The price of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) for motorbikes and taxis in Shanghai has been raised and standardized to 4.7 yuan per liter, up from 4.2 yuan for motorbikes and 3.6 yuan for taxis. Luckily, cab fares won't be going up because the city's policy makers have decided to reimburse cabbies for the increase.Shanghai officials confirmed the first death in the city of hand, foot, and mouth disease. The victim was a two-year-old boy who......

The total number of reported HFMD cases has risen to 27,500 and the death toll has edged up only slightly to 34. 22 of the deaths were reported took place in Anhui.The situation in Fuyang, Anhui Province, which was the first city to experience a major outbreak of HFMD, says the Ministry of Health. For the first time, patients discharged in Fuyang has outnumbered those checking in to hospitals.Meanwhile, the number of reported cases in......

China nixes major academic conference ahead of Olympic Games [AP] "Without giving a specific explanation, Chinese organizers have pulled the plug on July's world congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, the latest in a slew of events to be canceled or postponed ahead of the games in August."Japan, China agree to regular summits on landmark visit [AFP] "The leaders of Japan and China agreed Wednesday to resolve a territorial row and......

Xinhua says that a total of 12,164 Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD or 手足口病) cases have been reported so far this year. 26 fatalities have been recorded. Outbreaks have been recorded in twelve provinces and municipalities: Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Beijing and Chongqing.Danwei cites another Xinhua report that all 18 districts of Beijing have reported outbreaks of the disease, with 1,482 infections recorded. Two kindergartens in the capital......

Since the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD or 手足口病) first hit Fuyang in Anhui Province, more cases have been reported in at least five other provinces — Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong.622 new cases of the intestinal were reported in Anhui on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 5,151. 22 children have died in Fuyang and all kindergartens have been ordered shut.In Foshan, Guangdong Province, a third child has died from......

From nocas via our Contribute page:today we went to the restaurant downstairs and finally took a picture of this gem in the menu (which i dont think neither of us would have the courage to taste). and just now i found out that this same virus is actually lethal and killing children in anhui province. not nice. Xinhua says the enterovirus 71, which can cause the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has hit......