2009年12月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


GM, Chinese partner join forces in India (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, a man walks through a parking lot occupied by Chevrolet Cruze models at a local joint manufacturer with Shanghai GM in Shengyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province. General Motors Co. turned over majority ownership of its biggest China joint venture to its local partner on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, and the two companies announced they will jointly make and sell vehicles in India. (AP Photo, File)AP - General Motors Co. and its main Chinese partner announced a venture Friday to sell vehicles in India, uniting in the two fastest-growing car markets in a deal that reflects GM's reduced status as a global automaker.


Chinese smoking deaths seen doubling in 10 years (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:26 PM PST

A miner smokes a cigarette during a break at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi province November 25, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Smoking deaths in China, home to the world's largest smoking population, will double to two million a year by 2020 if the country does not do more to reduce tobacco use, health experts predict.


Uighurs using missionary railway to flee China (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:09 AM PST

AP - An underground network of Christian missionaries that usually works with North Korean refugees says it has helped smuggle nearly two dozen Muslim Uighurs out of China following last summer's deadly ethnic violence and the subsequent government crackdown.

China sentences 3 more to death over Xinjiang riots: Xinhua (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:01 AM PST

This television grab from taken from the Central Television of China (CCTV) channel news shows one of seven defendants (R) next to security officers during a trial over July's ethnic unrest at the Urumqi court, in northwest China's Xinjiang region. Three people were sentenced to death.(AFP/CCTV)AFP - A court in China's restive Xinjiang sentenced three more people to death Friday for their roles in July ethnic violence, state media said, raising the total condemned to die or executed to 17.


GM and China's SAIC to launch India auto venture (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:44 AM PST

The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation logo is shown at their Tyson's Corner, Virginia. General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp will expand their China partnership overseas starting with plans to tap India's burgeoning car market in a move analysts hailed as good for both sides.(AFP/File/Paul J.Richards)AFP - General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp will expand their China partnership overseas starting with plans to tap India's burgeoning car market in a move analysts hailed as good for both sides.


Harper warns G20 on protectionism, cites China (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:39 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged G20 member states on Friday to avoid protectionism, taking aim specifically at China's restrictions on imports of Canadian canola.

China sentences 3 more to death over ethnic riots (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:24 AM PST

A riot police officer on patrol in Urumqi in July 2009 following widespread deadly riots in the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang. A court in Xinjiang region sentenced five people to death on Thursday for murder and other crimes committed during deadly unrest in July, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - China sentenced three more people to death Friday for murder and other crimes committed in riots in the western region of Xinjiang in July.


China dissident set to mark one year in legal limbo (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:05 AM PST

A protestor holds a picture of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as she marches towards the US consulate in Hong Kong on November 13. Liu's supporters urged continued international pressure on Beijing as they prepare to mark the first anniversary of his detention.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - Supporters of top Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo on Friday urged continued international pressure on Beijing as they prepare to mark the first anniversary of his detention.


China jails officials over dam collapse cover-up (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:25 AM PST

Reuters - China has sentenced 13 low-level officials to jail for an iron mine dam collapse just before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing last year, which was hushed up despite killing at least 43 nearby villagers.

China sentences 3 more to death for Xinjiang riots (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:03 AM PST

A policeman walks next to the wreckage of a destroyed car during a demonstration in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - A Chinese court sentenced three more people to death on Friday for murder and other crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region, state media reported.


Chinese official raps foreign banks on derivatives (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:03 AM PST

AP - A senior Chinese official criticized foreign banks for selling derivatives with "fraudulent characteristics" that led to heavy losses for state-owned airlines and other companies.

Sinopec, Exxon sign deal for Papua New Guinea gas (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 11:24 PM PST

AP - State-owned Sinopec Corp. said Friday it has signed a 20-year contract with Exxon Mobil Corp. to buy gas from Papua New Guinea, in the latest of a flurry of foreign deals to secure fuel for China's booming economy.

China, Canada seek 'new era' in relations (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:58 PM PST

File photo shows Canadian and Chinese flags in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Canada and China have agreed to avoid disputes on contentious issues and seek a AFP - Canada and China agreed to avoid disputes on contentious issues and seek a "significant new era" in relations, as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set for more talks in Beijing Friday.


China's costly climate goals: report (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:56 PM PST

Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner condemning the use of coal near one of Beijing's biggest coal-fired power plants. China will need to invest up to 30 billion dollars a year to meet its goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the state press said Friday, citing an academic study.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will need to invest up to 30 billion dollars a year to meet its goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the state press said Friday, citing an academic study.


China's Xi'an Aircraft acquires FACC (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:53 PM PST

A scale model of China's home-made new-generation fighter aircraft, the Jian-10, outside the headquarters of China Aviation Industry Corporation in Beijing. Xi'an Aircraft Industry, a subsidiary of the Chinese plane-maker, has purchased a majority stake in Austrian aircraft parts maker Future Advanced Composite Components AG.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Chinese plane maker Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company has purchased a majority stake in Austrian aircraft parts maker Future Advanced Composite Components AG, the companies said.


China hints sticking to dollar despite worries (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:52 PM PST

Reuters - China has maintained a consistent allocation of its foreign exchange reserves across different currencies, a senior official said on Friday, suggesting that any diversification away from the dollar has been gradual.

Chinese mob bosses sentenced to death in crackdown (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 08:47 PM PST

AP - Two mob bosses — nicknamed the "Hammerhead" and "Spicy Qin" — have been sentenced to death for murder and illegally running a business empire involving underground casinos, cement factories and poultry markets in southern China, a court official and local media said Friday.

China, World Bank African factory plans: Zoellick (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 06:58 PM PST

A Chinese worker examines textiles at a factory in the free zone of Port Said, Egypt. China and the World Bank are in talks on setting up low-cost factories in new industrial zones in Africa to help nations achieve higher economic growth, bank president Robert Zoellick has said.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AFP - China and the World Bank are in talks on setting up low-cost factories in new industrial zones in Africa to help nations achieve higher economic growth, bank president Robert Zoellick said Friday.


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