2008年10月14日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China, Russia unveil boundary markers (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:52 AM CDT

AP - China and Russia have jointly unveiled boundary markers in a final step toward resolving a territorial dispute along their eastern border.

Chinese man denies insanity in police killing: state media (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 02:34 AM CDT

A protester is taken away in a police car outside the court where Yang Jia, who was convicted of murdering six policemen, began his appeal, in Shanghai on October 13. Yang, who became an unlikely cult hero in China defiantly insisted he was not insane when he went on his killing spree, state media reported Tuesday.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - A man who became an unlikely cult hero in China for murdering six policemen in a revenge attack has defiantly insisted he was not insane when he went on his killing spree, state media reported Tuesday.


China defense minister raps US arms sale to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 02:06 AM CDT

AP - China's defense minister has demanded that the U.S. cancel a $6.5 billion arms sale to Taiwan, saying it created "obstacles" in relations between Beijing and Washington.

Myanmar removes tainted milk products from shelves (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 01:58 AM CDT

File photo shows a man riding his rickshaw heavily loaded with boxes of milk in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam has complained to Indonesia of possible melamine contamination in Indonesian-made biscuits, a report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Myanmar authorities said Tuesday they had removed seven imported dairy products from store shelves -- one of them from China -- after they were found to contain traces of melamine.


Pakistani president hails China as he looks for financial help (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 01:57 AM CDT

File photo shows a woman standing under Pakistani and Chinese flags in Tiananmen Square. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari hailed China as AFP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari hailed China as "the future of the world" ahead of his arrival in Beijing on Tuesday for a trip that is expected to see him seek urgent financial help.


China jails Tibetan monks convicted in bomb blast (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 01:02 AM CDT

AP - Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life, a judge said Tuesday.

Tainted milk, a baby's death and lawsuit in China (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 03:17 PM CDT

Yi Yongsheng shows a photo of his deceased infant son with his grandfather, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at his Xinxing home in China's northern Gansu province. The death of Yi's son from kidney failure was one of four China's government has reported so far in a tainted milk scandal. Thousands of children were sickened after eating milk powder laced with the industrial chemical melamine. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Heartbroken at the sudden death of their baby boy, the Yi family struggled to forget what they thought was a tragic twist of fate. They burned his clothes, toys, everything but a single photo and the baby formula he drank.


Scientists map panda genome: Chinese media (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 11:08 AM CDT

A giant panda is seen at a new Panda breeding research centre in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province. Scientists in China have mapped the genome of the giant panda, which could yield a better understanding of why the endangered animals are so famously sex-shy, state media said on Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - Scientists in China have mapped the genome of the giant panda, which could yield a better understanding of why the endangered animals are so famously sex-shy, state media said on Monday.


Sanofi-Aventis to market seasonal flu vaccine in China (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 06:49 AM CDT

Reuters - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis hopes to sell 25 million doses of seasonal flu vaccine annually into China's largely untapped domestic market once its plant in the southern city of Shenzhen goes onstream in 2012.

China lawmaker quits beauty contest after outcry (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 06:01 AM CDT

AP - An ambitious young Chinese politician has withdrawn from a Hong Kong beauty pageant following withering criticism from commentators online, state media reported Monday.

China automakers say no dealer talks with Chrysler (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 04:59 AM CDT

Employees of the Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile Co. work at the end of the assembly line in Wuhu, China's Central east province of Anhui May 16, 2007. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese automakers Chery Automobile Co and SAIC Motor (600104.SS) said on Monday they have not had talks about possible access to Chrysler's U.S. dealership network with Cerberus Capital Management LP , majority owner of the troubled U.S. car maker.


Over 100 sick in China as too many cooks spoil broth (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2008 04:44 AM CDT

Reuters - Some 170 wedding banquet guests were rushed to hospital in north China when powdered rust remover was added to the pot instead of salt after they all decided it needed added flavor, Chinese media said.
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