2009年5月30日星期六

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Geithner wields little leverage in China talks (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 01:49 PM PDT

FILE -- In this May 12, 2009 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington.  Geithner's upcoming trip to China as treasury secretary comes at a vulnerable time for the United States. Mired in recession, the U.S. needs China to boost its purchases of U.S. goods, let its currency rise and take other steps to narrow a massive trade gap. And on the foreign policy front, America needs China's help to combat a growing threat from North Korea.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Timothy Geithner's first trip to China as treasury secretary comes at a vulnerable time for the Obama administration.


Dalai Lama defends Denmark visit after China criticism (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 10:23 AM PDT

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama waves during a press conference in a Copenhagen hotel. The Dalai Lama Saturday defended his visit to Denmark as apolitical after China warned his talks with Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen could affect ties with Denmark.(AFP/SCANPIX/Mads Nissen)AFP - Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Saturday defended his visit to Denmark as apolitical after China warned his talks with Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen could affect ties with Denmark.


Gas blast at Chinese coal mine kills at least 30 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2009 08:39 AM PDT

Reuters - A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwestern China on Saturday killed at least 30 people, state media reported.

Gas leak kills 25 at mine in China (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 08:38 AM PDT

Map locates Chongqing, China, site of mine accidentAP - A gas leak killed 25 miners and 20 others remained trapped underground Saturday at a coal mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua News Agency said.


Web-savvy & cynical: China's youth since Tiananmen (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:28 AM PDT

Customers browse copies of the late Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang's memoirs 'Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang' at a bookstore in Hong Kong Friday, May 29, 2009. The memoir of the Chinese leader who fell from power for sympathizing with Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989 has been published ahead of the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown that ended the protests. The 300-page book was crafted over four years from secret tapes recorded by Zhao, who lived under house arrest for 15 years before he died in 2005. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Twenty years ago, on the night of June 3, rumors were flying about an impending military crackdown against demonstrators in Beijing. That's when Feng Shijie's wife went into labor in his hometown, Kaifeng.


Twenty-five killed in China mine blast (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 07:13 AM PDT

Twenty-five miners were killed and 20 trapped by a gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Twenty-five miners were killed and 20 trapped by a gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China on Saturday, state media reported.


Analysis: NKorea nuke test won't break China ties (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2009 12:56 AM PDT

A South Korean Marines man their position at South Korea's western Yeonpyong Island, near the disputed sea border with communist North Korea, Saturday, May 30, 2009.   North Korea vowed to retaliate if punitive U.N. sanctions are imposed for its latest nuclear test, and U.S. officials said there are new signs Pyongyang may be planning more long-range missile launches.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea's nuclear test has soured relations with chief ally China, but Beijing isn't about to take stern action that could push the North to the brink of collapse and threaten a crisis on its border.


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