2008年12月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Heavy security for pandas' departure from China (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:13 AM CST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a caretaker of the Taipei zoo trains Yuan Yuan, one of the two pandas donated and will be sent by the Chinese mainland to Taiwan, at a panda breeding base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. The Taiwanese caretakers in two groups have basically learned the breeding skills of pandas since October 2008. Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan, the 4-year-old pandas were scheduled to board a Taiwanese jetliner Tuesday for the 3-1/2 hour flight from Chengdu airport to Taipei after being transported in two large iron crates from their bushy habitat in Sichuan province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)AP - More than 500 security guards and armed police were keeping watch Monday at an airport in southwest China where a pair of pandas will take off for their new home in Taiwan, state media reported.

Tibetan NGO worker given life in jail: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:02 AM CST

Reuters - A Chinese court has jailed a Tibetan who worked for a non-governmental organization for life for passing on information about the situation in the restless region to the outside world, a rights group said. Wangdu was given the sentence last month, the International Campaign for Tibet said in a emailed statement, quoting a report in a regional Tibetan newspaper published on November 8.

China shares fall on bleak outlook (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:50 AM CST

AP - Chinese stocks snapped a six-day winning streak on Monday as investors unloaded shares to cash in on recent gains amid mounting worries over earnings prospects.

China says it will chase foreign investors who flee debt (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 11:54 PM CST

The sun rises on Beijing's Central Business District. China has said it will track down foreign investors who flee the country leaving debts and other liabilities behind, and may even seek their extradition.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will track down foreign investors who flee the country leaving debts and other liabilities behind, and may even ask for their extradition, the government said.

Experts identify gene variants linked to lung cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 11:09 PM CST

Reuters - Researchers in China and the United States have identified mutations of two genes which appear to make ethnic Chinese more susceptible to lung cancer, they wrote in the journal Cancer.

China fights "Mafia-style" gangs as crisis bites (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 10:26 PM CST

Reuters - China plans to set up a new police division to combat growing Mafia-style gang violence as the global financial crisis bites and millions find themselves out of work, state media said on Monday.

China readies for crackdown on organized crime (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 10:17 PM CST

AP - China plans to set up a special unit to crack down on organized crime, which is on the increase as the country's economy slows, state media said Monday.

Quake zone hero pig named China's animal of the year (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 10:00 PM CST

Pigs near collapsed buildings in Yingxiu, in the southwestern province of Sichuan. A celebrity pig that survived for 36 days buried beneath rubble in quake-hit southwest China has been named the nation's animal of the year(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A celebrity pig that survived for 36 days buried beneath rubble in quake-hit southwest China has been named the nation's animal of the year, state press reported.

China seeks 3.6 million quilts for quake survivors (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 09:53 PM CST

Earthquake survivors evacuate to a building on higher ground in the quake-hit area of Mianyang, Sichuan province May 30, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)Reuters - Quake survivors living in prefabricated housing in China's mountainous Sichuan province need 3.6 million quilts and the same number of cotton-padded clothes to survive the winter, state media said on Monday.

Facing complaint, China says it opposes protectionism (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 09:33 PM CST

A man passes in front of the World Trade Organisation headquarters in Geneva. China has said it is opposed to protectionism and respects global trading rules, reacting to a US and Mexican complaint about its trade practices filed at the WTO.(AFP/File/Nicholas Ratzenboeck)AFP - China said it was opposed to protectionism and respected global trading rules, reacting to a US and Mexican complaint about its trade practices filed at the World Trade Organisation.

China's forex reserves fall for first time in five years: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 09:29 PM CST

US dollar notes are exchanged at a local bank in Beijing. China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, have fallen for the first time in five years, according to the comments of a senior forex official reported in the local media.(AFP/File)AFP - China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, have fallen for the first time in five years, according to the comments of a senior forex official reported in the local media.

China offers $19bln to Taiwan firms: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 09:34 AM CST

A passenger aircraft of China Southern lands at Taipei's Sungshan airport earlier this month. Chinese banks will offer nearly $19bln in financing to Taiwanese-funded firms on the mainland in another sign of warming ties between the longtime rivals, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - Chinese banks will offer nearly 19 billion dollars in financing to Taiwanese-funded firms on the mainland in another sign of warming ties between the longtime rivals, state media reported Sunday.

Life in a Chinese village en route to Beijing (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 06:15 AM CST

A stall selling all parts of the pig - from head to toe and everything in between, at a market in Beidian, a small but densely populated village on the outskirts of Beijing Sunday Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Audra Ang)AP - It's easy to get lost in the maze that is Beidian.

China protests latest U.S. trade case at WTO (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 05:43 AM CST

Reuters - China said on Sunday it had consistently respected the rules of the World Trade Organization and would work with the WTO on a suit lodged against it by the United States aimed at halting export subsidy programs.

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