China, the world's largest consumer and producer of tobacco, has ratified an international treaty aimed at curbing tobacco-related diseases and deaths. The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chinese state media reported.

Yesterday, a male passenger surnamed Yang suddenly fell sick one hour after CA933, a flight enroute to Paris from Beijing, took to the air.

European clothing retailers were told to 'get real' and quit complaining about recent trade restraints placed on textiles and clothing imports from China. And their current campaign against EU action was described as 'verging on the hysterical and devoid of substance' by Neil Kearney, General Secretary of the Brussels-based International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' [...]

Associates at Sheraton Suzhou Hotel and Towers are rising to a new challenge in August and September to celebrate the "Right to Play" campaign, in conjunction with UNICEF through the Check Out for Children fundraising initiative.

Eastman Kodak Company announced actions to consolidate its worldwide manufacturing operations as part of its ongoing program to rapidly adjust to the accelerating decline in demand for consumer film and photographic paper.

China's legislature yesterday passed amendments to the law on women's rights protection, which "prohibits sexual harassment of women" and empowers women to "lodge complaints" to relevant organizations. The amendments, to take effect from Dec. 1, 2005, also contain a clause that states "granting men and women equal status is a basic state policy of the [...]

On August 17, 2005, the South China Morning Post, Hong-Kong's English-language newspaper, printed an article alleging that mainland China wig manufacturer Henan Rebecca Hair Products employs the forced labor of prisoners in Xuchang. The company's half-year financial statement reveals that Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and UBS are amongst its top [...]