ArcelorMittal buys major stake in Chinese steel wire business Oct 15, 2007
BRUSSELS (AP) - ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel maker, said Monday it bought 90 percent of Chinese steel wire company Rongcheng Chengshan Steelcord for US$26. 6 million (euro18. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
47 tons of U.S. sardines rejected Oct 3, 2007
China's official Xinhua News Agency said the sardines, imported from a Japanese trading company, were stopped Saturday by the inspection and quarantine bureau of Rongcheng city in Shandong province. The report said sample inspections showed the sardines were infected with listeria monocytogens, a bacteria that can lead to vomiting, fever and blood poisoning. (AZCentral -- Business)
China rejects U.S. sardines, says they're infected Oct 2, 2007
China's official Xinhua News Agency said that the sardines, imported from a Japanese trading company, were stopped Saturday by the inspection and quarantine bureau of Rongcheng city in Shandong province. The report said sample inspections showed the sardines were infected with listeria monocytogens, a bacteria that can lead to vomiting, fever and blood poisoning. (USA Today -- Money)
China rejects U.S.-made sardines Oct 2, 2007
The batch of sardines, imported from a Japanese trading company, was stopped on Saturday by the Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Rongcheng City, Shandong Province, according to the bureau. Sample detection shows that the sardines were infected with "listeria monocytogens," or a bacteria that can lead to various diseases, such as breath difficulty, vomiting, rash, meningitis, fever, coma and blood poisoning, or even death for human beings and animals, the bureau said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hot-air ballooning make more Chinese experience flying Jun 18, 2007
Liu Xiang once succeeded in flying over the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea)from Rongcheng in Shangdong province of China and landed in Kyongju in South Korea in January, 1999. The balloon flight covered 620 kilometers and lasted 7 hours and 40 minutes, which hit the record in the Chinese ballooning history. (Xinhuanet, China)
