2008年12月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China urges airlines to cancel, delay plane orders (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:03 AM CST

In this Aug. 2, 2006 file photo, passenger jets of Air China, left, and China Eastern Airlines, right, are seen at Beijing airport. China is urging its troubled state-owned airlines to cancel or defer new aircraft purchases amid the global economic turmoil - a move that could hurt American and European aircraft makers. Airlines are also being asked not to renew leases for aircraft rented from foreign firms and to ground or sell some planes, according to an announcement seen Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 on the Web site of industry regulator the Civil Aviation Administration of China. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)AP - China is urging its troubled state-owned airlines to cancel or defer new aircraft purchases amid the global economic turmoil — a move that could hurt American and European aircraft makers.

China's exports fall for first time in 7 years (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:01 AM CST

AP - China's exports fell in November for the first time in seven years as global demand weakened, data showed Wednesday, adding to pressure on Beijing to reverse a worsening economic slump.

China names and shames fake drug websites (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:39 AM CST

Reuters - China, beset by food and drug safety scandals, has blacklisted dozens of websites for making false claims about traditional Chinese medicine, state media said on Wednesday.

China shares rise amid regional gains (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:30 AM CST

AP - Chinese stocks rose Wednesday amid regional gains, led by banks after regulators announced they will be allowed to finance mergers and acquisitions.

Media taboos linger in China, but journalists push envelope (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 02:23 AM CST

A man reads a newspaper in Beijing in early November. The country's media has witnessed major changes since a series of reforms swept the vast communist nation 30 years ago and now many journalists are pushing the envelope, helped by the Internet and other new technologies.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - On the eve of reform, China's regimented media relied on daily slogans, but 30 years on journalists are pushing the envelope, helped by the Internet and other new technologies, even if taboos remain.

China finalizing plan to compensate milk victims (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 01:32 AM CST

Enforcement officers destroy tainted milk powder in Wuhan. China will launch a four-month food safety campaign from Wednesday to prevent the toxic chemical melamine and other harmful substances from ending up on the dinner table,(AFP/File/Str)AP - Some Chinese dairy companies will likely have to pay for a compensation plan being prepared by the government for families of hundreds of thousands of children sickened by tainted milk powder, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

China grapples with new social safety net (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:36 PM CST

Reuters - When China marks the 30th anniversary of its economic reforms this month, it will pass another milestone -- the Communist Party will have spent as many years trying to unwind a Marxist economy as it did imposing it.

China wholesale inflation falls to 2 percent (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:01 PM CST

AP - China's wholesale inflation fell sharply in November as prices of oil and other raw materials eased, giving Beijing more room to spend heavily to boost slowing economic growth, according to data reported Wednesday.

Foreign direct investment in China up 26.3 percent (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 09:21 PM CST

File photo shows a Chinese employee working at a Volkswagen vehicle plant in the city of Changchung, China. Foreign direct investment in the country rose 26.3 percent in the first eleven months of the year compared with the same period last year, the government has said.(DDP/AFP/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - Foreign direct investment in China rose 26.3 percent in the first eleven months of the year compared with the same period last year, the government said Wednesday.

Australian central bank says China slowing quickly (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 09:20 PM CST

AP - The Chinese economy has slowed more quickly than expected during the global economic crisis and its growth rate may already have fallen below 8 percent, Australia's central bank chief said.

PR governor seeks help for islanders held in China (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:25 PM CST

AP - A U.S. congressman and Puerto Rico's governor said Tuesday they have asked the State Department to investigate the treatment of four island businessmen who were detained in China and accused of using counterfeit money.

China detains prominent dissident ahead of Human Rights Day: wife (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:42 AM CST

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (L) and his wife Liu Xia pose for a photograph in Beijing in 2002. Chinese authorities have detained prominent human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, his wife told AFP on Tuesday, the latest dissident to be arrested ahead of Human Rights Day.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese authorities have detained prominent human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, his wife told AFP on Tuesday, the latest dissident to be arrested ahead of Human Rights Day.

France says Dalai Lama talks not meant to offend China (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:39 AM CST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) is welcomed by the Dalai Lama (R) in Gdansk, northern Poland, on December 6, 2008. France's foreign minister insisted Tuesday that President Nicolas Sarkozy did not intend to offend China by meeting the Dalai Lama at the weekend, despite angry protests from Beijing.(AFP/POOL/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - France's foreign minister insisted Tuesday that President Nicolas Sarkozy did not intend to offend China by meeting the Dalai Lama at the weekend, despite angry protests from Beijing.

300 Chinese activists sign public call for rights (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:39 AM CST

AP - Hundreds of Chinese activists issued an unusually open call Tuesday for greater freedoms and an end to China's one-party rule, and advocates said police detained two of the signatories before the statement was even issued.

China: France should work to repair strained ties (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 07:42 AM CST

AP - China urged France on Tuesday to "take responsibility and concrete measures" to repair strained ties stemming from a weekend meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama.

China considering humanitarian aid for Zimbabwe (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 05:37 AM CST

AP - China said Tuesday it was considering sending food and other aid to Zimbabwe, but would not seek to mediate in the political chaos that has plunged the African country into a worsening humanitarian crisis.

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