2009年11月12日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China


LRA approves $5M plan to fix Chinese drywall ills (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:15 PM PST

AP - Some homeowners would get help fixing problems caused by trouble-plagued Chinese drywall under a $5 million plan that is being sent to state lawmakers after winning the unanimous backing Thursday of the Louisiana Recovery Authority.

China Automotive Systems sees profit rise (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:54 AM PST

AP - China Automotive Systems Inc., which makes power steering components, said Thursday that third-quarter profit rose sharply on a boost in sales of components for passenger vehicles.

Snow wreaks havoc in north China: state media (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:56 AM PST

Berries and leaves are covered by snow in Beijing. Heavy snows have wreaked havoc for the third day running in northern China, killing at least eight people, stranding thousands of motorists and disrupting air travel.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Heavy snows in northern China wreaked havoc for the third day running on Thursday, killing at least eight people, stranding thousands of motorists and disrupting air travel, state media reported.


Report: Chinese who complain to gov't risk kidnap (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:30 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, a 20-year-old petitioner from Anhui province waits to speak to police after she claimed she had been raped at a 'black jail' in Beijing, China. Kidnapping people on their way to lodge complaints with China's central government has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that mainland police refuse to acknowledge or crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday Nov. 12, 2009. Black jails emerged in China about six years ago when the random detention of vagrants was outlawed. Their existence has been well-documented by human rights groups, lawyers, and the international media, but Thursday's report sheds new light on the economics of the jails and why they remain immune to prosecution despite violating Chinese and international law. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)AP - Kidnapping villagers who have traveled to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government and keeping them in unofficial jails to silence them has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that police refuse to crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday.


China cautions Obama over meeting Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:25 AM PST

AP - On the eve of President Barack Obama's first visit to Asia, China floated a potentially provocative comparison, likening serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the U.S. — an apparent attempt to gain support for its policies in the Himalayan region.

BMW, Chinese partner to invest in expansion (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 02:04 AM PST

Models pose on a customized BMW at an auto show in Shanghai in April. BMW and its Chinese partner will invest five billion yuan ($732 million) to expand production capacity in the world's biggest car market, the German auto maker has said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - BMW and its Chinese partner will invest five billion yuan (732 million dollars) to expand production capacity in the world's biggest car market, the German auto maker said on Thursday.


China warns Obama about Dalai Lama, citing Lincoln on slavery (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:30 AM PST

Reuters - A Chinese government spokesman said Barack Obama should be especially sympathetic to China's opposition to the Dalai Lama and Tibetan independence, as a black president who lauded Abraham Lincoln for helping abolish slavery.

China carefully navigates ties with Straits Chinese (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST

Reuters - When Chinese president Hu Jintao arrived in Singapore for a state visit this week, he announced China's favorite diplomatic gift -- two pandas -- but chose his words very carefully.

Abuse in China's 'black jails': rights group (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:40 AM PST

A court security official stands guard outside a court in Shanghai. Chinese state agents regularly abduct citizens and detain them for days or months in secret, illegal AFP - Chinese state agents regularly abduct citizens and detain them for days or months in secret, illegal "black jails", subjecting them to physical and psychological abuses, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.


China's Wen reiterates loose policy stance (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 06:48 PM PST

Reuters - China will stick to its active fiscal policy and loose monetary measures even though its economic recovery is now on more solid footing, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday.

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