restaurant across the street said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Anti-French rallies across China Apr 20, 2008
Hundreds of people demonstrated in cities including Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming, and Qingdao - often outside stores of the French chain Carrefour ... In Hefei, protesters used lorries to block access to a Carrefour shop. (BBC News -- Europe)
Tibet, Olympics spark Chinese anti-Western protests Apr 20, 2008
After protests erupted in the cities of Beijing, Qingdao, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Xian on Saturday, the state press Sunday urged calm. Saturday's protests led to Carrefour store closures in at least Qingdao, Wuhan and Hefei but on Sunday those stores and stores in Xian, Harbin and Jinan were all operating normally, Xinhua said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Report: Monasteries in Tibet's capital to resume Buddhist services Apr 19, 2008
Hong Kong broadcaster Cable TV reported that several thousand protesters had gathered outside Carrefour in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province. A woman from the Carrefour there confirmed there was a protest and the store had closed, but she would not provide details. (International Herald Tribune)
Protests against "Tibet independence" supporters erupt in Chinese cities Apr 19, 2008
The protests were seen in Beijing, Hefei of the eastern Anhui Province, Wuhan of the central Hubei Province and Qingdao of the eastern Shandong Province. Protesters gathered in front of shops of the French supermarket Carrefour in the cities, chanting slogans of "boycott Carrefour", "oppose Tibet independence" and others. (Xinhuanet, China)
China Runji Cement Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results Apr 15, 2008
Headquartered in Anhui Province, the Company's markets include major local cities such as Hefei, Nanjing, and Liu'an. For more information on the Company and its products, please visit. (Primezone Releases)
Uneasy calm in Haiti after food price protests Apr 10, 2008
A driver receives medical treatment inside a truck wreck following a accident on a highway in Hefei, Anhui province April 10, 2008. China recorded 5. (AlertNet)
China's challengesThe BBC responds to readers' criticism of its reporting in China Apr 4, 2008
Page last updated at 08:53 GMT, Thursday, 3 April 2008 09:53 UK. The challenges of reporting in China. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China Runji Cement Inc. Retains CCG Elite Mar 31, 2008
Headquartered in Anhui Province, the Company has already set up offices in major cities such as Hefei, Nanjing, Liu'an and many other locations. For more information on the Company and its products, please visit. (Primezone Releases)
Education not delivering "results" Mar 25, 2008
Primary school students search for study aids at a bookstore in Hefei, Anhui province, last month. Many students turn to extra homework to excel in exams. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese share prices down drastically Mar 18, 2008
A woman is seen in front of an electronic board showing the stock index at a stock market in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, March 17, 2008. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
'Lazy Eye' Treatment Shows Promise In Adults Mar 5, 2008
The other members of Lu's group are Chang-Bing Huang and Yifeng Zhou of the Vision Research Lab at the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, Anhui province (Huang is currently a postdoc in Lu's lab at USC). Funding for the research came from the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation and the U.S. National Eye Institute. (Science Daily)
China considers changing one-child policy Mar 2, 2008
Children in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province, recently gathered to contribute on behalf of their families to a relief fund for the victims of the recent severe winter weather. The Chinese government limits most urban couples to one child and rural couples to two. (USA Today -- News)
Kenyans at Risk of Long-Term Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Feb 26, 2008
A vendor naps at a poultry market in Hefei, Anhui province February 26, 2008. China has reported a bird flu outbreak in poultry in the southwestern province of Guizhou, state media. (AlertNet)
Part of Three Gorges power line to Shanghai restored Feb 24, 2008
HEFEI, Feb. 23 (Xinhua)-- A 500 kilovolt power line, an artery passage for the Three Gorges electricity transmission linking Yichang in central China and Shanghai, was restored on Saturday after being severed for 37 days. The power line, which links China's business hub and Yichang, a city in central Hubei Province where the Three Gorges project is located, was functioning on Thursday after breaking down on Jan. 17, according to the Anhui Provicial Power Grid Company. (Xinhuanet, China)
Global music companies in fresh China piracy suit Feb 5, 2008
Internet users at an Internet cafe in Hefei, central China, in 2007. Three of the. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
China's Perfect Storm Feb 2, 2008
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 By Homecoming havoc: With snow still falling, travelers queue up for tickets at a railway station in the city of Hefei hoping to get home for Chinese New Year Jianan Yu / Reuters Article Tools ... Jianan Yu / Reuters Homecoming havoc: With snow still falling, travelers queue up for tickets at a railway station in the city of Hefei hoping to get home for Chinese New Year. (Time.com)
Wang Sanyun elected governor of Anhui Province Jan 31, 2008
HEFEI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Wang Sanyun was elected governor of east China's Anhui Province here on Thursday at a local legislative session. Wang was elected to the post at the first session of the 11th Anhui Provincial People's Congress. (Xinhuanet, China)
Morubina pushes Kinta Riverfront to Chinese real estate investors Jan 29, 2008
HEFEI: Developer Morubina Sdn Bhd is looking to China to attract investors for its latest project, Kinta Riverfront ... Our confidence was further boosted when we managed to sell 10 units in Kinta Riverfront during the Fourth International Small and Medium Enterprise exhibition held at Guangzhao last October, he said in Hefei, China. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Snowstorm cripples China Jan 29, 2008
Hefei: Pedestrians walk through the snow at a railway station in the Anhui province. Heavy snow and sleet hit central and southern China, making for some of the worst weather in half a century, and paralyzing highways, airports, and railways during China's busiest travel season. (Christian Science Monitor)
Premier Wen Jiabao rushes to Hunan Province to direct disaster relief work Jan 29, 2008
Trucks block the entrance of a highway linking Hefei and Nanjing near Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 27, 2008 ... Ferry buses are parked at a terminal in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 27, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)
China issues red alert for snowstorms Jan 28, 2008
Ferry buses are parked at a terminal in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 27, 2008. All the highways in Anhui Province were closed on Sunday due to heavy snow. (Xinhuanet, China)
Its no good for Chinas growth Jan 24, 2008
This worker walks by the pile of steel at an iron and steel mill yard in Hefei, central China's Anhui. . (MSNBC -- International)
More Chinese affected by heavy snow Jan 24, 2008
HEFEI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 3. 4 million people in east China's Anhui Province have been affected by a heavy snow since Friday, officials said on Wednesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Speeding, icy road blamed for deadly China bus crash Jan 23, 2008
HEFEI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Speeding on an icy road caused an overloaded bus to roll off a highway late on Sunday night in east China's Anhui province, killing 11 people and injuring 51 others, local police said on Wednesday. The combination of excessive speed and slick surfaces caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, which fell six meters to the ground after veering off the road, said an official surnamed Li, who is with the Anhui Provincial General Detachment of Traffic Police. (Xinhuanet, China)
