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CHINA DAILY - Tuesday April 28,2009
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The government yesterday banned the import of pork and pork products from Mexico and the US states of Texas, Kansas and California to prevent the spread of swine flu that has killed at least 100 people in the Central American country.
Masks are becoming a necessity across the world again, reminding us of scenes during the SARS outbreak in 2003, only this time the disease is swine flu and the threat is concentrated in Mexico and southern US. Clockwise from left (all photographs taken yesterday except mentioned otherwise): A Malaysian health official at Kuala Lumpur International Airport . A passenger from Mexico at Barcelona airport . A woman with a scarf tied around her face at Madrid airport . A nun in Tlalpan, Mexico City, on Sunday . A woman in a shopping mall in Hong Kong . A baby in a Beijing hospital . A medical staff member at a hospital in Singapore . A police officer in Mexico City on Sunday . A US citizen at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego on Sunday.  AP, Reuters and AFP
Swine Flu
Chinese tourists delayed trips to the United States yesterday as the government warned on traveling to countries hit by swine flu.
Nation
GUANGZHOU: Universities will look beyond a student's academic achievements to include moral and social efforts under new entrance guidelines announced yesterday.
China Scene
Girl, 13, seeks foster parents to help real mom
Insight
Tears trickled down Hu Ailing's wrinkled, dark face as Beijing health officials confiscated three dialysis machines. Leaning against the open gate of the courtyard where workers were loading them onto a truck, the devastated 54-year-old could only repeat: "The machines are our kidneys. They are taking away our kidneys."
Comment
Energy is becoming an important attribute for world financing circles. China, as a fast-growing economy with increasing energy demands, should raise its awareness of energy financing to the national level and take concrete measures.
Opinion
One of the many mutual interests of China and the European Union (EU) is to reduce, if not eliminate, the threat of climate change.
Business
US companies in China remain committed to, and highly optimistic about, the long-term prospects of the domestic economy, the 2009 White Paper on the state of American business in China, released yesterday by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), showed.
Life
For Liu Xi, a 26-year-old college teacher, the Lake Festival in Chongqing during last year's National Day holiday was his first outdoor music festival - and a life-changing experience.