China Chronicles April 30, 2012
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- China launches two navigation satellites
CHINA successfully launched two satellites into space at 4:50am Beijing Time today, the 12th and 13th satellites for its Beidou global navigation and positioning network, the launch center said.
The Beidou-2 satellites, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan, was boosted by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and has entered the scheduled orbit.
It is the first time China has launched two navigation satellites with one rocket, and the two satellites will help to improve the accuracy of the Beidou, or Compass system, the center said in a statement.
China will launch three more satellites for the Beidou network this year and a global satellite positioning and navigation system will be completed in 2020 with more than 30 orbiters, the statement said.
Today's mission marked the 160th flight of China's Long March series of carrier rockets.
- Coke-bottling firm told to halt after soda tainted
THE Coca-Cola Shanxi Beverages Co Ltd has been ordered to suspend production after residual chlorine was found to have leaked into its products, according to the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision.
The company in northern China apologized to consumers on Saturday, and admitted that the mishap was caused by an operational error, and water used for rinsing beverage packages entered into the water used for making the beverage.
Nine batches of the soft drink produced by the Shanxi bottling plant on February 4-8 were involved, but the company didn't identify them.
The bureau said its investigation showed that a media report about the chlorine scandal was true, and officials also found that manufacturing conditions at the facility failed to meet required standards.
The company reiterated that the drinks "were safe and would cause no harm to human health" because tests confirmed the products were within national standards.
The company said in a statement that on February 3 modifications were made to the water pipelines as part of the plant's water-conservation project.
"The water used for rinsing contains trace levels of residual chlorine that are lower than the national standards for drinking water, and the final beverage was safe to consume," said the statement.
The company said it discovered the issue at the time and the problem was "addressed and taken care of."
- Officials blame wind for illegal pesticide on tea
ILLEGAL pesticide residue found on tea is caused by the wind blowing it from other crops, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health.
Greenpeace, an environmental organization, recently published the results of two inspections of Chinese tea, showing that several leading tea brands, such as Lipton, were selling products containing residue of banned pesticide. Some was found to contain methomyl, a pesticide banned from use on tea trees since last year.
The ministries said on Saturday the residue was not due to farmers spraying pesticide on the tea. Instead, said Dong Hongyan, an official with the agriculture ministry, long-term use of the pesticide on other crops may leave residue in the water and soil. Even though methomyl is banned on tea trees, it can still be used on other agricultural products.
"If the tea trees are planted next to some other crops, the pesticide traveling through wind or the flow of air current is inevitable," said Dong.
The explanation met with consumer disbelief on Weibo, the country's leading microblog, with some saying they don't believe a word of it. Consumers questioned how much pesticide would have to be used on other crops for the methomyl residue to show up on tea.
Consumers also expressed concern about soil pollution.
"I believe the pollution of the soil has become a serious problem for the country's agriculture," said an online poster called "wild crane." "Overuse of chemical fertilizer and pesticide will destroy the soil quality."
Greenpeace tested 18 types of tea sold by nine brands in Beijing and Sichuan and Hainan provinces, including green tea, oolong tea and jasmine tea.
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1 reflector camera right - Huangshan, Dabie Mountain located in Jinchuan Village / 大别山, 搁船尖, 金川乡 / Anhui Province, PR China.
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Gechuanjian (gē chuán jiān 搁船尖) is located in Jinchuan Village (jīn chuān xiāng 金川乡). It belongs to a part of Dabie Mountain (dà bié shān 大别山). It has the most mysterious karst landform in China. It is also the relic of Manichaeism. And it is regarded as the spiritual home in the world. The stone holes on the mountain are all natural and some are invisible. The name derives from a legend. It is said that, in ancient time, the Emperor of the Heaven (yù dì 玉帝) anchored his ship at this peak when confronted with flood. The well known attractions there are the quaternary stone statue of Mani. Everywhere on the mountain, visitors can find a spectacular waterfall.
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