2009年7月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Hundreds injured, 10,000 homes destroyed in China quake: state media (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:06 PM PDT

A quake reading on a seismograph. A moderate earthquake hit southwestern China, destroying more than 10,000 homes and leaving hundreds of people injured, state media and seismologists said Friday.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A moderate earthquake hit southwestern China, destroying more than 10,000 homes and leaving hundreds of people injured, state media and seismologists said Friday.


Australia PM says caution needed on China spy case (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Employees are seen at Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office in Shanghai, July 8, 2009. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - Australia is adopting a cautious approach to dealing with Chinese allegations of spying against Shanghai-based staff of Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday.


Chinese try to heal psychological wounds of unrest (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:21 PM PDT

Armed police officers rest in shade in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Thursday, July 9, 2009. Security forces kept a firm grip on the tense Xinjiang capital Thursday after days of ethnic violence that killed 156 people, and alarmed Chinese leaders vowed to deal firmly with those behind the attacks.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Construction worker Zhang Binkun was seething over the death of his mother, whom he believes was killed by a mob of Uighurs with sticks and stones.


Hundreds injured in south China quake: agency (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:58 PM PDT

Hundreds of people were injured and thousands of homes damaged by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said. REUTERS/GraphicReuters - Hundreds of people were injured and thousands of homes damaged by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said.


More than 300 injured by strong quake in China (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:18 PM PDT

A quake reading on a seismograph. A moderate earthquake Thursday in southwestern China injured more than 300 people, 30 of them seriously, and led to the collapse of thousands of homes, state media and seismologists said.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AP - A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, damaged another 30,000 homes, the Xinhua News Agency said.


China's leaders vow to punish Xinjiang rioters (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:42 PM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police drive by past the closed Grand Bazaar in the ethnic Uighur area of Urumqi, in China's farwest Xinjiang region. China's leaders vowed on Thursday to severely punish those responsible for bloodshed in the nation's far northwest that left at least 156 people dead and exposed deep ethnic tensions.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - China's leaders vowed on Thursday to severely punish those responsible for bloodshed in the nation's far northwest that left at least 156 people dead and exposed deep ethnic tensions.


Chinese economist missing, apparently detained (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 10:53 AM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police officers form a barrier between Han and Uighur districts a day after Han Chinese mobs attacked Uighur neighborhoods in Urumqi, China, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. China's president cut short a G8 summit trip to rush home Wednesday after ethnic tensions soared in Xinjiang territory, and the government flooded the area with security forces in a bid to quell emotions in the wake of a massive riot that left 156 dead. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A model Uighur by most Chinese standards, Ilham Tohti is fluent in Mandarin, has a master's in economics and supports Beijing's plans to develop his native Xinjiang, the restive far western region that has been convulsed by ethnic riots in recent days.


US admiral: NKorea threats could spark arms race (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 10:26 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's choice to lead U.S. forces in the Pacific warned Thursday that North Korea's missile and nuclear threats could spark an arms race in Asia.

China says has proof Rio Tinto staff stole state secrets (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 08:31 AM PDT

China said it had evidence proving detained Rio Tinto staff stole state secrets, as the affair threatened to boil over into a diplomatic row with Australia summoning the Chinese ambassador.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - China said Thursday it had evidence proving detained Rio Tinto staff stole state secrets, as the affair threatened to boil over into a diplomatic row with Australia summoning the Chinese ambassador.


China's Hu says maintaining stability paramount (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:58 AM PDT

Ethnic Uighurs wait with sticks behind a road block in their neighbourhood in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 8, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao, forced to abandon a G8 summit in Italy by ethnic violence in restive Xinjiang, said that maintaining social stability in the energy-rich region was the "most urgent task," state television reported on Thursday.


Strife shows ethnic tension China hopes to ignore (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:18 AM PDT

A Uighur woman cries as reporters visit a Uighur district which protested on Monday in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Thursday, July 9, 2009.  Security forces kept a firm grip on the tense Xinjiang capital Thursday after days of ethnic violence that killed 156 people, and alarmed Chinese leaders vowed to deal firmly with those behind the attacks. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - It started with some boys fighting over fireworks. It wound up as a clash between hundreds of villagers from two competing ethnic groups.


China says Rio Tinto employees stole state secrets (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:58 AM PDT

A man walks past a Rio Tinto office in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.  An Australian who heads Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in China has been arrested in Shanghai and accused of espionage, Australia's foreign minister said Wednesday.     (AP Photo)AP - China has proof four detained employees of miner Rio Tinto Ltd. stole state secrets for foreign countries, the government said Thursday, following their detention amid contentious iron ore price talks.


China says Rio Tinto staff hurt interests (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:38 AM PDT

Journalists stand outside a Rio Tinto office in Shanghai July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - China said on Thursday detained staff from Australian miner Rio Tinto had harmed China's economic interests in a case that has rattled currency markets and raised questions about China-Australia relations.


China passes US auto market in first-half sales (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2009 file photo, an employee walks past Fengshen S30 sedans parked near the assembly line at a factory of Dongfeng Motor Corp. in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. Boosted by government incentives, China's auto sales soared 36.5 percent in June from a year earlier to 1.14 million vehicles, an industry group announced Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo, File)AP - China surpassed the United States as the world's biggest auto market for the first half of 2009 after June sales soared 36.5 percent from a year earlier, according to data reported Thursday.


China's car sales surge 36% in June: state media (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:31 AM PDT

Cadillac vehicles parked on a section of the Great Wall near Beijing. Sales of China's domestically made cars rose 36.5 percent year-on-year in June, another sign that government stimulus measures were driving the sector's recovery, state media said.(AFP/HO/GM/File/Natalie Behring-Chisholm)AFP - Sales of China's domestically made cars rose 36.5 percent year-on-year in June, another sign that government stimulus measures were driving the sector's recovery, state media said Thursday.


Chinese beat man threatening suicide with baby (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:18 AM PDT

File photo shows Chinese policemen standing guard in front of a statue of late Chinese leader Mao Zhedong in Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. An angry crowd in southwest China beat a suicidal man who threatened to jump off a ledge with his two-year-old daughter, state media reported.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - An angry crowd in southwest China beat a suicidal man who threatened to jump off a ledge with his two-year-old daughter, state media reported.


China plans first woman astronaut by 2012: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 11:15 PM PDT

Visitors take photos during an exhibition on AFP - China could launch its first woman into space as early as 2012, state media reported.


China bank loans hit 224 bln dlrs: state media (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:41 PM PDT

Customers withdraw money from cash machines in Chengdu in southwestern China. Banks in the country have extended a total of 1.53 trillion yuan (224 billion dollars) in new lending in June despite regulators' concerns over the risk of bad loans rising, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Chinese banks extended a total of 1.53 trillion yuan (224 billion dollars) in new lending in June despite regulators' concerns over the risk of bad loans rising, state media has reported.


Rio Tinto employees arrested for stealing secrets (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:22 PM PDT

A employee is seen at Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office in Shanghai July 8, 2009. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - Four employees of Australian miner Rio Tinto have been arrested in China on charges of stealing state secrets, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, citing Shanghai state security authorities.


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