Hourly News updated 08:00 2011/10/01

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to make every effort to improve people's livelihood and uphold social equality and justice.

Addressing a reception marking the 62nd anniversary of the founding of new China in Beijing, Wen Jiabao said the government will continue to give top priority to improving people's livelihood in all its endeavors and address pressing issues directly affecting people's interests.

The premier vowed³ to address unfair income distribution and the income gap to ensure prosperity for all. He also pledged to protect people's democratic rights, uphold judicial⁴ justice, resolutely⁵ fight corruption⁶ and properly address societal problems.

 

Premier meets foreign experts awarded for excellence⁷ by Chinese government 

Premier Wen Jiabao had a meeting in Beijing with 50 foreigners from 21 nations who received the annual government "Friendship Award" for their excellent work performances in China.

The premier thanked these award-winning foreign experts in the presence of their families and praised them for their outstanding contributions to China's reform, opening-up and modernization⁸ drive. 

The premier urged government departments in charge of foreign experts' affairs to create sound conditions for excellent foreign talents to display their wisdom and abilities in China.

 

Nesat batters⁹ S China, causes severe damage

Tropical Storm Nesat continued to wreak¹⁰ havoc¹¹ in south China and battered¹² Guangxi Province after making landfall on Hainan Province earlier this week.

Nesat was the strongest typhoon to hit Hainan province since 2005. It forced the evacuations of more than 450,000 people and toppled over 1,300 houses.

Nesat dwindled¹³ to a tropical storm and moved in to Guangxi Province, where 20,000 people were evacuated¹⁴ and more than 500 houses collapsed¹⁵.

The storm also caused rivers in Hainan coastal¹⁶ Zhejiang province to reach flood alert levels.

 

Chinese gov't spokesperson calls for boycott¹⁷ on online falsehoods 

A government spokesperson has called for a boycott on online falsehoods and Internet-based rumors¹⁸, which he referred to as "malignant¹⁹ tumors" that are detrimental²⁰ to social stability.

The spokesperson from the State Internet Information Office under the State Council, or China's Cabinet, called for China's 500 million Internet users to "abide²¹ by the law, show self-discipline and refrain from spreading rumors." 

The spokesperson urged Internet enterprises and websites to "strengthen the management of information publication" and invited the public to give tip-offs on online rumors.

 

Yemen says al Qaeda cleric Awlaki killed

Yemen's Defense²² Ministry²³ said Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric linked to al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, has been killed.

A Yemeni security official said Awlaki, who is of Yemeni descent, was hit in an air raid and said those killed with him were suspected al Qaeda members.

Awlaki had been implicated²⁴ in a botched attempt by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to bomb a U.S.-bound plane in 2009. 

U.S. President Barack Obama says the killing²⁵ of Awlaki is a major blow to al-Qaeda's most active operational affiliate²⁶, al- Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

 

China halts raw oyster²⁷ imports from U.S. after illness reports 

China says it has halted the import of raw oysters²⁸ from the U.S. State of Washington after reports of an illness outbreak.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision²⁹, Inspection³⁰ and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has also recalled raw oysters already imported from the state by Chinese companies. 

The administration advised consumers to cook seafood³¹ thoroughly³² before eating. 

In response to a listeria outbreak involving tainted³³ cantaloupes in the U.S., the administration says China has not imported U.S. cantaloupes.

It says China has demanded all airlines operating flights between China and the U.S. stop serving raw or cold foods, like cantaloupes, on planes flying from the U.S. to China.

 

China bans production, sale of clenbuterol to improve food safety

China has banned the production, sale and use of clenbuterol tablets, a medicine used to treat bronchial asthma³⁴ that has also been illegally used by farmers to make their pigs leaner.

Food safety and public security authorities have stepped up their efforts to crack down on the illegal use of clenbuterol this year, following a string of cases in which farmers were found to be illegally using the drug as a fat-burning additive³⁵ in pig feed. 

Existing clenbuterol tablets will be destroyed under the supervision of local food and drug authorities.

 

Shanghai police crack down on fake iPhones

Authorities say police in Shanghai are fighting to keep counterfeit³⁶ iPhones off the streets just days before the upcoming release of the iPhone 5.

Five suspects were apprehended³⁷ for using recycled accessories to manufacture fake iPhones earlier this week. The suspects sorted through e-waste transported from south China's Guangdong Province, scavenged genuine components³⁸ from discarded iPhones and combined them with the fake components before selling them. 

Over 200 fake iPhones and 5,000 accessories at a value of over $780,000 U.S. dollars were confiscated³⁹ from a rented apartment in downtown Shanghai during a July busts⁴⁰.

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