2008年11月20日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China to overhaul battered dairy industry (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:58 AM CST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks at the opening for the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened a new office Wednesday in China's capital, its first outside the United States, as part of a new global strategy to ensure the safety of trillions of dollars of imports.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step — from cow breeding to milk sales — saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major problems" in quality control.


Beijing to move thousands in renovation project (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:36 AM CST

Reuters - The Chinese capital will double its investment in protecting the city's imperial-era neighborhoods next year but thousands of families will be moved in the process, state media said on Thursday.

Protest-hit China says job stability top priority (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:30 AM CST

A labourer works on scaffoldings at a construction site in Xiangfan, Hubei province November 20, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Stabilising employment is the top priority for China, a minister said on Thursday as he revealed a rise in jobless workers triggered by a weakened export sector amid a series of strikes and protests.


China shares fall but property, metals limit loss (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:12 AM CST

AP - Chinese shares joined the global sell-off Thursday but gains in property developers and gold miners provided a floor for the market, partly offsetting losses in banks and insurers.

China warns jobs outlook 'grim' as economy slows (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:32 AM CST

College students crowd a job fair in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.  Chinese officials warned Thursday that the country faces a 'grim' employment outlook as the economy begins to slow. (AP Photo)AP - Chinese officials warned Thursday that the country faces a "grim" employment outlook with demand for workers falling and job seekers in the cities outnumbering new jobs by two-to-one as the economy slows.


China at last tries to report the news first (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 01:10 AM CST

Reuters - Chinese media's increased reporting of protests over land, labor and investment issues reveals an attempt by the government to manage the impact of bad news by acknowledging it, sources said on Thursday.

China Internet giant Baidu's stock price dives amid allegations (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:14 PM CST

Commuters leave a subway train with an advertisement for the Chinese internet search engine, Baidu.com, on a pillar in Shanghai. Shares in the Nasdaq-listed web firm have dived more than a third amid allegations it gave unlicensed medical firms prominent exposure for money, without telling its customers.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Shares in China's Nasdaq-listed Internet giant Baidu have dived more than a third amid allegations it gave unlicensed medical firms prominent exposure for money, without telling its customers.


China's Hu keeps up courtship with Peru deal (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:31 PM CST

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Cuban President Raul Castro,shake hands in the State Council in Havana on November 18, 2008. Hu arrives in Peru on Wednesday for the final stop in a three-nation swing through Latin America that has underscored the Asian giant's growing clout in the region.(AFP/POOL/File/Sven Creutzmann)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao wrapped up talks on a free-trade deal with Peru on his final stop of a three-nation swing through Latin America that has underscored the Asian giant's growing clout.


Police arrests highlight anger with force in China (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:13 AM CST

AP - Long identified with corruption, abuse and political repression, China's police are facing an increased outpouring of public anger that has led to mob attacks, caustic Internet postings and displays of sympathy for a convicted cop-killer.

About 300 cabbies go on strike in southwest China (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:35 AM CST

AP - A few hundred taxi drivers went on strike Wednesday in a southwestern Chinese district to protest a proposed increase in the number of cabs operating there, state media reported.

Chinese automakers, hit by slowdown, ask for help (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:02 AM CST

A model poses next to a Chinese made Roewe 550 1.8L DVVT on the Press Day of the 6th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition at the Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou of south China's Guangdong province Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. SAIC, a Shanghai-based partner of both General Motors Corp. and Volkswagen, is showcasing its Roewe models, its first own-brand car, as it gears up to compete with its international rivals both at home and overseas.  (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - While U.S. automakers plead for emergency loans from Washington, China's still-young car manufacturers are also appealing for their government's help amid a sales slump.


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