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02/23/12--00:00: Beijing moves to root out GM crops (chan 1857252)

A ban on genetically modified crops is finally set to become law amid claims that mainland diners are unwittingly being served up transgenic rice.


02/23/12--00:00: Beijing urges Iran to work with UN team (chan 1857252)

China on Thursday called on Iran to co-operate with UN nuclear inspectors, but declined to criticise the country for blocking recent requests for information and visits to sensitive sites.


02/23/12--00:00: iPad case heats up in Shanghai (chan 1857252)

A Shanghai court yesterday heard evidence in a Shenzhen-based electronics firm's infringement lawsuit against Apple, further escalating a battle over the iPad name.


02/23/12--00:00: Bear farm media tour dismissed as a stunt (chan 1857252)

Guizhentang Pharmaceutical - the bear bile producer that has come under fire for planning a public listing - let selected mainland media tour its bear farm in Fujian yesterday.


02/23/12--00:00: What do they want? More female toilets (chan 1857252)

Guangzhou may become the first mainland city to require by law that public toilets for women exceed those for men by 50 per cent.


02/23/12--00:00: China again refuses to meet on Syria (chan 1857252)

China refused again on Thursday to say whether it would attend a global conference aimed at ending the violence in Syria, as a bloody crackdown on protesters intensified.


02/23/12--00:00: China Digest (chan 1857252)

Experienced nannies' salaries have jumped 10 to 20 per cent after the Lunar New Year with many women wanting to give birth this year, the Year of the Dragon, believing it symbolises potent and auspicious powers, the Beijing Daily reports.


02/23/12--00:00: Apple defends iPad name in Shanghai (chan 1857252)

Apple defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing on Wednesday, as Proview denied it sold the rights to the tablet's name in China.


02/23/12--00:00: Crises worsened by cloak of secrecy (chan 1857252)

Recent toxic spills escalated into full-blown panics partly because of a lack of reliable information, writes Shi Jiangtao.


02/23/12--00:00: Crowd pleaser Xi gives little away on tour (chan 1857252)

Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Thursday after a high-profile foreign tour that put a more human face on China's leader-in-waiting, but gave away little about his politics.


02/23/12--00:00: Briefs (chan 1857252)

The State Council set new health reform targets for the country by 2015 at an executive meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.


02/23/12--00:00: Outspoken diplomat resumes his rise (chan 1857252)

The career prospects of former deputy foreign minister and rising diplomatic star He Yafei seemed up in the air after the failed Copenhagen climate talks in 2009. But mainland analysts say his reassignment this week to the central government's Overseas Chinese Affairs Office looks like redemption.


02/23/12--00:00: Crack down on separatists, Xi says (chan 1857252)

Vice-President Xi Jinping called on Turkey yesterday to crack down on separatist activities by anti-China forces in its territory, as protests by Uygur activists marred his visit to the country. But trade imbalances topped the agenda of Xi's host.


02/23/12--00:00: Burnings cast pall on Tibetan New Year (chan 1857252)

The Tibetan New Year, or Losar, began in sombre fashion around the world yesterday amid mourning for more than 20 Tibetans who had set themselves on fire.


02/23/12--00:00: Row over denial of massacre rages on (chan 1857252)

A row over the denial by the mayor of the Japanese city of Nagoya that the Nanking massacre ever took place escalated yesterday, and threatens to overshadow the 40th anniversary of the normalisation of Sino-Japanese relations.