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  Golden Week visitors break holiday records
The mainland's top tourist destinations received a record number of visitors during last week's Golden Week holiday, the government said on Monday, with Olympic venues major draws.
Taiwan finds millions in counterfeit yuan
7:00pm Taiwan authorities arrested six people suspected of counterfeiting 100 million Chinese yuan (US$14.19 million) as they tried to smuggle the stash to the mainland, officials said on ...
New milk tests results 'clean'
2:00pm Authorities in Beijing, mired in a health scandal over contaminated dairy products, said new tests had revealed no melamine in liquid milk on the home market.
Powerful quake rocks Xinjiang
1:30pm A strong earthquake hit China’s remote northwestern region of Xinjiang early on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, state media said.
Police detain six more suspects in milk scandal
11:45am Police have detained six people suspected of producing and selling melamine, the chemical at the centre of the country’s scandal over tainted dairy products, the official Xinhua news ...

POLITICS & POLICY
Jams spark debate on future of 'golden week'
As people return from the National Day break, debate continues on whether to persist with the "golden week" system, which allows the public a week-long holiday twice a year.
 
SOCIETY & ECONOMY
Mainland gets lift from milk tests but more countries ban products
MILK CRISIS More foreign countries have imposed bans on mainland food products even as the country's top food safety watchdog said none of hundreds of liquid milk samples had failed a new round of testing for ...
COLUMNS
Youth need equipping for work beyond casinos
LEADER Macau unionists broke with tradition this year by not marching on May Day out of patriotic respect for the Olympic torch relay. However, they did take to the streets yesterday, making Macau and Hong ...
icon arrow OBSERVER  Progress, but at what cost to the nation?
icon arrow LEADER  Space standards also needed on the ground
 
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  Human cost of a trendy phone
AGENDA A Dongguan factory that makes iPhones is hardly the Apple of workers' eyes. Simon Parry reports.
MACAU FOCUS
  Visa curbs stall Macau's casino boom
Macau's booming casino revenue growth came to a sudden halt last month as Beijing's crackdown on visits by mainlanders to the city threatens to derail six years of post- liberalisation gaming ...
 
  Public housing plan under fire as property prices fall
A massive public housing scheme in Macau has run into delays and opposition amid falling property prices.
   
   
   
   
 

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