2009年8月17日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Expansive China faces grass-roots resentment (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:07 PM PDT

A resident stands next to Chinese characters that read, Reuters - Algerian shopkeeper Abdelkrim Salouda has witnessed China's global economic expansion first-hand and he does not like it, especially since he was in a mass brawl this month with Chinese migrant workers.

China to appeal WTO ruling on book, movie imports (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 09:03 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2009, a Chinese boy looks at a music CD at a music store in Beijing, China. China will appeal a World Trade Organization ruling that ordered it to ease restrictions on imports of movies, music and books in a case brought by Washington, a Commerce Ministry spokesman said Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China will appeal a World Trade Organization ruling that ordered it to ease restrictions on imports of movies, music and books in a case brought by Washington, a Commerce Ministry spokesman said Monday.

Clash at China smelter after 100s of kids poisoned (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 06:25 AM PDT

AP - Police clashed with residents of two neighboring villages in northern China where nearly all the children were poisoned by lead apparently from a nearby smelter, reports said Monday, the latest sign of growing anger over China's rampant industrial pollution.

Fortescue breaks China iron ore impasse (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 03:26 AM PDT

Australia's Fortescue Metals on Monday unveiled discount iron ore prices for the key Chinese market in return for up to six billion dollars of financing, ending an industry-wide negotiating impasse.(AFP/Fortescue/HO/File/AFP)AFP - Australia's Fortescue Metals on Monday unveiled discount iron ore prices for the key Chinese market in return for up to six billion US dollars of financing, ending an industry-wide negotiating impasse.

China exports likely to return to growth: govt (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:52 PM PDT

The port of Shenzhen in southern China. The country expects its exports, which have fallen year-on-year for nine straight months, to return to positive growth before the end of 2009, the government said Monday.(AFP/File/Francois Bougon)AFP - China expects its exports, which have fallen year-on-year for nine straight months, to return to positive growth before the end of 2009, the government said Monday.

China trade official goes to Washington on tires case (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:42 PM PDT

Labourers work at a rubber recycling centre in Xining, west China's Qinghai province November 8, 2007. REUTERS/Simon ZoReuters - China is sending a vice minister of trade to Washington to lobby U.S. administration officials against imposing duties on Chinese-made tires, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

China sovereign fund may eye Hollywood: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:08 PM PDT

China's 200-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund may start investing in overseas media including Hollywood production houses, a report said Monday, citing sources close to the fund.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Livingston)AFP - China's 200-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund may start investing in overseas media including Hollywood production houses, a report said Monday, citing sources close to the fund.

China 'actively' preparing appeal of WTO film order (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:06 PM PDT

A shopper looks at VCDs and DVDs at a shop in Beijing. China said Monday it was AFP - China said Monday it was "actively" getting ready to appeal a World Trade Organization decision ordering it to ease some of its curbs on foreign films, music and print.

Pandas could be extinct in 2-3 generations: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 10:46 PM PDT

A panda cub is seen playing at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu. There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild around China, mostly in southwestern Sichuan, northern Shaanxi and northwestern Gansu provinces. A total of 180 have been bred in captivity, according to reports.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China's giant panda could be extinct in just two to three generations as rapid economic development is infringing on its way of life, state media said on Monday, citing an expert at conservation group WWF.

China to appeal WTO ruling on entertainment imports (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 10:07 PM PDT

Reuters - China said on Monday it will challenge a World Trade Organization ruling against its restrictions on imported films, books and audio-visual products, continuing its sparring with Washington over trade access.

Foreign direct investment fall in China (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 07:53 PM PDT

The Beijing central business district. Foreign direct investment in China dropped 35.7 percent year-on-year in July for the 10th straight monthly fall, the commerce ministry said Monday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Foreign direct investment in China dropped 35.7 percent year-on-year in July for the 10th straight monthly fall, the commerce ministry said Monday.

China steel assn says talks concluded with Fortescue (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 06:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's No.3 iron ore miner, Fortescue Metals Group , has agreed to supply China at a 3 percent discount to prices offered by its bigger rivals, in a deal that will allow Chinese steel mills to claim a partial victory in their quest for a better iron ore settlement.

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