2008年10月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

World's second highest airport to open this month (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:56 AM CDT

Reuters - The world's second highest airport, in an ethnically Tibetan part of China's southwestern province of Sichuan, will open this month, a Chinese newspaper said on Monday.

China factory closure leaves workers asking: now what? (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:01 AM CDT

Reuters - Like tens of millions of young Chinese before her, Yu Juan left China's hinterland for factory work near the coast four years ago with the dream of getting rich.

Toddler virus flares up again in China, kills three (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:36 AM CDT

A child, who is infected with hand, foot and mouth disease, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Fuyang, Anhui province, May 9, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Three children have died in eastern China from hand, foot and mouth disease in the country's second outbreak of the potent toddler virus this year, state media reported on Monday.

China blames global woes as economy eases (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:28 AM CDT

Construction workers take a break near a construction site in Beijing. China's economic growth has slowed to 9 percent in the third quarter as global financial woes started taking a toll on the country's staggering development the government has said.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China's economic growth slowed to 9.0 percent in the third quarter as global financial woes started taking a toll, the government said Monday, signalling it would respond with new stimulus measures.

Bangladesh orders new melamine tests (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:13 AM CDT

Graphic on the melamine scandal in China one month after it came to light. Bangladeshi authorities said Monday they would retest milk powder brands found to contain melamine after three dairy giants challenged results that found traces of the toxic chemical in their products.(AFP/Graphic/Martin Megino/Js)AFP - Bangladeshi authorities said Monday they would retest milk powder brands found to contain melamine after three dairy giants challenged results that found traces of the toxic chemical in their products.

Police killer in China gets death penalty (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 12:32 AM CDT

A woman applauds as a man convicted of killing six policemen is driven out of the Shanghai Higher People's Court after losing his appeal, in Shanghai, China Monday Oct. 20, 2008. Dozens of Chinese gathered outside the court as Yang Jia appealed his death sentence for killing six policemen in a stabbing spree in July. Yang, who drew a surprising amount of sympathy in China after being accused of killing six policemen in Shanghai will get the death penalty after losing his final appeal Monday.(AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - A young man who drew a surprising amount of sympathy in China after being convicted of killing six policemen in Shanghai will get the death penalty after losing his final appeal Monday.

Court upholds death sentence for Chinese police killer: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 12:27 AM CDT

Court security officials react to photos being taken outside the court where Yang Jia, who was convicted of murdering six policemen began his appeal, in Shanghai. The court on Monday rejected Yang's appeal.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - A Shanghai court on Monday rejected an appeal from an unemployed man who became an unlikely cult hero after murdering six policemen in what he said was revenge for a wrongful arrest, his lawyer said.

Child virus kills 3, sickens 110 in east China (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 09:31 PM CDT

AP - Hand, foot and mouth disease has killed three children and sickened about 110 others in eastern China, state media reported.

9 Chinese oil workers kidnapped in Sudan (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 04:58 PM CDT

AP - Nine Chinese oil workers were kidnapped in an oil-rich region of southwestern Sudan in the latest attack on China's interests in the African country, officials said Sunday.

China says economic growth will slow amid turmoil (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 03:07 PM CDT

AP - China said Sunday its economy can weather the effects of the global financial turmoil, but growth will decline as the expansion of business profits and public revenues slows.

Factory closure in China a sign of deeper pain (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 11:18 AM CDT

Chinese police officers stand guard as hundreds of workers gather outside a government building after a large toy factory closes in Zhang Mu Tou of Guangdong province, southern China Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Hundreds of workers protested Friday for a third straight day outside the factory that closed amid a global slowdown that has begun hurting Chinese manufactures. The laborers are demanding unpaid wages from the factory's Hong Kong owner, Smart Union Group (Holdings) Ltd. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Unemployed worker Wang Wenming was angry at his boss for shutting down a massive Chinese factory this week that made toys for Mattel Inc., Hasbro Inc. and other American companies.

Ex-Beijing official gets death sentence, reprieve (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 09:38 AM CDT

AP - A former Beijing vice mayor in charge of overseeing Olympic construction projects has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, a court said Sunday, in a stern warning to wayward Communist officials.

China unveils broad rural revitalization plan (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 05:42 AM CDT

Reuters - China promised on Sunday to boost agricultural production and farmers' incomes when it unveiled a broad policy document to revitalize its rural areas, which have lagged behind the rest of the nation's economic boom.

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