2009年1月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China reports new bird flu death (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST

A vendor shows a slaughtered chicken to a customer at a poultry market in Beijing January 21, 2009. (David Gray/Reuters)Reuters - China reported another human death from the H5N1 bird flu on Saturday, this time in the far northwest region of Xinjiang.


China dismisses US remark on currency manipulation (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 02:24 AM CST

AP - A top official at China's central bank has dismissed U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner's comment that President Barack Obama believes Beijing is "manipulating" its currency.

China denounces U.S. currency accusation (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:39 AM CST

New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy Geithner, US President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary, testifies in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 21, 2009. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - A Chinese central banker denounced accusations by U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner that China was manipulating its yuan currency, calling them misleading and warning against "excuses" for protectionism.


Chinese FM, Clinton talk about bilateral relations (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 12:37 AM CST

China's Foreign minister Yang Jiechi attends a meeting with Brazil´s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, unseen, at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. Yang Jiechi accomplishes a three-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has renewed China's resolve to work with the United States to strengthen bilateral ties during a telephone call to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the official Xinhua News Agency said.


China warns of economic distress and long-term ills (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 11:31 PM CST

Reuters - China must do more to ease public distress as it battles a slowing economy and rising unemployment, a leadership meeting said, warning officials the global slowdown was colliding with the nation's reckless mode of growth.

China tells United States to handle ties with care (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 09:43 PM CST

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi smiles as he leaves Sao Bento palace after a meeting with Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates (not pictured) in Lisbon January 21, 2009. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)Reuters - China's Foreign Minister has urged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be careful with sensitive issues that could strain ties, calling the relationship between their two nations one of the world's most important.


China says 90 percent of families take toxic milk deal (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 08:58 PM CST

A woman, whose child died from drinking tainted milk, holds a sign reading 'Give me back my child' outside Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court, Hebei province January 22, 2009. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - Over 90 percent of Chinese families with children stricken by toxic milk have taken a state-backed compensation deal, a dairy industry association said, days after a court gave death sentences in the scandal.


Geithner signals tougher stance on China (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 10:23 AM CST

New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy Geithner, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill, January 21, 2009. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)AP - Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner says President Barack Obama believes China is "manipulating" its currency, a declaration that American manufacturers have long sought in their efforts to combat America's soaring trade deficit with China.


AB InBev sells 20 pct Tsingtao stake to Asahi (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 06:06 AM CST

AP - Anheuser-Busch InBev said Friday it will sell most of its stake in China's biggest brewer Tsingtao to Asahi for $667 million to help pay off massive debt on the takeover deal that formed it last year.

Rights group: Tiananmen prisoner held in hospital (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 05:09 AM CST

AP - A former Tiananmen Square protester has been held involuntarily at a Beijing mental hospital for at least half a year, a human rights group said Friday.

The Sino-U.S. 'kitsch wars' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 04:04 AM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - Sino-U.S. tensions are rising, and it’s not just that Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner declared yesterday that China “manipulates” its currency. It’s worse.

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