2008年12月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China shares edge lower amid gloomy profit outlook (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:09 AM CST

AP - Chinese stocks edged lower Friday as early gains succumbed to gloom over earnings prospects for many listed firms.

Ex-head of China milk-powder firm could face death penalty: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 01:57 AM CST

People hold their babies as they wait for treatment in a children's hospital in Beijing, in September, as China's toxic milk scandal escalated after officials admitted nearly 53,000 children had been sickened by contaminated products.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - The former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, who will stand trial next week, could face the death penalty if convicted, a lawyer said Friday.

Chinese navy off on historic anti-piracy mission (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 01:51 AM CST

A Chinese navy anti-piracy task force has set sail for Africa, state media said, in the nation's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries. The force, two destroyers and one supply ship, left a port on south China's Hainan island at about 1:50 pm (0550 GMT), the Xinhua news agency reported.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - An anti-piracy task force of the Chinese navy has set sail for Africa, state media said, in the nation's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries.

Chinese navy sets sail for historic anti-piracy mission (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 12:54 AM CST

A Chinese navy anti-piracy task force has set sail for Africa, state media said, in the nation's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries. The force, two destroyers and one supply ship, left a port on south China's Hainan island at about 1:50 pm (0550 GMT), the Xinhua news agency reported.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - A Chinese navy anti-piracy task force has set sail for Africa, state media said, in the nation's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries.

Chinese official says many schools still unsafe (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 12:45 AM CST

In this May 23, 2008 file photo, a father holds a photo of his daughter who was killed in an earthquake, in the ruins of the Fuxin No.2 Primary School in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province. A court in southwestern China has rejected a lawsuit filed by a group of parents seeking compensation for the deaths of their children when their classrooms crumbled during a devastating earthquake in May, one of the parents said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)AP - Many of China's elementary and middle school buildings are structurally unsound with as many as 20 percent in one province considered unsafe, according to a government official.

Toyota recalls 122,000 cars in China over steering defects: govt (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:13 PM CST

A Toyota factory in Thailand. Japanese carmaker Toyota Friday began a recall of nearly 122,000 cars in China due to defects that could lead to steering failure, the Chinese government and the automaker said(AFP/File/Str)AFP - Japanese carmaker Toyota Friday began a recall of nearly 122,000 cars in China due to defects that could lead to steering failure, the Chinese government and the automaker said.

Chinese appliance tycoon's company post suspended (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:51 PM CST

AP - China's largest appliances retailer has suspended its founder and chairman, tycoon Wong Kwong-yu, citing his inability to perform his duties due to an investigation into alleged economic crimes.

2 Chinese go on trial for selling melamine (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:44 PM CST

Bruker Daltonics Introduces Sensitive, Five Minute Melamine Food Safety Testing Solution Based on Robust and Cost-Effective HCT(TM) Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry (Photo: Business Wire)AP - Two Chinese went on trial Friday accused of making and selling the chemical at the center of a tainted milk scandal blamed for killing six children and sickening nearly 300,000 others.

In quake aftermath, China says many schools unsafe (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:10 PM CST

Grieving parents and relatives cry in front of the rubble of the Beichuan Number One Middle School, located around 150 km (93 miles) north of Chengdu in Sichuan Province in this file photo from June 12, 2008, where around 700 children died during last month's massive earthquake. (David Gray/Reuters)Reuters - China said Friday many of its schools were structurally unsafe more than seven months after a devastating earthquake, centered on southwestern Sichuan province, killed thousands of children under collapsed school buildings.

China naval ships to head for Somali waters (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 08:10 PM CST

Pirates boats are seen nearby the Chinese ship 'Zhenhua 4' in the Gulf of Aden, December 17, 2008 in this handout photo. The Chinese ship escaped pirate hijack in the Gulf of Aden after the crew fought for four hours with the help of a multi-coalition force. Nine pirates armed with rocket launchers and heavy machine guns boarded the ship. The 30 crew members locked themselves in their accommodation area, using fire hydrants and firebombs to prevent the attackers from entering, said an official with China Maritime Search and Rescue Center (CMSRC), Xinhua News Agency reported. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Three Chinese naval vessels are scheduled to leave for the waters off Somalia on Friday to help tackle rampant piracy in a sign of the country's rising global clout and diplomatic and military ambitions. The fleet -- two destroyers and a supply ship -- would have about 800 crew, including 70 special operations troops, the official Xinhua news agency said.

China starts filling tanks at largest oil reserve: report (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:45 AM CST

A worker stacks empty oil drums at a yard in Tangshan City, 150 kms east of Beijing in China's northwest Hebei province in 2006. China has started filling tanks at its largest oil reserve, taking advantage of tumbling world crude prices, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China has started filling tanks at its largest oil reserve, taking advantage of tumbling world crude prices, state media reported Thursday.

65 children sickened by carbon monoxide in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:18 AM CST

AP - Sixty-five elementary school students in northern China were poisoned by carbon monoxide after smoke from a dormitory boiler seeped into their rooms, state media reported Thursday.

China detains 59 people in Tibet over 'rumors' (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:41 AM CST

AP - Authorities in Tibet have detained 59 people accused of disseminating rumors aimed at inciting ethnic tension and have cracked down on illegal downloads of "reactionary music" online, Chinese state media reported Thursday.

Toyota recalls more than 120,000 cars in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:00 AM CST

Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Akio Toyoda speaks during a joint press conference with Daihatsu Motor Co. officials to unveil a minivan that will be sold in Japan under the Toyota brand as the 'Passo Sette' and under the Daihatsu brand as the 'Boon Luminas' in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. Japan's nationally circulated Asahi newspaper reported Tuesday that Toyoda, long groomed for the top job, will replace current president Katsuaki Watanabe as soon as April. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Toyota Motor Corp. has issued a recall for more than 120,000 cars in China to fix a problem that could result in loss of steering control, China's quality watchdog said Thursday in the latest piece of bad news for the Japanese automaker.

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