China detains 19 as baby formula sickens hundreds Sep 14, 2008
A baby suffering from kidney stones in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. Doctors suspect the kidney stones were caused by tainted milk formula. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
China says company knew of tainted milk Sep 14, 2008
A baby with kidney stones is treated last week at a military hospital in Lanzhou, China. BEIJING - China's health minister blamed a dairy Saturday for the delay in warning the public about tainted milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and at least one death, as authorities increased the number of known sick babies to 432. (Athens Banner-Herald)
China launches baby formula probe Sep 13, 2008
Lu Yuan, a urologist with the No. 1 Hospital of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, told Xinhua that 14 sick babies were brought into her facility in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province. Most of the babies looked worn-out and had a fever when they arrived at the hospital. (MSNBC -- International)
China Blames Dairy Farms for Tainted Baby Formula Sep 13, 2008
In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (ABC News -- Wire)
A preliminary investigation confirmed the contaminated Sanlu baby milk powder as the cause of kidney stones in infants after a first-phase probe by experts, China's Ministry of Health said Friday.• China starts probe into powder milk contamination Sep 13, 2008
Lu's hospital, based in Lanzhou, capital of the Gansu Province, has received 14 such infant patients, six have already been cured and eight are still being treated. "Most of the babies looked worn-out and had a fever when they arrived at the hospital. Some didn't produce any urine for two to three days and were in very serious condition," Lu said. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's health ministry says tainted milk powder causes infants kidney stone Sep 13, 2008
Two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 11, 2008 ... Parents of the babies with kidney stones tell the reporter about their kids' drinking state at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 11, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)
China Recalls Tainted Infant Formula Sep 12, 2008
Four babies suffering from kidney stones are held by relatives at a hospital in Lanzhou, northwest Chinas Gansu province, September 8, 2008. (Imaginechina via AP Images). (CBS News -- Early Show)
* World News Quick Take Sep 12, 2008
Luo Yanlin, 48, was executed on Wednesday X National Teachers Day in China, the Lanzhou Morning Post reported. Luo was sentenced for raping and sexually abusing 39 girls aged seven to 14 when he worked at three schools in the province between 1988 and 2006, it said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China launches nationwide baby formula probe Sep 12, 2008
Parents show babies suffering from kidney stones at a hospital in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu province Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Public health authorities in Lanzhou are investigating a brand of baby formula after 14 babies who drank it developed kidney stones. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Optimal conditions set for spacewalk Sep 12, 2008
The sandstorm had started to wane on Monday and moved to Lanzhou in the south, posing no threat to the launch, meteorologists were quoted by the Beijing News as saying. Earlier reports had said that the Shenzhou VII spacecraft will be launched on a Long March 2F rocket. (Xinhuanet, China)
China investigates tainted baby formula Sep 12, 2008
Parents show babies suffering from kidney stones at a hospital in Lanzhou, Gansu province, on Tuesday. Sanlu Group, a leading dairy producer in China, recalled about 700 tons of its baby milk powder formula after discovering the product was contaminated with tripolycyanamide, a chemical believed to cause kidney stones, the Xinhua news agency reported. (CNN -- World)
More babies across China suffer from kidney stones, fake milk ... Sep 11, 2008
The No.1 Hospital of The People's Liberation Army (PLA), in Gansu provincial capital Lanzhou, received the first case on June 28, which was followed by another 13 cases later on. However, at least three other hospitals in Lanzhou confirmed they had received similar cases in the past two months. (Xinhua)
Sandstorm no threat to launch of Shenzhou-7 spacecraft Sep 10, 2008
The sandstorm, which hit central and western Gansu Province from Sunday morning, had started to weaken and move southeast toward the provincial capital Lanzhou, the National Meteorological Observatory said in a statement on Tuesday. The sandstorm would not last long and would not affect the launch of Shenzhou-7, the observatory cited a meteorological expert with the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center as saying. (Xinhuanet, China)
China Faces Obstacles In Nuclear Energy Aug 27, 2008
China now has a centralized spent fuel facility in Lanzhou (Gansu). The current storage capacity of 550 tonnes could be doubled, but still will not be sufficient to cope with the greater volume in the future. (Forbes -- Business)
* For Gansus Uighurs, Beijings Olympics are a world away Aug 22, 2008
By Anna Bodner DPA, LANZHOU, CHINA Friday, Aug 22, 2008, Page 9. Olympic fever that has swept most of China seems to have limited influence in Lanzhou, considered the geometrical center of China ... For Yakup Azizi, a 23-year-old Uighur working in a halal restaurant in central Lanzhou, the attacks came as no surprise, but he has a more positive view of the Olympics. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bargains abound in China for those who haggle Aug 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008. (08-13) 04:00 PDT Beijing. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Friendly smiles in Beijing Aug 13, 2008
His description of a train journey from Urumqi to Lanzhou in some ways echoed mine on the Turpan-Liuyuan (Dunhuang) train. Three generations of friendly women in Olympic co-host city Qingdao. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
China shares tumble 4.47% Aug 9, 2008
An investor is depressed in front of the stock price board in a trading hall in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, on Aug. 8, 2008. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 4. (Xinhuanet, China)
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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)
Toilet tales Jul 30, 2008
Driving south from Jiuquan towards Lanzhou, we pulled into a highway rest stop to stretch our legs. The place looked deserted and was so bitterly cold that the snack vendors just left their small bags of nuts on a rickety table outside with the price marked on a slip of cardboard. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Rainstorm runoff disrupts highway, telecom communications in NW China prefecture Jul 28, 2008
Telecom communications were restored on Monday, but the section of the highway which links Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu, and Xining (Qinghai's capital) remained closed for repair. Editor: Wang Hongjiang. (Xinhuanet, China)
Great Wall Electric cuts share price Jul 5, 2008
SHANGHAI: Lanzhou Great Wall Electrical Co, a maker of power generation equipment, said on Saturday it was slashing the price of a planned share placement by 41 per cent after the stock market plunged. Last August, Great Wall Electrical announced it would place up to 30 million new shares with as many as 10 institutions at a price of at least 12. (India Times)
Environmentalism in China Jun 30, 2008
They are on the frontline of the environmental fight because desertification is encroaching and they are located in a very heavy [industrial], polluted city of Lanzhou and also they are located on the site of the Yellow River. Another example is GSEAN. This is a Chinese Web site which networks or consults young people. (CNN -- International)
China's Wen speaks of "calamity-ridden nation" Jun 23, 2008
"The lives of quake-affected people should basically be back to normal (in Shaanxi and Gansu) in two months, and reconstruction in the two provinces should be basically completed by 2010," Wen was quoted by Xinhua news agency saying in Gansu's capital Lanzhou. "Authorities should continue to stick to the 'people first' policy in their work and guard against epidemics," Wen said. (AlertNet)
Reconstruction in quake-hit Shaanxi, Gansu to be complete by 2010 Jun 23, 2008
LANZHOU, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The lives of quake-affected people should basically be back to normal in northwestern China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in two months, and reconstruction in the two provinces should be basically completed by 2010, Premier Wen Jiabao has said. Wen made the remarks during his three-day visits to Shaanxi and Gansu starting from Friday. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to launch 10 key projects in western regions Jun 22, 2008
These projects include new railway lines connecting Guiyang and Guangzhou, Lanzhou and Chongqing, Kashgar and Hotan in Xinjiang; highways between Wanyuan and Dazhou in Sichuan Province, Shuikou and Duyun in Guizhou Province; airport expansion projects in Chengdu, Chongqing and Xi'an. They also include the building of hydropower stations, coal mines, gas and oil transmission tube lines as well as public utilities projects in western regions. (Xinhuanet, China)
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Torch relay organisers in the Qinghai capital of Xining told AFP that they had no information and calls to the torch relay office in Gansu's capital Lanzhou went unanswered. Copyright. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Main quake lake overflows into sluice channel Jun 8, 2008
The pipeline, winding from Lanzhou via Chengdu to Chongqing, was 60 kilometers downstream from the lake. Liu Xiaozhong, director in charge of the pipeline protection work, said that the pipeline will not be disrupted according to the work plan on the quake lake. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's main quake lake overflows into sluice channel Jun 7, 2008
The pipeline, winding from Lanzhou via Chengdu to Chongqing, was 60 kilometers downstream from the lake. With a capacity of transferring six million tons of oil each year, the pipeline provides 70 percent of product oil to Sichuan and neighboring Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhuanet, China)
Work on Earthquake Lake Is at `Critical Moment,' Chinese Premier Wen Says Jun 6, 2008
A section of the Lanzhou-Chengdu-Chongqing pipeline is located 60 kilometers downstream from Tangjiashan lake, China National Petroleum Corp. said in a statement on its Web site today ... The 1,252-kilometer pipeline carries 70 percent of Sichuan's oil-product supplies, linking Chengdu, the provincial capital, and the city of Chongqing to PetroChina's refinery at Lanzhou in Gansu. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Parents, students "should just relax" as exams approach Jun 4, 2008
Anxious parents wait outside a national college entrance exam venue in Lanzhou, Gansu province, last June. This year's exams start on Saturday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Children in China quake zone to be vaccinated against epidemics Jun 3, 2008
LANZHOU, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Health authorities will vaccinate children in parts of the northwest Gansu Province in a drive to prevent post-quake epidemics, local authorities said on Tuesday. From June 5 to 19, children aged between eight months and 14 years in several quake-ravaged counties in Longnan City and the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan will be vaccinated against encephalitis, hepatitis and measles, said a spokesman of the Longnan health bureau. (Xinhuanet, China)
Where breathing is deadly May 25, 2008
Now those fish from this dubious water are sold to unsuspecting residents in the city of Lanzhou. And the complexities and ambiguities about that progress offer a window into the shadings of China's economic boom. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Jeni Jonae Rempel, 19 May 21, 2008
Born April 26, 1989, in Lanzhou, China. She is the daughter of Larry and Victoria (Underwood) Rempel, Confluence. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
An aftershock of six to seven on the Richter scale was likely to happen in the Wenchuan earthquake area in southwest China's Sichuan Province, said local seismological bureau.• Netizens launch programs to help quake victims May 20, 2008
LANZHOU, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Many Chinese netizens have proposed adopting children who lost parents in Monday's massive earthquake. "I have been in tears in recent days. I pray for people in quake zones and hope to adopt a child. My wife and I would love him or her like my own child," a netizen Lizi wrote at the www. (Xinhuanet, China)
Oil release will ensure supplies May 20, 2008
PetroChina's oil products pipeline linking its Lanzhou refinery in Gansu and Sichuan has resumed operation and is currently running smoothly, with transport volume and storage back to or above the levels before the quake, China National Petroleum Corporation said. The daily volume through the pipeline, a key supplier to Sichuan, reached 16,900 tons on Sunday, 2,000 tons above the average, it said. (Xinhuanet, China)
PetroChina, Sinopec Shut Some Sichuan Gas Output as Safety Step on Quake May 14, 2008
PetroChina restarted a fuel pipeline from its Lanzhou refinery in northwestern Gansu province to Sichuan yesterday. The pipeline was shut for 22 hours and the current volume is 600 cubic meters an hour, China National Petroleum said today. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
China Orders Mines, Chemical Plants, Oil Wells to Halt Output After Quake May 13, 2008
PetroChina, the country's biggest oil producer, will restart an oil products pipeline in western China that was shut for more than 10 hours after the earthquake, , general manager at the company Lanzhou refinery. known as Sinopec, said today there hasn't been any ``huge impact'' on its operations from the quake. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
China restarts oil line, gas wells shut on quake May 13, 2008
The pipeline, linking Lanzhou in Gansu province with Sichuan's capital Chengdu, and Chongqing region, has a capacity to pump 200,000 barrels of gasoline or diesel a day. A prolonged halt at the pipeline would have forced production cuts at the 200,000-bpd Lanzhou refinery, the largest in west China, which is now operating normally, one official said. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Oil price drops on Chinese data May 13, 2008
A prolonged halt at the pipeline that supplies most of the fuel to the quake-hit region could force production cuts at the 200,000 bpd Lanzhou refinery, the largest in western China, the sources said. Adding another threat of tightening supplies, Iran is reviewing its crude output but no decision has yet been taken on any changes, Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said on Tuesday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Nurses in action after quake jolts SW China May 13, 2008
Earthquake was felt in Nanchong, Chengdu, Chongqing, Zhengzhou and Lanzhou. The International Nurse Day celebrated on the day of May 12. (Xinhuanet, China)
Quake kills 9,000, buries 900 pupils in China May 13, 2008
A source at the biggest refinery in western China, Lanzhou, said the plant also appeared unaffected by the quake. An official with the Sichuan provincial seismic bureau said the epicentre was in Wenchuan county, in the mountainous Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Circle of steel around the silk road May 10, 2008
In recent weeks a convoy of 50 People's Liberation Army trucks could be seen rumbling across the desert roads of Kashgar; and large groups of military officers from Lanzhou, in Gansu province, and riot police in open trucks were a daily sight in Urumqi. Hundreds of village walls have been painted with red slogans urging people to put the nation first and build a peaceful society. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
China confronts its Uyghur threat Apr 18, 2008
China Southern Airlines Flight CZ6901 left Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, on March 7, 2008, and made an emergence landing in Lanzhou, Gansu, where two passengers - a man and a woman - were taken into custody, both carrying Pakistani passports. Nineteen-year-old Guzalinur Turdi, an ethnic Uyghur woman who spent a significant amount of time in Pakistan, confessed to attempting to ignite a flammable substance, perhaps petrol, syringed into a beverage can, in an attempt to blow up the plane. (Asia Times Online)
Airport slated for Tibetan region of western China Apr 16, 2008
The surrounding areas already have two major airports in the cities of Xining and Lanzhou, although China has in recent years moved aggressively to develop western regions heavily populated by restive ethnic minorities including the Buddhist Tibetans and Muslim Uighurs. China in 2006 opened a rail line to Lhasa that has provided a massive spur to tourism in the region. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Pandas thrive in WWF-backed program in NW China Apr 16, 2008
LANZHOU, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of giant pandas has increased steadily at a World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-financed program based in the southern mountains of Gansu Province, northwest China, the provincial forestry department said. The panda population has increased from around 100 to 120 since the department and the WWF began a program called "Protection of Giant Pandas and Their Habitats at Mount Minshan" in 2005, the department said. (Xinhuanet, China)
* IOC mulls dropping international relay Apr 9, 2008
The second tour for foreign media of areas that saw mass Tibetan protests recently will fly to Lanzhou, Gansu Province, where more than 1,000 Buddhist monks led protests. At the end of last month, journalists were taken on a highly regimented three-day trip to Lhasa. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Official: 16 Dead in Tibet Riots Mar 29, 2008
In the provincial capital of Lanzhou, about 500 Tibetan students gathered Sunday on the Lanzhou Northwest Minorities University's soccer field to show solidarity with Tibetans in Lhasa. About 50 of them stayed overnight amid a strong security presence but were prevented by security forces from leaving the campus to enter the city on Monday, the Free Tibet rights group said. (ABC 7 News, DC)
* Woman confessed to `terrorist' hijack attempt, China says Mar 28, 2008
The flight was diverted to Lanzhou, in western Gansu Province, after one or more passengers were found with suspicious liquids. The woman is from China's Turkic Muslim Uighur minority, Xinhua said, and officials have called the attack part of a terror campaign to turn the region into an independent nation called East Turkestan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Suspect admits terror attempt on China flight Mar 27, 2008
It made an emergency landing in Lanzhou, the capital of neighboring Gansu Province, at 12:40 hours ... According earlier reports, the attack was averted by air marshals on the flight and the plane landed in Lanzhou after the crew and air police reported the incident to the control tower. (Xinhuanet, China)
China vows secure Olympics torch relay as activists plan protest at Mar 24, 2008
On Saturday, hundreds of Tibetans marched through the town, about six hours by bus away from the provincial capital of Lanzhou, and removed the Chinese flag from a government building, the official said. He said he did not have any other details but said order had been restored. (Hindu)
Chinese troops blanket Tibetan areas Mar 21, 2008
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Chinese troops in Tibet Mar 21, 2008
An employee at the Nine Lakes Travel Agency in Lanzhou, Gansu province, said she had heard about recent protests and unrest in many counties around the province. Tourists are not allowed to enter the seven counties affected because it considered dangerous at the moment. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
China plane attackers from Pakistan, Central Asia-sources Mar 20, 2008
Chinese officials have said the March 7 incident, in which a plane on its way from the restive, predominately Muslim region of Xinjiang to Beijing abruptly cut short its journey and landed in Lanzhou, a northwest city, involved a foiled assault by passengers, but they have revealed few details. The Communist Party chief of Xinjiang, Wang Lequan, said this week that the incident was a failed attack by separatists based abroad seeking an independent Xinjiang. (AlertNet)
A cry for freedom - and social justice Mar 20, 2008
That sense of unspoken solidarity emerged at a university in Lanzhou, the capital of neighbouring Gansu province, on Sunday, when hundreds of Tibetan students joined a silent protest in the middle of the football field ... Asked to explain how such a big protest could materialise without leadership or organisation, the Lanzhou Tibetan student said Tibetans have a "common feeling". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Key places and events in unrest Mar 20, 2008
Lanzhou: More than 100 students took part in a sit-down protest on 16 March. SICHUAN PROVINCE. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China bars film crew Mar 18, 2008
Later, their Chinese government minders told them they could not return to their Xiahe hotel and that all their belongings would be gathered and brought to them in Lanzhou, about a five-hour drive away. "Apparently the protests had spread through the whole town and our hotel -- state-run of course -- had been targeted, all of the windows smashed out and fires burning on the street," Palermo said. (CNN -- International)
Rioter Roundup Mar 18, 2008
Tibetan students at the NorthWest Minorities University in Lanzhou staged an all-night sit-in at a school sports field before dispersing this morning. In the nearby town of Hezuo, in northwestern Gansu province, several dozen students from the Hezuo School of Hygiene took to the streets to demonstrate in sympathy for Tibetans in Lhasa but were quickly dispersed by police, school officials said. (Fox News)
Escalation of violence in Tibet feared Mar 18, 2008
In the city of Lanzhou, about 500 Tibetan students who gathered Sunday on the Northwest Minorities University's soccer field abandoned an overnight vigil. Fifty tried to march into the city, only to be blocked by security forces from leaving the campus, said the London-based Free Tibet Campaign. (Globe and Mail)
Growing tensionsTibetan protests spread to other Chinese provinces Mar 18, 2008
Michael Bristow BBC News, Lanzhou, Gansu province. Tibetan students in Lanzhou held a candle-lit vigil at the weekend ... Security was certainly tighter around Lanzhou's North-Western Minorities University, where about 100 Tibetan students staged a protest on Sunday. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China's crackdown reaches beyond Tibet Mar 17, 2008
All foreigners traveling on the road from Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, were stopped by police 100 miles from Xiahe on Saturday night, although some reporters managed to slip into the town before the roadblocks were established. Protests against Chinese rule of Tibet were also reported in Sichuan Province. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Tibet unrest spreads beyond Lhasa Mar 17, 2008
In the Gansu capital Lanzhou, more than 100 Tibetan students staged a sit-down protest on a university's playing field, according to the activist group Free Tibet. Elsewhere in Gansu, at Xiahe, security forces extended their clampdown on Sunday after confrontations there between hundreds of monks and police over the weekend. (Yahoo News -- China)
Monks leading cry for a free land Mar 17, 2008
Witnesses said crowds of about 600 people on Friday and Saturday and an unspecified number early yesterday clashed with hundreds of police and troops trucked in from the nearest city, Lanzhou. The protesters hurled rocks and bricks at police headquarters and smashed windows of Han Chinese shops and buildings. (Yahoo News -- China)
