2008年11月19日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

U.S. says food, drug inspection access in China improving (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:37 AM CST

A laboratory researcher works at the food safety inspection center in Beijing July 18, 2007. (China Daily/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. officials opened the first overseas Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing on Wednesday as they gear up for a long battle to ensure the quality of food, drug and feed imports from China.

China to impose fuel tax "very soon": paper (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:13 AM CST

Pedestrians use an overhead bridge as vehicles run on a road in Beijing November 19, 2008. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - China will impose a long-awaited fuel tax "very soon," the head of National Development and Reform Commission's (NDRC) Energy Research Institute said in comments reported on Tuesday by the China Daily.

Tear gas used on axe-wielding rioters in China: witnesses (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 02:59 AM CST

Map of China locating Gansu province, where security forces used tear gas to quell two days of violent protests by thousands of people, according to witnesses and officials Wednesday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Security forces in northwest China used tear gas to quell two days of violent protests by thousands of people who used axes, chains and iron bars to attack police, witnesses and officials said Wednesday.

Communist allies China, Cuba hold landmark summit (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 02:52 AM CST

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) accompanied by Cuban President Raul Castro (L) receives military honours at the Revolution Palace in Havana. Hu made a landmark visit to Cuba, bearing millions of dollars in aid and promises of closer future trade ties.(AFP/Juan Carlos Borjas)AFP - China's President Hu Jintao on Wednesday was to wrap up a landmark visit to Cuba where he brought millions of dollars in aid and promises of closer trade ties.

China seeks to curb unrest amid global crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 02:36 AM CST

People stand in front of screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province November 18, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China has told police to ensure stability amid the global financial crisis after thousands of people attacked police and government offices in a northwestern city in unrest triggered by a plan to resettle residents.

FDA opens new China office (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 01:30 AM CST

A Chinese customer inspects a carton of eggs at a WalMart branch in Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will open three offices in China this week in an unprecedented effort to improve the safety of exports headed to America amid recurring product safety scares. The new FDA offices, which are the first outside of the United States, hope to increase effectiveness in protecting for American and Chinese consumers. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened an 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.

21 dead in China subway accident: state media (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 11:06 PM CST

Chinese rescuers work through the night searching for survivors after a road collapsed into a subway tunnel under construction in Hangzhou, eastern China. The final death toll from the collapse has reached 21, with all hope gone of rescuing 13 missing workers, state media reported.(AFP)AFP - The final death toll from the collapse of a subway tunnel that was under construction in eastern China has reached 21, with all hope gone of rescuing 13 missing workers, state media reported.

Slowdown saps promise of emerging auto markets (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:36 PM CST

A Chinese model poses with a Buick's new Park Avenue luxury sedan at the 6th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Fiat,virtually all the big automakers turned out in force for the show in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, China's biggest single auto market with a population of nearly 95 million people. (AP Photo/William Foreman)AP - Smoke and flashing lights, dancing girls in white go-go boots — the world's top automakers put on dazzling shows Tuesday as they wooed Chinese buyers with their latest models.

Chinese president builds economic ties with Cuba (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:30 PM CST

In this picture provided by Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde China's President Hu Jintao, left, visits Cuba's former President Fidel Castro, in Havana, Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008.(AP Photo/Juventud Rebelde)AP - China's president signed trade deals with communist ally Cuba and agreed to help it modernize its ports and hospitals on Tuesday, part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese businessmen have been snapping up raw materials.

China's Hu puts off Cuba debt payments (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 08:19 PM CST

Cuba's President Raul Castro (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao look on as China's Minister of Commerce Chen Deming (L, front) and Vice President of the Cuban Council Ricardo Cabrisas (R, front) sign treaties between the two countries in Havana November 18, 2008. Hu arrived in Cuba on Monday for a two-day visit to promote further economic ties with the island struggling to recover from three hurricanes and the ongoing effects of the global financial crisis. (Sven Creutzmann/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed to put off some of Cuba's debt payments and gave the island $80 million for hospital modernization and other projects during a visit on Tuesday to strengthen ties between the Communist-run countries.

APEC economist: India and China key (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:46 PM CST

AP - India and China's ability to resist the global economic slowdown will greatly influence whether the crisis drags the world into a depression, a top Pacific Rim trade community economist said Tuesday.

1,000 protesters storm Chinese government building (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 12:43 PM CST

AP - A crowd of 1,000 people stormed a local Communist Party headquarters in northwest China, smashing cars and clashing with police following a land dispute, government officials said Tuesday.

Crisis could mean bargains for China (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:51 AM CST

Fu Chengyu, Chairman and CEO of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), right, and Frank-Jurgen Richter, President of Horaris Switzerland, centre, attend a Opening Plenary during Global China Business Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The head of China's biggest offshore energy producer CNOOC chairman Fu Chengyu, said Tuesday he thinks oil prices are likely to return to the $70-$80 barrel range, though he did not give a timetable and said low prices could continue for some time, during comments made at the conference on Chinese business in this northeastern Spanish city. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - Chinese companies are shopping for companies in Europe and around the world, undeterred by the global financial crisis. In fact, they are hunting for bargains.

China denies trying to obtain US space technology (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:08 AM CST

AP - China on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that it is seeking to illegally obtain U.S. space technology after a scientist in the United States was convicted of violating the U.S. arms embargo on China.

U.S. food watchdog sets up in China, amid dairy clash (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:15 AM CST

Reuters - Washington plans to check Chinese food for bugs and toxins before it even sets sail for the United States, as part of a strategy to keep consumers safe in the face of global trade challenges, the U.S. Health Secretary said on Tuesday.

China approves US-Belgian beer merger (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 08:47 AM CST

AP - Beijing agreed Tuesday to Belgium-based InBev SA's takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s Chinese operations as part of their global merger but limited future acquisitions on anti-monopoly grounds.

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