2009年2月3日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China treads lightly after shoe protest (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:07 AM CST

Reuters - China denounced a protester at Cambridge University who threw a shoe at visiting Premier Wen Jiabao, but nevertheless hailed Wen's visit as a success and avoided widespread reporting of the incident.

China condemns protest and says Wen successful (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:04 AM CST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao listens to a speech at the University of Cambridge, eastern England February 2, 2009. Premier Wen said earlier on Monday there was 'light at the end of the tunnel' but called for strong and effective stimulus plans to boost economies hit by the global financial crisis. (Darren Staples/Reuters)Reuters - China denounced as despicable a protester who threw a shoe at Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University on Tuesday and said the Chinese leader's visit to Europe was a total success.

Ex-China Development Bank VP faces bribery charges: report (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 12:52 AM CST

A Chinese paramilitary police officer seen in Beijing. A former vice president at China Development Bank, one of the country's three policy banks, has been charged with taking bribes, Chinese media have reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A former vice president at China Development Bank, one of the country's three policy banks, has been charged with taking bribes, Chinese media reported Tuesday.

Rights groups: China rights lawyer missing (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 11:47 PM CST

AP - An outspoken Chinese human rights lawyer went missing two weeks ago, several international rights groups said Tuesday, expressing fears for his safety.

Chinese see funny side of financial crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:22 PM CST

Reuters - Millions of migrant workers may be out of a job and China's once booming economy may be locked in a downward spiral as the global economic crisis bites, but for a particular Chinese brand of humor it's been a boon.

What shoe? Chinese media silent on shoe toss (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:21 PM CST

A security guard picks up a shoe that was thrown towards Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the University of Cambridge, eastern England, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Wen's visit to Britain is the last stop on a regional tour that also included Spain, Germany, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and EU headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool)AP - China's media, quick to report when a shoe was thrown at former President George W. Bush last year, sidestepped any direct mention or images Tuesday of a protester hurling his shoe at the Chinese premier during a speech in Britain.

Protester hurls shoe at Chinese PM during UK visit (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:02 PM CST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives to deliver a speech at the University of Cambridge, England, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Wen's visit to Britain is the last stop on a regional tour that also included Spain, Germany, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and EU headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool)AP - A protester hurled abuse and then a shoe at China's premier Monday while he delivered a speech on the global economy at Cambridge University.

Note to leaders: Learn to duck shoes (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 08:01 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - As you probably know, a protester hurled a shoe at Premier Wen Jiabao as he gave a talk at Cambridge University. Coming a few weeks after an Iraqi hurled a shoe at former President George W. Bush, the new incident certainly seems to herald a trend in political dissent.

Protester throws shoe at Chinese premier (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:50 PM CST

Reuters - A protester threw a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and called him a dictator as he delivered a speech on the global economy on Monday.

China official says 20 million migrants lost jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:12 PM CST

A farmer smokes a pipe after collecting firewood in his fields located near the village of Da Shi Men, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Beijing February 2, 2009. Chen Xiwen, Director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, told a news conference on Monday that official surveys found that about 15.3 percent of the total migrant labour pool working in cities had returned jobless to the countryside, adding that it was a sobering warning about damage to the vast and still mostly poor countryside from the global financial crisis. Chen, who advises Chinese Communist Party leaders on policies for the country's 750 million-strong farming population, was speaking a day after the government issued its first big policy document for 2009, which as in past years was devoted to rural development. (David Gray/Reuters)Reuters - About 20 million Chinese rural migrants have lost jobs as the nation's economic growth has faltered, a senior official said on Monday, promising policies to boost incomes and a softer approach to potential unrest.

China: Up to 26 million rural migrants now jobless (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 11:43 AM CST

In this March 13, 2008 file photo, workers eat lunch near a construction site in Beijing. An estimated 20 million migrant workers have lost jobs because of the global economic crisis, a government official said Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, giving the government a huge worry as it tries to maintain social stability. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)AP - The global economic crisis has taken hold deep in China's impoverished countryside, as millions of rural migrants are laid off from factory jobs and left to scratch a living from tiny landholdings — creating unsettling prospects for a government anxious to avoid social unrest.

China's work-related deaths drop below 100,000 (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 07:59 AM CST

AP - China's work-related deaths fell below 100,000 last year for the first time in more than a decade, amid an increased government focus on accident prevention, state media reported Monday.

Report: Wen says China considering new stimulus (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:15 AM CST

People look at a donation box where a statue of Chinese God of Fortune is buried in bank notes on a downtown commercial street in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. China is considering new measures to boost economic growth on top of a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package announced in November, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a newspaper interview published Monday. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China is considering new steps to boost cooling growth, its top economic official said in comments published Monday, as new data showed manufacturing shrinking further despite surging government spending.

Gulags for the elderly (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:24 AM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - Actress Bette Davis once famously said, “getting old is not for sissies.”

Shanghai gets dolled up (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 04:46 AM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - Barbie is coming to Shanghai in a big way.

Chinese military chief vows nuclear, conventional build-up (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 02:32 AM CST

File photo shows visitors walking past a nuclear missile on display at the Military Museum in Beijing. China will accelerate the build-up of its nuclear and conventional arsenal to form a credible deterrent, the general in charge of the country's strategic missile force said.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China will accelerate the build-up of its nuclear and conventional arsenal to form a credible deterrent, the general in charge of the country's strategic missile force said.

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