China's Zhejiang Administration for Industry and Commerce has announced that six models of Sony digital cameras have failed quality inspections.
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The China Electronic Chamber Of Commerce (CECC) has been approved by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) to form the Consumer Electronics Product After-Sales Service Special Committee to ensure the successful implementation of consumer-friendly policies.
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WWF-US has launched the second WWF International Smart Gear Competition. The contest seeks innovative fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch–the accidental catch and related deaths of marine mammals, birds, sea turtles and non-target fish species in fishing gear such as nets and longlines.
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China's State Administration of Coal Mine Work Safety says that 2,411 coal mines have been closed due to safety problems, and a namelist of the first batch of 1,044 closed coal mines was released.
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AXM Pharma's wholly-owned subsidiary in Shenyang has received approval from the Chinese Food and Drug Administration to sell Glucostrim Anti-diabetes Capsules in China, its new treatment for diabetes.
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Xinhua reports that primary and middle school students in Beijing's Shunyi district will get free education and uniforms starting September 2006.
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The remote mountains of China's Shangri-La County are being mapped, thanks to a new GPS database being developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
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Inmarsat's new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) has been launched in China to allow people living in rural areas access to online resources.
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The China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC) and Philip Morris International (PMI) have reached agreement on the licensed production in China of PMI's Marlboro brand and the establishment of an international equity joint venture between China National Tobacco Import and Export Group Corporation (CNTIEGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of CNTC, and PMI.
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The Beijing Fengtai District People's Court has ordered Skyworth to pay more than RMB410,000 to a man surnamed Jiang whose wife died last month as a result of a fire caused by a faulty Skyworth television.
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Sinovac Biotech has initiated human clinical trials for its pandemic flu (H5N1) vaccine Panflu(TM). The vaccine was administered to the first 6 volunteers at the Beijing Sino-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing.
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Two Chinese companies this week signed emission reductions purchase agreements with the World Bank's Umbrella Carbon Facility for the largest emission reductions project on record.
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Xinhua reports that China has pitched its removal of all agricultural taxes in 2006 in historical perspective, saying that the taxes have burdened China's farmers for 2,600 years.
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Chengdu-based United Eagle Airlines has issued a new circular entitled "United Eagle's Provisional Measures On Compensating Passengers for Irregular Flights" detailing ways of compensating passengers when a flight is delayed.
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Hong Kong's Matilda Children's Foundation says its latest fundraising campaign netted HK$300,000, triple the expected amount.
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