Monday, February 27, 2006

News

China alert for spring bird flu: China could suffer a "massive" outbreak of bird flu this spring, the Chinese agriculture minister has said.

Beijing Spends Millions in Curbing Spitting: The Beijing municipal administration has recently stepped up efforts to change some people's bad habit of spitting on the ground and will punish those found violating the rules through a high-tech vehicle equipped with monitors.

'Jurassic beaver' found in China: The discovery of a fossil beaver that lived when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth could challenge some currently accepted ideas on mammal evolution.

Forest Coverage Rises: China will work towards to increasing its woodland coverage in 70 percent of the cities nationwide which would mean per capita public land under vegetation reaching eight square meters.


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