Siberian cold front hits roads, airport of N China Dec 4, 2008
A man drives a snow-clearing vehicle in Qiqihar of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 3, 2008. Cold air hit most of the northern part of the country from Wednesday with a dramatic drop in temperatures. (Xinhuanet, China)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
"We have confidence, determination and ability to make the nation's first step in outerspace," said Jing Haipeng, one of the three taikonauts for the third manned mission of China, at a press conference Wednesday. • Taikonauts aboard Shenzhou-7 debut Sep 25, 2008
-- Zhai Zhigang was born in Longjiang County, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province. Zhai enrolled at the People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation Institute and studied to be a fighter pilot. (Xinhuanet, China)
September 18 invasion remembered across China Sep 19, 2008
In Qiqihar, northeastern Heilongjiang Province, an emergency evacuation rehearsal was carried out among primary and middle school students across the city as sirens wailed. "The sirens and rehearsal could raise people's awareness of security and let them master the self-rescue skill in case of emergencies," said Dong Shuyou, organizer of the rehearsal. (Xinhuanet, China)
Zhai Zhigang to be China's first man to walk in space after 10 ... Sep 17, 2008
He was born in October 1966, just months after the start of the chaotic ultra-leftist Cultural Revolution, in a small community near the town of Qiqihar in northern Heilongjiang province near the border with Russia. When he was a boy his illiterate mother would spend all day selling sunflower seeds - a popular Chinese snack - on the streets to make enough money to pay for an education for her children. (Times Online)
Beijingers feel the Olympic pinch Aug 5, 2008
Chinese city of Qiqihar, who flew into Beijing recently for business. These seemingly small changes are part of an eight-year campaign to transform not only the "hardware", but "software" of China's capital. (Asia Times Online)
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)
5 company officials arrested in Japan's scandal over WWII weapons removal in China May 13, 2008
In 2003, one person was killed and 43 others were injured when construction workers broke open a buried barrel of poison gas in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar. . (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
* Tainted antibiotic claims another life Jan 25, 2008
Quality inspectors at the drug manufacturer, Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co, had failed to discover the problem. The government shut down the drug company in 2006 and ordered its products removed from shelves. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
"Plan of Revitalizing Northeast China" released Dec 19, 2007
Focuses will be on such tourism programs in Shenyang, Anshan, Changchun, Daqing and Qiqihar ... We must build Dalian economic zone, central Liaoning economic zone, Changchun-Jilin economic zone as well as Harbin-Dalian-Qiqihar industrial corridor in this belt ... Eastern corridor of Northeast region, Qiqihar-Chifeng, Suifenhe River-Manzhouli, Huichun-Arshan Mountain , Dandong-Huolinhe River, Jinzhou-Xilinhot form the second-grade axis, which must also be given priority. (Xinhuanet, China)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Penalty guidelines set for fake drugs Nov 30, 2007
One of the most notorious cases of bogus drugs was that of Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, a privately-owned business in Heilongjiang Province, whose fake Armillarisin A injections killed 13 people. (Source: China Daily). (Xinhuanet, China)
NE China reserve sees record number of migrating cranes Oct 29, 2007
The 210,000-hectare Zhalong reserve, located in Qiqihar of western Heilongjiang, is one of China's major habitats for cranes, and the country's largest artificial breeding center for the red-crowned cranes, also a protected crane species. China. (Xinhuanet, China)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Chinese, Japanese mark war's end Aug 16, 2007
In northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Wednesday was the first Peace Day in Qiqihar, site of the first battle against the Japanese after they launched their invasion on Sept. 18, 1931. Japanese people mourn for the Nanjing massacre victims during a peace rally in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, August 15, 2007. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese toy makers involved in U.S. recalls banned from exporting Aug 10, 2007
The five were employees at the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co. of Heilongjiang province, which allegedly used a chemical, diglycol, that can cause kidney failure. A vendor passed it off as a normal ingredient and inspectors failed to detect the diglycol. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
China targets toy and drug manufacturers Aug 9, 2007
The general manager of the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Company, Yin Jiade, and four other employees are accused of killing patients by using a cheap, fatal substitute ingredient in a drug to treat gall bladder, liver and gastric disorders, the China News Service reported on Thursday ... The victims died last year after receiving injections of tainted Armillarisni A, made by the Qiqihar No. 2 which is based in the country's northeast. (Scientific American)
Shouldering "Earth" for environmental protection Jul 27, 2007
Jiang Guishan, a 37-year-old volunteer, shoulders an eight kilo earth model inscribed with the Chinese words "no time to delay in protecting our earth" in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 26, 2007. (CRIENGLISH.com/qiqihar ... BEIJING, July 27 -- A volunteer, shouldering an eight kilo earth model, inscribed with the Chinese words, "no time to delay in protecting our earth", arrived Thursday in Qiqihar, northeast china's Heilongjiang Province, the twelfth leg of his ambitious... (Xinhuanet, China)
China weighs image damage from food safety scares Jul 9, 2007
The companies shut down included Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co., following the deaths of 11 people after they took a drug it manufactured. The government is intensifying inspections to weed out substandard drugs, the People's Daily added, as "many thousands" have to be re-licensed this year. (Scientific American)
China's reputation at risk, says SFDA Jul 9, 2007
Eleven people were reported to have died last year after taking a drug made by the Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, one of the five companies shut down by the SFDA.. Guangdong Baiyi Pharmaceutical was reported to have made hemoglobin, which was infected with a virus carried by a donor. (China Daily)
China pulled licenses of 5 drug makers over the past year, penalized 128 others Jul 8, 2007
Eleven people died this year after taking a drug made by the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, one of the five companies shut down. An investigation showed the drug contained a chemical that can cause kidney failure. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
China tightens quality control of pharmaceutical companies Jul 7, 2007
According to the State Food and Drug Administration, Qiqihar No.2 Pharmaceutical Factory in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province made fake drugs that caused four deaths and many users to have prostrate kidneys. Guangdong Baiyi Pharmaceutical was reported to make hemoglobin which was infected by a virus carried by the donator. (Xinhuanet, China)
The face of Chinese cost cutting Jul 4, 2007
Last year, for example, 11 people were killed by a tainted drug produced by a pharmaceutical company in the northern city of Qiqihar. At least 13 babies died of malnutrition in 2004 because their milk powder had been faked by a Chinese producer. (Globe and Mail)
China tackles food safety problems May 30, 2007
In the spring of 2006, more than 10 people fell ill after injections of a gallbladder medicine made by Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co. Five people died ... A government investigation determined that Qiqihar had used diethylene glycol, the same chemical recently found in the toothpaste, to cut costs in producing the drug. (China Daily)
'Death sentence' for ex-China official May 29, 2007
6 million) total compensation after the hospital gave injections of fake Armillarisni A, made by the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., based in the country's northeast, a lawyer for the hospital told the Information Times, a Guangzhou paper. "These incidents have exposed serious problems in the production and distribution of medicines," the Information Times cited one of the plaintiffs' lawyers as saying in the hearing that began on Monday. (CNN -- International)
China's food chief gets death sentence May 29, 2007
18 million) total compensation after the hospital gave injections of fake Armillarisni A, made by the Qiqihar No.2 Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, based in the country's northeast, a lawyer for the hospital told the Information Times, a Guangzhou paper. "These incidents have exposed serious problems in the production and distribution of medicines," the Information Times cited one of the plaintiffs' lawyers as saying in the hearing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Syrupy killer in medicine bottle May 6, 2007
One company that used the syrup beginning in early 2005 was Qiqihar No.2 Pharmaceutical, about 1,000 miles away in the far northeastern province of Heilongjiang ... Wang did not taste-test this second batch of syrup before shipping it to Qiqihar Pharmaceutical, the government investigator said, adding, "He knew it was dangerous, but he didn't know that it could kill." ... The Qiqihar drug plant that made the poisonous medicine has been closed, and five employees are now being prosecuted for... (Houston Chronicle)
China demoted to IIHF World Championship Division II Apr 22, 2007
QIQIHAR, Northeast China, April 21 (Xinhua) -- With five defeats from five games, China was relegated to Division II at the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) World Championship Division I Group A action here on Saturday. The Netherlands bounced back from the opening three losses to clinch its last two matches, earning a lopsided 9-3 win against China in grand fashion. (Xinhuanet, China)
France thrashes China atop ice hockey tournament Apr 20, 2007
QIQIHAR, Northeast China, April 20 (Xinhua) -- France had no problem downing China in a commanding 10-0 win to lead the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) World Championship Division I Group A action here on Thursday. Six different French players scored in the first period pressing China to be bound to engage in defense and could hardly build up challenging attacks. (Xinhuanet, China)
Poland edges Netherlands in hockey tourney Apr 16, 2007
QIQIHAR, Northeast China, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Netherlands shrugged off a dramatic 0-3 trailing to force a shootout in the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) Division I Group A tournament, but Leszek Laszkiewicz's sole goal in shootout was enough to earn Poland a 4-3 win. Early on it looked like the game would be a lopsided contest as Poland outshot the Netherlands 45-20 in regular time and established an easy 3-0 lead. (Xinhuanet, China)
Anti-graft measures hit drug agency Apr 7, 2007
In July, authorities fined a drug company, Qiqihar No 2 Pharmaceutical Co, and revoked its license after a drug to treat gastric disorders killed 11 people. In October, the drug watchdog banned a company in the eastern province of from producing antibiotics injections and sacked its top managers after the drug was linked to at least 10 deaths. (People's Daily Online, China)
Chinese-US M&A: three years after IBM-Lenovo, large consumer brand takeovers remain elusive Mar 28, 2007
An executive at Huahe Group, a Chinese furniture manufacturer, confirmed that the firm had no plans to acquire in the US. The executive said Huahe was focused on its domestic investment and production bases in Beijing and Xinjiangs Qiqihar and pointed out that the US housing slump did not make takeovers there very compelling. I believe very few Chinese furniture maker would go to buy US furniture companies, said the executive. (FT.com -- Markets)
China's dwindling Manchu speakers struggle to save it Mar 18, 2007
"I think it is inevitable," said Zhao Jinchun, an ethnic Manchu born in Sanjiazi who taught at the village primary school for more than two decades before becoming a government official in the city of Qiqihar, 50 kilometers, or 30 miles, to the south. "It is just a matter of time. The Manchu language will face the same fate as some other ethnic minority languages in China and be overwhelmed by the Chinese language and culture.". (International Herald Tribune)
Chinese advisors put drug safety under spotlight Mar 4, 2007
She learned that the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. laid off 60 percent of its staff to hire temporary workers. As a result, none of the 11 checkers were professional enough to intercept the fake injection that killed 11 last May. (People's Daily Online, China)
Ministers meet against tense backdrop Jan 26, 2007
Ding Shuwen (right) and Chen Jiayuan (second from right), representatives of the victims of China's Qiqihar "August 4" poison gas leak, hold a protest banner outside the Tokyo Local Court yesterday. One person was killed and 43 wounded when several barrels of mustard gas left behind by Japanese troops in World War II began leaking on August 4, 2003, in Qiqihar in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhuanet, China)
China seizes $164 million in fake goods Jan 11, 2007
One case involved the deaths of 11 people due to inferior drugs provided by the Qiqihar No. 2 Pharmaceutical Company. It was reported in May that patients taking the defective drugs developed acute kidney failure due to diglycol in the medicine, which was supposed to help gall-bladder problems but actually caused kidneys to fail. (Washington Times)
