2008年11月8日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Calm returns to southern Chinese city after anti-police riot (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:34 AM CST

Local police are seen here in Shenzhen, in September. Calm was restored to the southern Chinese city on Saturday, a few hours after hundreds of rioters attacked police to protest the death of a motorcyclist who crashed into a lamppost after a local official threw a walkie-talkie at him as he sped away from a checkpoint.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)AFP - Calm was restored to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Saturday after hundreds of rioters attacked police to protest the death of a motorcyclist, police and witnesses said.


Hundreds clash with police in China's Shenzhen (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 09:14 PM CST

Reuters - Hundreds of people clashed with police in a southern Chinese city, throwing stones and setting fire to a police car after a motorcyclist died while trying to avoid a checkpoint, the Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

Chinese police attacked by angry residents (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 09:09 PM CST

Chinese policemen are pictured in Shanghai in October 2008. Thousands of people attacked Chinese police in the southern city of Shenzhen from Friday afternoon to early Saturday morning, state media reported.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AP - Protesters attacked a police station in southern China on Friday, blaming a traffic officer for a crash that killed a motorcycle rider, a state news agency reported.


China signals may launch economic stimulus package (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:19 PM CST

Reuters - Evidence is mounting that China might launch a massive economic stimulus package in the near future as worries over a sharp slowdown in the world's fourth-largest economy intensify, officials said on Friday.

Smoking journalists in bad health, China warns (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 06:04 AM CST

Reuters - Just about all Chinese reporters are in poor health because of heavy smoking and a sedentary lifestyle, state media said on Friday.
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