2008年11月28日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China shares retreat on profit-taking (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:49 AM CST

AP - China's stocks retreated Friday on profit-taking but ended November with the biggest one-month gain in 15 months on optimism about a multibillion-dollar economic stimulus package.

China tests home-made commercial airliner: state media (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:30 AM CST

A model of China's 90 seat ARJ-21, which has been successfully tested its first home-made commercial airliner Friday, with the pilots praising the handling of the regional jet(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China successfully tested its first home-made commercial airliner Friday, with the pilots praising the handling of the regional jet, state press reported.


China's Baidu vows overhaul after search scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:16 AM CST

Reuters - China's Internet search leader Baidu Inc said on Friday it will overhaul operations after state media said it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings to win more customers.

Three sentenced to death for Beijing taxi murder spree: report (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:10 AM CST

Beijing taxis. A Beijing court has sentenced three men to death for a spree of taxi driver killings that haunted China's capital for years(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - A Beijing court has sentenced three men to death for a spree of taxi driver killings that haunted China's capital for years, Chinese media reported Friday.


China police say tycoon under investigation (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 05:58 PM CST

Huang Guangyu, chairman of Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd., is seen during a conference in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu province, on July 17, 2006. Electrical appliance tycoon Huang Guangyu, also known as Wong Kwong-yu, one of China's wealthiest men, is under investigation for alleged involvement in economic crimes, a police spokesman said Thursday November 27, 2008. (AP Photo)AP - Electrical appliance tycoon Wong Kwong-yu, one of China's wealthiest men, is under investigation for alleged involvement in economic crimes, police confirmed Thursday, ending several days of speculation regarding his whereabouts.


Trade fears arise after China cancels EU summit (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:04 AM CST

AP - The head of France's business lobby said Thursday she is "worried" about the trade implications of China's decision to pull out of an upcoming China-European Union summit.

China executes man for ant-breeding scheme (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 07:53 AM CST

AP - China has executed a businessman convicted of bilking thousands of investors out of $416 million in a bogus ant-breeding scheme, state media reported Thursday.

Family permitted to see accused spy held in China (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 07:24 AM CST

Ran Chen, right, and her sister Di Chen, left, speak about their father Wo Weihan, after Ran Chen visited him in jail in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The family members are in Beijing to appeal for Wo, a Chinese medical researcher who was convicted on charges of spying for Taiwan and was expected to be executed in coming days. The sisters said they have been granted an extra visit with their father, giving the family hope for a stay of execution. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Family members of a Chinese medical researcher condemned to death on charges of spying for Taiwan says China's approval of a second visit with him has given them hope he might not be executed.


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