2008年8月28日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China, Iraq reach deal to revive oil agreement (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:24 AM CDT

AP - China and Iraq have reached a tentative agreement for a Chinese state-owned oil company to help develop the Ahdab oil field, an Iraqi Embassy spokesman said Thursday.

China hails $3bln oil deal with Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:44 AM CDT

China and Iraq have reached an agreement on a landmark, three-billion-dollar deal to exploit oil in the Middle Eastern country, according to the Iraqi embassy in Beijing. The two sides reached the agreement during a visit to China by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, seen here in 2007.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - China hailed Thursday a three-billion-dollar oil agreement with Iraq as a win for both nations, as it sought to reassure the rest of the world that it should not be concerned by the deal.

2 Chinese policemen killed, 7 injured in Xinjiang (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:24 AM CDT

AP - The first outbreak of violence in China's western region of Xinjiang since a pair of high-profile attacks during the Olympics has left two Chinese policemen dead and seven more wounded, authorities and an activist said Thursday.

Audit shows China's government mismanaged $6.7 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:42 AM CDT

A staff member displays Chinese yuan notes to the media at a currency exchange booth at Songshan airport in Taipei, July 26, 2008. (Pichi Chuang/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese central government departments misused or mismanaged more than 46 billion yuan ($6.73 billion) last year, including using disaster relief money to build government offices and diverting funds to speculate in stocks, the National Audit Office said on Thursday.

After Olympic success, China lights Paralympics torch (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 01:54 AM CDT

Officials place the Paralympic flame into lanterns during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games flame lighting and torch relay launching ceremony at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing August 28, 2008. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - Four days after closing the 2008 Beijing Games in triumph, China lit the 2008 Paralympics torch amid pomp and ceremony at Beijing's ancient Temple of Heaven, marking the start of a domestic relay for the September 6 Games.

Medvedev hails support from China, Central Asia (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:21 AM CDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen shaking hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) in Dushanbe, has claimed backing from China and four Central Asian states for Russia's actions in Georgia and said their support should send a AFP - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday claimed backing from China and four Central Asian states for Russia's actions in Georgia and said their support should send a "serious signal" to the West.

Caterpillar sees strong China sales enduring (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 01:15 AM CDT

A Caterpillar heavy equipment is parked at a storage yard in Denver July 22, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Caterpillar Inc expects weakness in rich-country economies to persist into 2009 but its sales in China will remain strong, Jim Owens, chairman and chief executive of the U.S. construction and mining equipment firm, said on Thursday.

China government misused billions of dollars: audit (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 11:55 PM CDT

This file photo shows Tiananmen Square across from the Great Hall of the People. Chinese government departments embezzled, misused or mismanaged billions of dollars last year, the nation's auditor said in an annual report that often leads to a slew of graft charges.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Chinese government departments embezzled, misused or mismanaged billions of dollars last year, the nation's auditor said in an annual report that often leads to a slew of graft charges.

Arcelor Mittal to set up new China joint venture (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 11:35 PM CDT

The world's biggest steelmaker, Arcelor Mittal, has agreed to set up an electrical steel joint venture with Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group, a listed unit of the Chinese company said Thursday.(AFP/Ho/File/Arcelor Mittal)AFP - The world's biggest steelmaker, Arcelor Mittal, has agreed to set up an electrical steel joint venture with Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group, a listed unit of the Chinese company said Thursday.

Chinese defend accused police killer (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 12:21 PM CDT

In this July 1, 2008 file photo, a man rides a moped through police patrol cars at the main gate of Zhabei District Police Station where a man with a knife assaulted and killed some police officers and a security guard in Shanghai, China. The murder case was supposed to be simple: An unemployed man accused of killing six police officers in a rare stabbing rampage. But the Chinese public surprised authorities, sympathizing with the accused killer and demanding fairness in the sensitive, just concluded trial. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - The murder case was supposed to be simple: A jobless man accused of killing six police officers in a rare stabbing rampage in China's largest city.

Russia slams West, looks to China for support (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 12:13 PM CDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Dushanbe. Russia on Wednesday lashed out against Western criticism of its actions in Georgia as Medvedev discussed the situation in the Caucasus with Hu.(AFP/POOL/Mikhail Klimentyev)AFP - Russia on Wednesday lashed out against Western criticism of its actions in Georgia as President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the situation in the Caucasus with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.

Bank of Beijing to launch funds venture with Canadian bank: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 11:35 AM CDT

Customers at a branch of the Bank of Beijing in the Chinese capital. The banking group aims to become China's first city commercial bank to enter the fund management business, planning a joint venture with Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia(AFP/Files)AFP - Bank of Beijing aims to become China's first city commercial bank to enter the fund management business, planning a joint venture with Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia, state media reported Wednesday.

PetroChina 1H profit down 35 pct, CNOOC up 89 pct (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 09:54 AM CDT

Zhou Jiping, vice chairman of the board of directors and president of PetroChina, speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Earnings results announced by major Chinese oil companies have been in line with expectations, with industry leader PetroChina's first-half net profit falling 34.5 percent amid rising losses in its refining business. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Earnings results announced Wednesday by major Chinese oil companies were in line with expectations, with industry leader PetroChina's first-half net profit falling 34.5 percent amid rising losses in its refining business.

Chinese Tiananmen dissident freed after 16 years (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:56 AM CDT

Army tanks are positioned on Tiananmen Square on June 11, 1989, a week after the Tiananmen massacre. Hu Shigen, a Chinese democracy activist jailed for trying to organise memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, has been released after serving 16 years of a 20-year sentence, according to a human rights group.(AFP/File/Catherine Henriette)AFP - A Chinese democracy activist jailed for trying to organise memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen massacre has been released after serving 16 years of a 20-year sentence, according to a human rights group.

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