Today's Links: Tourism boom in Beijing, Taiwanese demand apology and the sharp rise of HIV/AIDS

• Holiday tourists flock to Beijing, drawn in part by Olympic venues [Xinhua]
  "Tourist arrivals here rose 14.4 percent year-on-year in the first two days of the National Day holiday, with 635,000 travelers, many of whom packed historic sites and Olympic venues, tourist officials said. "
• Taiwan Premier demands apology from China over melamine [Taipei Times]
  "Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) yesterday demanded an apology from China for allowing products contaminated with melamine to be exported to Taiwan."
• China sorry for sitting on powdered milk report during Olympics [The Times]
  "A Chinese official has issued an unusual apology for sitting on a report of tainted milk during the Olympics, as China’s president said lessons must be learnt after 12 per cent of milk powder was found to be contaminated. "
• China names 15 more firms [AP]
  "FIFTEEN more Chinese dairy companies were identified on Wednesday as producing milk products contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine after a series of new tests, further broadening a scandal affecting products ranging from baby formula to chocolate."
• HIV up sharply among women, gay men in China [Reuters]
  "HIV infections jumped 8-fold over the past few years in parts of China among gay and bisexual men, according to new data from southern China."
• India, China working on details of framework on boundary row [PTI]
  "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India and China are working on the details of a framework agreement to help resolve the complicated boundary issue between the two countries."

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