2008年9月4日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese report says 24 killed in mine accident (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 05:29 AM CDT

AP - A gas explosion inside a mine in northeast China on Thursday killed 24 people and injured six, local authorities and state media said. Three others were trapped inside.

China unveils plans for huge steel plant: report (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 03:39 AM CDT

A view of Shougang steel works in the western suburbs of Beijing in mid July. China has unveiled plans to build one of its largest steel plants at a cost of US$30 billion, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China has unveiled plans to build one of its largest steel plants at a cost of 30 billion dollars, state media reported Thursday.


London Taxi's famed black cabs made in China (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

AP - London Taxis are as British as bowler hats and Big Ben. But the latest models coming off this new assembly line are unlikely to ever touch an English road.

China building rush may have led to weak quake schools: govt (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:36 AM CDT

A Chinese woman grieves over the body of her son who was killed in a collapsed school in Sichuan province in southwestern China on May 15. Schools that were destroyed int he massive earthquake may have been substandard structures hastily built in a construction frenzy, China has conceded, as it said the death toll could top 87,000.(AFP/File)AFP - Schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake may have been substandard structures hastily built in a construction frenzy, China conceded Thursday, as it said the death toll could top 87,000.


China says flaws caused quake schools to collapse (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:21 AM CDT

A Chinese woman grieves over the body of her son who was killed in a collapsed school in Sichuan province in southwestern China on May 15. Schools that were destroyed int he massive earthquake may have been substandard structures hastily built in a construction frenzy, China has conceded, as it said the death toll could top 87,000.(AFP/File)AP - China said Thursday a rush to build schools in recent years could have led to construction flaws that caused so many of them to collapse during May's massive earthquake.


U.S. professor guilty in military secrets case (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 06:27 PM CDT

Reuters - A retired professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee was convicted on Wednesday of violating U.S. arms export controls and passing sensitive data to a Chinese national, the U.S. Justice Department said.
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