Lost Nuclear Material in China Found By Team Mar 28, 2009
It was lost after the 53-year-old Shaanxi Qinling Cement Co. was torn down Monday in the Tongchuan city in Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Xinhua said the ball contains Caesium-137, a radioactive isotope whose radiation is capable of damaging the nervous system, causing infertility and possibly death. (Time.com)
* World News Quick Take Mar 28, 2009
The scale, used to make precision measurements, was found to be missing on Monday after workers began dismantling a cement factory where it was used in Tongchuan City in Shaanxi Province, Xinhua said. A lead ball containing extremely dangerous Caesium-137 was a major component of the scale, it said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
China seeks lost radioactive ball Mar 27, 2009
Tongchuan city officials believe the radioactive material - and its protective container - are likely to have been melted down ... In Tongchuan last July a farmer was arrested after he stole a similar radioactive container and attempted to sell it for scrap. (BBC News)
* Clinton can usher in real change Feb 20, 2009
In her talk, Clinton evoked the ancient Chinese aphorism Tongchuan gongji: When on a common boat, cross the river peacefully together. This alludes to an ancient episode in which soldiers from the warring states of Wu and Yue found themselves on the same boat on a river in a storm and agreed to put down their arms to make a common passage. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
