BEIJING - A SHIP carrying 100 tonnes of hydrochloric acid sank in China's Yangtze river on Sunday after colliding with another vessel, state media reported, citing local officials.
TOKYO - SUPPORT for Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has dropped 10 points on concerns over the government's economic policies and strained security ties with Washington, a Kyodo news agency survey showed on Sunday.
BEIJING - CHINA has inoculated over 3.78 million people against swine flu and distributed over 26 million doses of vaccine to ward off a serious outbreak of the disease, the government said on Sunday.
Over 33 million doses produced by eight Chinese pharmaceutical companies have been approved for distribution, with another 100 million more doses expected in the first quarter of next year, the health ministry said.
HONG KONG - A STAMP that was pulled from circulation the day it was issued because it failed to show Taiwan as part of China fetched a record price at auction in Hong Kong on Sunday.
