2008年11月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China slashes interest rate to boost growth (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:41 AM CST

AP - China slashed a key interest rate for the fourth time in three months on Wednesday in a new move to boost credit as Beijing launches a multibillion-dollar package to boost slowing economic growth.

500 workers protest at Chinese toy factory (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:28 AM CST

AP - About 500 protesters rioted at a toy factory in southern China, flipping over a police car, storming the plant's gates and trashing computers over a pay dispute, an official said Wednesday.

China shares up as road-building plans revealed (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:42 AM CST

AP - China's shares edged up Wednesday for the first time in five sessions, led by transportation and steel stocks after the government announced road-building plans under a stimulus package.

Appeals for China to stay execution of alleged spy (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:19 AM CST

AP - The daughter of a Chinese medical researcher condemned to death on charges that he spied for Taiwan said Wednesday her father had not received a fair trial and should not be executed.

Boss of failed China textile factory arrested (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:53 AM CST

AP - The former boss of one of China's biggest textile factories was arrested while attempting to flee the country, a local official said Wednesday, as the bankrupt company's Singapore-listed unit was put under court protection,

China executes Shanghai police killer: officials (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:22 AM CST

Convicted police killer Yang Jia on trial in the Shanghai Peoples High Court in October. Chinese authorities on Wednesday executed the unemployed man who became an unlikely cult hero after murdering six policemen in what he said was revenge for a wrongful arrest, state media reported.(AFP/Shanghai Higher People's Court/File)AFP - Chinese authorities announced they had executed an unemployed man on Wednesday who became an unlikely cult hero after murdering six policemen in what he said was revenge for a wrongful arrest.

Morgan Stanley buys stake in Chinese trust bank (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 11:11 PM CST

The headquarters of Morgan Stanley in New York. The US banking giant has completed a deal to buy a 19.9 percent stake in a medium-sized Chinese trust bank based in the eastern city of Hangzhou, the two companies have said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - US banking giant Morgan Stanley has completed a deal to buy a 19.9 percent stake in a medium-sized Chinese trust bank based in the eastern city of Hangzhou, the two companies said Wednesday.

China police killer is executed (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 10:41 PM CST

In this image made from video, Yang Jia, 28, convicted of killing six Shanghai policemen, is escorted by Chinese policemen in a Shanghai court during his appeal Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. China's official Xinhua News Agency says authorities have executed the 28-year-old unemployed man - an attacker who drew surprisingly broad sympathy from the public. Xinhua said Yang was executed Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 in Shanghai after the country's highest court upheld his death sentence. Xinhua originally reported that Yang was executed on Tuesday, but later changed it to Wednesday. (AP Photo/EyePress)AP - A Chinese man who was convicted of killing six policemen in a stabbing spree but drew public sympathy with allegations that he lashed out to avenge torture in police custody was executed Wednesday.

In Greece, China finds EU trade battering ram: PM (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 01:04 PM CST

Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao before their meeting in Athens. Greece wants to become a battering ram for Chinese exports to the European Union, Karamanlis said Tuesday after joining Hu in overseeing the signature of a bilateral deal to develop the key Mediterranean port of Piraeus.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - Greece wants to become a battering ram for Chinese exports to the European Union, Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said Tuesday after joining Chinese President Hu Jintao in overseeing the signature of a bilateral deal to develop the key Mediterranean port of Piraeus.

China expands police presence below Mount Everest (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 10:11 AM CST

AP - China's border police have significantly beefed up their presence at the base of Mount Everest amid rising visitor numbers and increasing cases of theft, prostitution and gambling, state media reported Tuesday.

More than half Beijing's prostitutes shun condoms: state media (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 08:54 AM CST

Chinese prostitutes ply their trade in bars, massage spas, karaoke parlours and AFP - More than half of Beijing's prostitutes do not use condoms despite sexual transmission having replaced drug use as the most common infection route for HIV, state media said Tuesday.

EU official stopped from visiting Chinese activist (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 08:21 AM CST

AP - Security guards blocked a member of the European Parliament on Tuesday from visiting an activist whose jailed husband recently won the body's top human rights prize.

China, US to discuss economic risks at talks (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 05:46 AM CST

AP - Top officials from China and the United States will meet for high-level economic talks next week in Beijing as both countries grapple with the worst global downturn in decades.

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