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By Alan Osborn

Three young researchers, from Poland, Slovakia and Britain, were awarded the top prizes in the EU Contest for Young Scientists in Copenhagen on September 25th against competition from national scientific prize-winners from 39 European countries plus Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand and the USA.…

BY STEVEN SWINDELLS

SOUTH African restrictions on the import of Chinese textiles and clothing have not come to the rescue of the country’s ailing textile sector as effectively as had been hoped, Brian Brink, executive director of South African industry group Textile Federation (Texfed), has told just-style.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

FEW things say more about the growing enthusiasm for nuclear power than the rush of young students eager to make a career in the industry. It is happening mainly in America but other countries are now beginning to see the same development.…

BY MARK GODFREY

IT has been a bad year to be a fuel retailer in China. Local retailing leader Sinopec has had its profits squeezed by government price controls on petrol prices. Prices at Chinese pumps have risen by 9% in the last 12 months, even though the cost of crude has jumped 40% in the same time span.…

BY WILLIAM BARNES

A WOMAN brushes past palm fronds into the pastel lights of a busy Bangkok salon. At the counter she turns what looks to be a flawless, ivory face towards a woman in a vaguely medical uniform: "Aiyee! I am getting so old.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF has opened an office in China which will help Chinese anti-fraud authorities fight smuggling and counterfeiting. A particular focus will be cigarette smuggling, because of a recent boom in contraband cigarettes being sent from China to the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF has opened an office in China, boosting Sino-European cooperation in the fight against tobacco smuggling and counterfeiting. Indeed, an OLAF communiqué said the key focus of this initiative will be cigarette smuggling, because of the continued boom in contraband cigarettes being sent from China to the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded adult European Union (EU) citizens are safe from eating confectionery and sweet bakery products containing contaminated Chinese milk powder, but warned children maybe at risk. As concerns persist about China-made food products being potentially contaminated with the chemical melamine, the agency said although European adults could have consumed chocolates and biscuits containing the contaminated milk powder, this would not exceed the EU TDI (tolerable daily intake) of 0.5 mg/kg body weight, "even in worst case scenarios".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded adult European Union (EU) citizens are safe from eating contaminated Chinese milk powder, but has warned children could be at risk. Its conclusions follow an urgent inquiry requested by the European Commission following the health crisis in China caused by melamine contamination of milk powder and food products containing milk powder.…

BY MARK GODFREY

A BILLION people watched recently when China’s top two dairy companies Yili and Mengniu took the prime slot Chinese television advertisements immediately after the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics Games. Being onscreen for the most important TV event in modern Chinese history is a sign of how fast dairy has grown in a land accustomed to soy milk.…