2008年12月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Horde of unemployed worries stability-obsessed China (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:17 AM CST

Laid-off factory workers smash an office during a protest at Kaida toy factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province November 25, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - More than a million jobless Chinese graduates could make coping with unemployment harder than it was during the Asian financial crisis, the head of a training group said as China frets over stability amid the economic downturn.

China shares flat despite US rate cut (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:44 AM CST

A man looks at women playing cards at a stock brokerage house in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Chinese shares went flat Wednesday despite the regional gains led by the historic interest rates slashes of the U.S. Federal Reserve. (AP Photo)AP - Chinese shares ended flat Wednesday despite regional markets gaining after the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed its key interest rate.

Two arrested for throwing eggs at China flag: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 12:15 AM CST

Reuters - Two Chinese men face possible jail terms for throwing eggs at the national flag at a square in the southwest city of Chongqing, local media reported, as China frets about possible instability amid the economic downturn.

China to send pandas to Taiwan on Dec. 23 (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 11:11 PM CST

Pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, names together mean 'reunion', eat bamboo at a panda base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The pair of pandas that have long been offered to Taiwan by mainland China since 2005 are scheduled to arrive Taiwan before Christmas.(AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - China said Wednesday a pair of long-promised giant pandas symbolizing "peace, unity and friendship" will be sent to Taiwan next week in the latest sign of warming ties between the two once-bitter rivals.

China defends right to censor Web sites (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 11:01 PM CST

AP - China said it has the right to block Web sites its says break its laws after being accused of restarting the practice it halted during the August Olympic Games as part of a promise to widen media freedom.

China expects another record trade surplus in 2008 (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 10:26 PM CST

The Yangshan deep water port in Hangzhou Bay, south east of Shanghai. China's trade surplus is likely to hit another record in 2008 despite woes caused by the global slowdown, the nation's top economic planner has said.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China's trade surplus is likely to hit another record in 2008 despite woes caused by the global slowdown, the nation's top economic planner said Wednesday.

BBC complains of Chinese censorship (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST

AP - The British Broadcasting Corp. complained Tuesday that Chinese authorities were blocking access to its Chinese language Web site.

For some Chinese, growth may not equal happiness (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 01:11 PM CST

Chinese customers shop at one of the Chinese outlets of the U.S.-based Wal-Mart stores in Beijing, China Thursday Oct. 12, 2006. The economic reforms set by Deng Xiaoping 30 years ago have given people more choices as consumers, leading to a rise in glitzy malls housing international luxury-brand stores in major cities and international fast-food chains opening outlets around the country. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - Wendy Zhu earns an income that allows her to dine out regularly, travel for leisure and invest in an apartment — a lifestyle her parents could not have dreamed of leading.

China critic who signed rights charter still held (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 05:53 AM CST

AP - A Chinese writer who signed a high-profile statement calling for greater freedoms in China remains missing more than a week after he was detained by police, his lawyer and a rights group said Tuesday.

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