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China AIDS sufferers face widespread discrimination-UN
BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) - People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them, according to a U.N. survey released on Friday. China's Health Ministry and UNAIDS ... Full Article
China AIDS sufferers face widespread discrimination: U.N.
BEIJING (Reuters) - People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them, according to a U.N. survey released on Friday. Full Article
Wal-Mart price pressure hurts China workers: report
BEIJING (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's demand for rock-bottom prices from suppliers in China means some of these companies are forcing their employees to work in sweatshop-like conditions, a new report said on Wednesday. Full Article
Activists try making vegetarianism sexy in China
BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - Want to be sexy? Don't eat meat -- that's the message behind a campaign to promote vegetarianism in China, where meat consumption is booming on the back of rapid economic growth. Full Article
China considers supporting IAEA on Iran - minister
BEIJING, Nov 26 (Reuters) - China is "in principle" considering supporting an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution demanding Iran immediately mothball a uranium enrichment site it hid for years, a vice foreign minister said. Full Article
Activists try making vegetarianism sexy in China
BEIJING, Nov 26 (Reuters Life!) - Want to be sexy? Don't eat meat -- that's the message behind a campaign to promote vegetarianism in China, where meat consumption is booming on the back of rapid economic growth. Animal rights group People for the Ethical ... Full Article
China says content, not form, key to climate pact
(Adds byline, comments from China climate change ambassador) By Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING, Nov 25 (Reuters) - China will rate the success of the Copenhagen climate summit by the actual content of any deal reached, a top negotiator said on Wednesday, ... Full Article
China says content, not form, key to climate pact
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will rate the success of the Copenhagen climate summit by the actual content of any deal reached, a top negotiator said on Wednesday, in Beijing's first hint it accepts there will not be a legally binding pact. Full Article
China executes two for tainted milk scandal
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday executed two people for their role in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six children and further sullied the made-in-China brand. Full Article
North Korea's Kim says China friendship "unbreakable"
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday told the visiting Chinese defense minister that his isolated country's friendship with China was "unbreakable," even as ties have been tested by the North's nuclear tests. Full Article
