Paddler Angeline picked to join training camp in China Jun 6, 2009
Angeline will participate in the training camp in Chengdu next week. If she performs well, she will earn another stint in Strasbourg, France, in August. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Bus fire kills 25 in Chinese city Jun 5, 2009
Flames engulfed the bus in the Chinese city of Chengdu ... The incident happened in the city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province ... The fire began as the bus travelled into central Chengdu during the morning rush hour. (BBC News)
24 killed in southwest China bus fire Jun 5, 2009
Posted: Friday, June 05, 2009 BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese state media says 24 have been killed in a bus fire in the southwestern city of Chengdu. A brief report by the official Xinhua News Agency gave no indication of the cause of the fire early Friday, and Chengdu city government spokesemen reached by phone refused to officer additional information. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Toll Rises To 25 In Southwest China Bus Fire Jun 5, 2009
The cause of the blaze in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, remained under investigation, according to a report on a Web site run by the provincial government's propaganda department ... Like many vehicles in Chengdu, the bus ran on natural gas rather than gasoline ... Chengdu city government spokesmen reached by phone refused to give more information. (CBS News -- World)
Hummer to go from Mean to Green Jun 5, 2009
CHENGDU, China The Chinese bidder for Hummer says it plans to give the gas-guzzling vehicles new life by promoting the brand around the world, including China, and by investing in clean-engine technologies ... Tengzhong's headquarters, set among rice paddies an hour's drive south of the western Chinese boomtown of Chengdu, offer few clues. (Fox News)
Reports question Chinese Hummer acquisition Jun 5, 2009
Staff at Tengzhong's headquarters in Chengdu, Sichuan, referred inquiries to the PR agency. A woman who said she was a human resources manager at Sichuan Huatong refused to transfer calls to any other numbers, saying company policy was to keep such numbers secret. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
CHANGE COMES TO CHINA Jun 5, 2009
In a blend of fiction and documentary, "24 City" chronicles the loss of a munitions factory in the provincial city of Chengdu and its replacement by a luxury housing complex called 24 City. By extension, Jia is commenting on China's embrace of capitalism. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Media crackdown Jun 5, 2009
Ruan Yunfei, a freelance writer from Chengdu, was 24 in 1989. He remembers "inconsistent" coverage in the media - at first more "liberal" but then after the clampdown on 4 June quite different. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Chinese firm's semi-military rescue Jun 4, 2009
A day after filing for bankruptcy protection to shield itself from $172 billion ($210 billion) in debts, GM signed a memorandum of understanding to offload Hummer to Sichuan Tengzhong, a maker of heavy industrial machinery in the south-western Chinese city of Chengdu. A source said Tengzhong would pay between $US150 million and $US250 million. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Back leasing! Jun 4, 2009
A 29-year-old man surnamed Huang in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, who works at an ad agency has found a part-time gig that's not a back-breaking job, but does utilize his back and experience. Huang leases his back out as a space to hang advertisements in an attempt to recoup 700 yuan he said he was cheated out of last month. (People's Daily Online, China)
Chinese firm buys Hummer Jun 4, 2009
Tengzhong is based in the manufacturing city of Chengdu, capital of the south-central province of Sichuan. The company is privately owned, but Beijing has final say on all overseas purchases by Chinese companies. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Hummer's Chinese buyer says no plan for China plant Jun 4, 2009
CHENGDU, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd. (Tengzhong), a private Chinese firm who has struck a preliminary deal with General Motors Corp. (GM) for the premium SUV brand Hummer, said Wednesday it has no plan to manufacture Hummer in a Chinese plant ... James Taylor, Hummer chief executive officer, went to Chengdu City and Deyang City, Tengzhong's current base and new base under construction, to discuss project cooperation with local officials in March ...... (Xinhuanet, China)
The Recipe Detectives Jun 3, 2009
In writing about Sichuan's tea-smoked duck, she quotes a Chinese culinary historian: "[T]he cooking method, he says, was invented by a man called Huang Jinlin, one-time manager of the Dowager Empres Cixi's kitchens in Beijing, who brought the dish to Sichuan when he opened a restaurant in Chengdu." But cooks shouldn't be discouraged by Dunlop's eruditionshe has a great eye for the simpler dishes, too, like the spicy noodles of Sichuan and red-braised stews of Hunan. Iran. (Slate)
GM Plans to Sell Hummer to China's Tengzhong, Saving More Than 3,000 Jobs Jun 3, 2009
Credit Suisse Group AG is acting as financial adviser and Shearman & Sterling is serving as international legal counsel to Chengdu, China-based Tengzhong. Citigroup Inc. is acting as financial adviser to GM.. (Bloomberg)
[ more... ] Jun 3, 2009
The eighth Sharp Environmental Forum was held in Shenyang on June 2, 2009 following earlier ones in Shanghai (May 2007), Beijing (September 2007), Guangzhou (March 2008), Tianjin (May 2008), Wuhan (September 2008), Xian (December 2008), and Chengdu (February 2009). The eighth event drew approximately 30 representatives from the Shenyang municipal government and media organizations. (JCN Network, Japan)
School teachers embark on learning expeditions Jun 1, 2009
One, Neville McFarlane will attend a photovoltaic design and installation workshop in Colorado; Natalie Colbert will head to Switzerland, and Terri Dunson plans to volunteer in Chengdu, China. Recent headlines. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
* China destroys culture, Hong Kong cares Jun 1, 2009
Visiting Chengdu in Sichuan in 1982, I was taken to see how the authorities were bulldozing the last remaining sector of rice-paper houses, an ancient area of delicate overhanging properties and courts with persimmon-lined streets, kept immaculate by residents for whom house and communal street were one living space. Desperate people were frantically packing their belongings in advance of the invader. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Chinese vice premier calls for cooperation in disaster relief between Asian, European countries May 29, 2009
CHENGDU, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu called on Thursday Asian and European countries to improve their disaster prevention and relief abilities through cooperation and sharing of information. Hui made the remark at an Asia-Europe workshop on cooperation and capacity building in disaster prevention and relief, held in Chengdu, capital of southwest Sichuan Province. (Xinhuanet, China)
China still has an appetite for luxury goods May 21, 2009
Liu Hongyan, a 34-year-old marketing director for a culture magazine in the western city of Chengdu, just bought a Coach purse to replace her Chanel, two necklaces and a bracelet from Tiffany and some Estee Lauder cosmetics. "Like many of my friends, my job is stable and not affected by the financial crisis," she said. (MSNBC -- Business)
New Rock Band 2 Record Set May 21, 2009
The WCG 2009 Grand Final will be held November 11th to 15th in Chengdu, China. About Samsung Experience The Samsung Experience is a remarkable 10,000-square-foot interactive brand emporium that provides a creative experience through Samsung's vision of digital convergence. (IGN PS2)
Band leader to perform overseas May 18, 2009
"I'm really looking forward to this," he said of the visit, which will include stops in Beijing, Chengdu and Kunming ... Those performances will include a New Year's Eve concert in Chengdu, which he said will be "historic in that it's the first time that a foreign musical organization has performed the New Year's Eve concert in that city. They've always had Chinese orchestras.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
Yale Crew Alums Travel To China For Longhu Cup International University Regatta May 18, 2009
The Yale crew alums represented Yale to the city of Chengdu ... NEW HAVEN - Along with seven other universities, Yale was invited by the provincial government of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province of China to compete in the Longhu Cup International University Regatta ... The ceremonial regatta and the accompanying cultural exchange were both part of the opening festivities for Chengdu's 1300 year old traditional dragon boat festival, which features the Xinjin Dragon Boat Race on the fifth day of the... (Goyalebulldogs.com)
China quality watchdog discloses quarantine detail of 3rd A/H1N1 flu case on mainland May 18, 2009
CHENGDU, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The first A/H1N1 flu patient in the Chinese mainland was discharged from hospital at 4 p.m. Sunday in the southwestern Sichuan Province, local authorities said. The A/H1N1 patient surnamed Bao (L) is about to leave the hospital in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 17, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
WHO annual meeting dominated by swine flu May 18, 2009
AP Photo - Bao Xueyang, left, the first mainland swine flu patient received a bouquet of flowers from a nurse as he leaves the Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital after his eight day of quarantine and medical treatment in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan on Sunday, May 17, 2009. The mainland's first swine flu patient, a man surnamed Bao, was discharged Sunday from the Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital, after he recovered from the A/H1N1 flu and showed no symptoms of fever and angina in... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Foreign Direct Investment in China Falls for Seven Month on Global Slump May 15, 2009
the biggest overseas carmaker in China, and its local partner, China FAW Group Corp., will invest 550 million euros ($737 million) expanding capacity at a plant in western Chengdu city, the Chinese automaker said May 8. Chinas vehicle sales have topped those in the U.S. this year. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
How long before vaccine? May 15, 2009
Earlier, a 30-year-old man was confirmed to have the virus in the southwestern city of Chengdu. He had been in the United States, where three people have died of the disease, before coming home to China. (iAfrica.com)
Ex-leader of Tiananmen Square protest charged May 15, 2009
Authorities filed the fraud charge in Suining, the town in southwest China's Sichuan province where Zhou's parents live and where he is jailed, his older sister, Zhou Sufen, said in a telephone interview from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. Zhou Sufen said her family in Suining told her that the local Public Security Bureau had delivered a notice of the charge to their home. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Composing across continents May 15, 2009
The second world premiere will be Eulogy for Immortal II composed by Xiao, a Sichuan Conservatory of Music professor from Chengdu, China. Xiao has dedicated the piece to the memory of victims of the earthquake that devastated Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] May 15, 2009
Red House Theater (@), 10 Chengdu Rd, Wanhua Dist, Taipei City (x_U10). Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:3pm and Sunday at 2:30pm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* China, Hong Kong confirm influenza cases May 14, 2009
Medical workers wait to be disinfected before entering a quarantine area in Chengdu in Chinas Sichuan Province on Tuesday. Chinese officials monitored a suspected swine flu case X a 19-year-old man who returned from Canada last week X and searched yesterday for passengers who may have come into contact with him. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Loopholes in disease monitoring exposed May 14, 2009
He was also said to be recovering well in Chengdu, Sichuan province. In Hong Kong, a 24-year-old resident was confirmed Wednesday to have contracted the virus. (Xinhuanet, China)
Swine flu fears evident as world's cases top 6,000 May 14, 2009
Passengers wearing protective mask, wait to transit to Tokyo as a bus depart with passengers arriving on a flight from Chengdu at the Beijing airport, China, Wednesday, May 13 , 2009. Health officials Wednesday confirmed mainland China s second swine flu case in a week _ a student who recently returned from Canada _ and stepped up screening for domestic travelers to head off an outbreak within the country. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
China seeks passengers with exposure to A/H1N1 May 14, 2009
The development came just two days after a 30-year-old man surnamed Bao was found to have contracted the virus in Chengdu, Sichuan Province ... He Jun, spokesman of Chengdu City Health Bureau, said Wednesday they had contacted one foreign national in Chengdu who was said tobe in the same flight AC029 as Lu ... Bao, the Chinese mainland's first A/H1N1 flu case, who has been kept at Chengdu Infectious Diseases Hospital for isolation and medical treatment for four days, is recovering rapidly. (Xinhuanet, China)
NKOREA SAYS TO PUT U.S. JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL... May 14, 2009
A passenger wearing a mask waits for her flight from Chengdu to Beijing at Chengdu airport, Sichuan province May 14, 2009. China reported its second suspected case of the new H1N1. (The Drudge Report)
Exiled dissident detained in China May 14, 2009
Shenzhen officials have repeatedly denied having him in custody, Sufen said by telephone from Chengdu, Sichuan's capital. The family has kept track of Zhou's whereabouts over the past half year through information from released detainees who had contact with him in the Shenzhen detention center, his girlfriend, Zhang Yuewei, said by telephone from their home in Los Angeles. (MSNBC -- International)
One year since quake, China still rebuilding May 13, 2009
"We are very close to victory," claims Sun Ming, deputy director of the construction committee in the provincial capital, Chengdu. That optimism masks the enormous range of circumstances in which earthquake survivors are living one year after they fled their homes just after lunch on May 12, 2008, when a 7. (Christian Science Monitor)
A year later, China vows to rise from quake May 13, 2009
"We have stood up!" says the headline in the Chengdu Commercial News, a newspaper in the Sichuan capital ... In Tianfu Square in central Chengdu, more than 1,000 people gathered to remember the exact time of the earthquake 2:28 p.m. on May 12, 2008 ... Huang Li, 37, a physician who lost three limbs crushed in the earthquake, leaving just her right arm, joined a public commemoration in Chengdu. (USA Today)
China Remembers Quake With Flowers, Anger May 13, 2009
In the days leading up to the anniversary, the nation struggled with the worldwide outbreak of swine flu, with China's first case officially confirmed in Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu on Monday. Critics Of Corruption Silenced. (CBS News -- World)
China confirms second case of H1N1 flu May 13, 2009
A man wearing a surgical mask sits in Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital where a Chinese man is quarantined, the first confirmed case of the new H1N1 strain of flu in mainland. URL: http://www. (AlertNet)
Exiled Tiananmen-era dissident detained in China May 13, 2009
Shenzhen officials repeatedly denied having him in custody, Sufen said by telephone from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. In April 1989, Zhou captured world attention by kneeling on the steps of the Great Hall of the People by Tiananmen Square to petition China's communist leaders to acknowledge the student demonstrators. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
* PRC steps up flu vigilance after first confirmed case May 13, 2009
The flu sufferer, identified by his surname Bao, was hospitalized after arriving in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, from the US via Tokyo and Beijing on Saturday ... State-run China Central Television said authorities had found and isolated 349 of Baos 383 fellow passengers on two flights X a Northwest Airlines jet from Tokyo to Beijing and a Beijing-Chengdu flight on Sichuan Airlines. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Worldwide swine flu cases pass 5,000 May 13, 2009
Beijing, however, was still pursuing isolation Tuesday after a 30-year-old man was hospitalised with the virus after arriving in the southwestern city of Chengdu from the United States. A municipal health official in Beijing told AFP that 78 foreigners were among those quarantined. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Chinese mainland's first A/H1N1 flu patient recovering May 13, 2009
A total of 125 people were put under quarantine in Chengdu as of midday Tuesday ... CHENGDU, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland's first confirmed A/H1N1 patient who was only identified by the family name Bao is recovering, said He Jun, spokesman of Chengdu City Health Department in Sichuan Province, Tuesday ... "Bao's life signs are stable: normal temperature, alleviated symptoms, lighter coughing after three days' medication and care by medical workers from the Health Ministry, Sichuan... (Xinhuanet, China)
A Year After Sichuan Quake, Citizens Press for Answers May 13, 2009
On March 28, he was detained by police in his native city of Chengdu in Sichuan province and hasn't been heard of since. About 20 of Ai's volunteers have faced temporary detention and police harassment as they crisscrossed the quake zone interviewing parents and relatives of the dead, according to Ai, and two have been beaten. (Time.com)
Foreigners among 349 isolated by China... May 13, 2009
China had confirmed a day before that a man identified only by his surname, Bao, had been suffering from the virus after arriving in the southwestern city of Chengdu from the United States ... Officials have said Bao was in stable condition at a Chengdu hospital ... The flights involved were a Northwest Airlines jet from Tokyo to Beijing, and a Sichuan Airlines flight from Beijing to Chengdu. (The Drudge Report)
H1N1 flu hits China as WHO defends actions May 12, 2009
" The WHO raised its pandemic alert to five on a scale of six two weeks ago, signalling that a pandemic was "imminent" after Mexico and the United States showed sustained local transmission of the influenza A(H1N1) virus. The alert prompted countries to take specific measures, including looking at distribution of anti-viral drugs or issuing travel advice at airports. The world death toll passed 50 at the weekend after Costa Rica reported its first fatality from the flu - believed to be a mix of... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Infinity I-China Donates a Combined First Wave of 100,000 RMB to Select Organizations in China in Honor of Israel's 61st Anniversary May 12, 2009
TEL AVIV, Israel and SHANGHAI, China, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinity I-China, the largest Israel-China fund and the second Israel-China fund of the Infinity Group, celebrated Israel's 61st anniversary today by announcing a collective contribution of 100,000 RMB to select organizations throughout China including in Chengdu, Suzhou and Shanghai. The first endowment, a gift of 14,000 RMB was donated to the Hongkou Children's Home, a special school for disabled, autistic and hearing impaired... (PR Newswire)
Plight of the panda May 12, 2009
A panda cub at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu last week ... In April of this year, six other pandas -- five of them quake survivors -- were sent from a panda base in Chengdu to the Beijing Zoo, waiting for the Chinese 60th National Day celebration in October. (CNN -- International)
Family alive but struggling May 12, 2009
Sun and her family are still living off the kindness of relatives in Wenyang, a town next to the capital city of Chengdu. "We've visited our old home," Sun said. (CNN -- International)
China marks anniversary of quake May 12, 2009
Nothing else around here collapsed," Chen, 47, said.Traffic was heavy on narrow roads leading into the deep mountains that surround Beichuan, the closest major town to the epicenter of the quake. Police blocked roads about 3 miles from the heart of the old town, leaving hundreds of former residents to stream into the mountains on foot, many heading out before dawn.The magnitude-7.9 temblor the deadliest earthquake to hit China in decades toppled or buried villages, snapped bridges and... (MSNBC -- International)
Movie icon Jackie Chan sings with student survivors May 12, 2009
CHENGDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan Monday joined students who survived last year's disastrous earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, singing with them to help boost morale among the teenagers on the eve of the quake's anniversary. The 55-year-old star, best-known for his martial arts films, came to Beichuan Middle School, one of the worst-hit schools in the quake, to sing a song titled "Nation" with students there. (Xinhuanet, China)
A/H1N1 flu continues to spread in Asia-Pacific as China confirms first case on mainland May 12, 2009
The 30-year-old patient was now at the Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital in Sichuan's provincial capital and those who had close contact with him were isolated for observation ... He then flew from Beijing to Chengdu on Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8882 the same day ... Bao was found to have a fever on the flight from Beijing to Chengdu accompanied by sore throats, coughing, a stuffy nose and sneezing. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese leaders, including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, Monday called for enhanced vigilance and strict steps against the A/H1N1 influenza after the country's mainland reported its first case. • China's Ministry of Health orders stepped-up flu monitoring May 12, 2009
The country's health authorities at all levels from Monday were looking for passengers who had traveled on the same flights as Baoto Beijing and Chengdu ... A total of 10 crew members and 150 passengers were on board the Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8882 with Bao from Beijing to Chengdu the same day. (Xinhuanet, China)
Liu Xiang teaches quake students to run hurdles May 12, 2009
CHENGDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang Monday visited students in a primary school in Beichuan County, a hard-hit area in last year's devastating May 12 earthquake, and showed them how to run hurdles. Liu, 25 and once the world champion of 110-meter hurdling, made his visit to Sichuan Province to mark the first anniversary of the disaster, which falls on Tuesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese leaders ask for strict anti-flu steps May 12, 2009
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd R. front) gestures while visiting the Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital, which accepted Chinese mainland's first confirmed A/H1N1 patient surnamed Bao, in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 11, 2009 ... Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L) communicates with the confirmed A/H1N1 patient through video at the Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital, which accepted Chinese mainland's first confirmed A/H1N1 patient surnamed Bao, in... (Xinhuanet, China)
China begins rebuilding quake-devastated Qiang minority group museum May 12, 2009
Work will be finished in two years, after which all the collections that belong to the museum but were transferred to the provincial capital Chengdu after the quake will return, along with800 items collected during the past year. Among the 87,000 people killed or missing in the quake, about 30,000 were from the Qiang minority, or 10 percent of the ethnic group whose history stretches back at least 3,000 years. (Xinhuanet, China)
Swine flu hits Cuba May 12, 2009
But attention was most focused on China, where authorities confirmed that a 30-year-old man was hospitalised with the virus after arriving in the southwestern city of Chengdu on a flight from the United States ... State television said the man, who was in a stable condition, flew from Tokyo to Beijing on a Northwest Airlines flight before connecting on a domestic flight to Chengdu. (iAfrica.com)
* CDC tracks down passengers in flu threat May 12, 2009
Chinese police march outside a hospital yesterday in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, where a man was quarantined after returning from the US. The man is the first confirmed case of the new H1N1 virus in China, excluding Hong Kong ... China confirmed yesterday that its first case of swine flu outside Hong Kong was a man who took the Northwest Airlines flight before flying on to Beijing and then Chengdu, Sichuan Province ... Shih said the CDC was awaiting word from China on whether any Taiwanese were... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
* Travel industry ready for yellow alert on China May 12, 2009
The travel industry and airlines said they were ready to cope with the repercussions of the Mainland Affairs Councils (MAC) decision to raise the travel alert for China to yellow after Beijing confirmed its first case of swine flu in Chengdu, Sichuan Province ... Meanwhile, Roget Hsu (\y), secretary-general of the Travel Agent Association, said the number of travelers heading to Sichuan dropped drastically after last Mays earthquake, although the numbers recently began picking up after... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
In China's quake zone, pain and anger May 12, 2009
Dai Guohong, 19, who lost his legs when his Beichuan school collapsed and killed half of his classmates, plays guitar at a Chengdu hospital, with his prosthetic limbs sitting nearby. By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY ANREN, China From the famous pig that survived under rubble for 36 days, to a water bottle used by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he toured devastated buildings and schools, the Wenchuan Earthquake Museum seems to have it all. (USA Today -- News)
China isolates passengers on flight... May 11, 2009
The 30-year-old man's girlfriend, father and a taxi driver had also been quarantined, said Xinhua, which cited officials at a press conference held in the provincial capital of Chengdu, in southwestern China ... He also took a flight on Sichuan Airlines from Beijing to Chengdu ... It was not clear from the report which passengers were quarantined, although it said the man had developed symptoms of fever on the flight from Beijing to Chengdu. (The Drudge Report)
Chinese earthquake park turns pain into profit May 11, 2009
Travel brochures at Chengdu airport, the main gateway to the region ravaged by the 7. 9-magnitude earthquake, promote "Holiday Shock" vacations. (USA Today -- News)
China opens quake-leveled county to mourners May 11, 2009
CHENGDU, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang and movie icon Jackie Chan will visit student survivors in last year's devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province on Monday as the first anniversary of the disaster is approaching. Liu, 25, arrived Sunday evening in Sichuan provincial capital Chengdu ... CHENGDU, April 24 (Xinhua) -- For Huang Zhongmo, a farmer in Dacheng village of Mianzhu city whose life was devastated by a strong 8. (Xinhuanet, China)
China confirms 1st case of A/H1N1 influenza on mainland May 11, 2009
Most of passengers aboard flight from Beijing to Chengdu with Bao had already been found. Officials of the Sichuan health department speak at a news briefing in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 11, 2009 ... The 30-year-old patient was at the Chengdu Infectious Disease Hospital in Sichuan's provincial capital and those who had close contact with him were isolated for observation. (Xinhuanet, China)
Swine flu hits China as global cases rise May 11, 2009
AFP A nurse wears a mask at Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital in Chengdu in China's Sichuan province ... CHENGDU, China (AFP) China confirmed Monday its first case of swine flu on the mainland, underlining the outbreak's global spread, as the United States reported hundreds more cases and warned of further deaths ... The 30-year-old was hospitalised with a fever after arriving in the Sichuan provincial capital Chengdu, in southwestern China, from the United States via Tokyo on Saturday... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
