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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (4547)	3/13/2005 12:39:54 PM
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-ggg -- Ants march on to China parliament agenda 13 Mar 2005 03:10:03 GMT Source: Reuters BEIJING, March 13 (Reuters) - Along with such weighty issues as an anti-secession law and a leadership transition, China's parliament also weighed the threat of invasion on Sunday -- by red ants. Hong Kong has been battling to stop the spread of the ants, whose fiery sting can be fatal to humans, since they were first found in the southern territory in January. Then the insects were found to have moved north into the neighbouring province of Guangdong. "Prompt, effective measures should be taken to stop hazardous red fire ants from making inroads into north China where the national capital of Beijing is located," Xinhua news agency quoted a delegate to parliament as saying on Sunday. Zhang Zhongning proposed thorough border checks to keep the ants from marching into the heart of Beijing. "The fire ants can bring huge damage to cropland and electrical wires," said Zhang, a scientist from the Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. alertnet.org