2009年8月23日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China ready to pilot Cathay Pacific, say analysts (AFP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:52 PM PDT

A Cathay Pacific aircraft takes off in grey skies from Hong Kong's international airport on August 5, 2009. With Air China last week boosting its stake in Cathay Pacific, the globally renowned Hong Kong airline has moved a step closer to becoming a mainland company, analysts say.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - With Air China last week boosting its stake in Cathay Pacific, the globally renowned Hong Kong airline has moved a step closer to becoming a mainland company, analysts say.

Global brands turn to China's young amid slump (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 10:16 AM PDT

In this photo taken July 25, 2009, NBA Los Angeles Lakers player Kobe Bryant coaches young Chinese players during a Nike-sponsored basketball clinic in Shanghai, China. Major brands ranging from Nike Inc. to Barbie doll maker Mattel Inc. are courting young Chinese shoppers eagerly to shore up revenue as demand elsewhere slumps. China has 200 million potential consumers aged 15 to 24, according to the national census bureau — a group nearly twice the size of Japan's entire population. (AP Photo)AP - In her Vans cap, Quiksilver shirt and Adidas shorts, 19-year-old Terry Zhong is a walking checklist of sports brands as she sets out on a weekly shopping trip with a 500-yuan ($73) budget.

China legal activist freed, but may face tax case (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:35 AM PDT

AP - An activist Chinese lawyer who was detained in a possible crackdown on dissent ahead of October's 60th anniversary of Communist rule was released Sunday, but he said authorities were investigating possible tax charges against him.

China drought leaves 5 million short of water (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 11:19 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Aug. 20, 2009, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, staff members of the local bureau of Agriculture and Husbandry inspect drought affected crops in Chifeng, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The drought in China's north has left nearly 5 million people short of drinking water and damaged crops, while dry weather in the south could cause more shortages, a state news agency reported Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Ling)AP - A drought in China's north has left nearly 5 million people short of drinking water and damaged crops, while dry weather in the south could cause more shortages, a state news agency reported Sunday.

Nearly five million short of water in China drought (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 10:29 PM PDT

Chinese herders walk on a dried-up reservoir in Gulang, northern China's Gansu province in July. The worst drought to hit parts of north China in six decades has left nearly five million people short of water, while officials warn of another dry spell further south, state media reported Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - The worst drought to hit parts of north China in six decades has left nearly five million people short of water, while officials warn of another dry spell further south, state media reported Sunday.

China arrests 15,000 drink-drivers in a week: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 10:27 PM PDT

Chinese police n Shanghai. Chinese police caught 15,000 people in just the first week of a crackdown on drink-driving, organised in part to appease a public angered by a series of fatal accidents, state media said Sunday.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Chinese police caught 15,000 people in just the first week of a crackdown on drink-driving, organised in part to appease a public angered by a series of fatal accidents, state media said Sunday.

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