2009年12月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Top US Senator prods China's Hu on economic disputes (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:46 PM PST

US Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid speaks to the media in December 8 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Reid urged Chinese President Hu Jintao in a letter released Friday to personally address US worries about China's currency and record on intellectual property.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - US President Barack Obama's top Senate ally urged Chinese President Hu Jintao in a letter released Friday to personally address US worries about China's currency and record on intellectual property.


China worries swine flu vaccine campaign faltering (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:38 PM PST

Drivers of mass transit system buses receive H1N1 vaccine injections at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province November 6, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China's vaccination campaign against the H1N1 flu strain is not proceeding as fast as it should be partly because people are needlessly worried about the safety of the vaccine, officials said on Friday.


China urged to revalue currency (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:32 PM PST

A bank employee hands Renminbi banknotes to a customer in Changzhi, Shanxi province, December 10, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to address his country's huge trade imbalance with the United States through a "significant revaluation" of China's currency.


Chinese official calls US negotiator irresponsible (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:43 AM PST

AP - China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on Friday said the chief U.S. climate negotiator either lacks common sense or is "extremely irresponsible" for saying that no U.S. climate financing should be going to China.

China recovery gathers pace as export slump eases (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:07 AM PST

A woman stands near a women's lingerie advertisement at a subway station in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. China's inflation rate has remained moderate this year, with the consumer price index falling 0.5 percent in October from a year earlier. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's exports are making a comeback after a jarring slump threw millions out of work, a sign of improving global demand that along with a torrent of stimulus money is accelerating recovery in the world's No. 3 economy.


China tech purchasing rule angers foreign firms (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:23 AM PST

AP - Foreign companies are criticizing a new Chinese regulation they fear could block them from the multibillion dollar business of selling high-tech products to government departments.

High-profile Chinese dissident is indicted (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 02:13 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was arrested after co-authoring a bold manifesto urging civil rights and political reforms, outside the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong. The wife of the outspoken Chinese dissident who has been jailed for a year without being formally charged said Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, that she wishes if it won't release him the government would put him on trial so she could visit him regularly. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - A high-profile dissident who has called for political reform in China has been indicted on subversion charges and will likely be tried within four to six weeks, his lawyer said Friday.


Chinese health officials step up flu prevention (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 01:25 AM PST

AP - China's Health Ministry warned Friday that the swine flu outbreak in the country could peak over the next several months, especially as hundreds of millions of people return home for the traditional Chinese New Year.

China export slump eases as global demand revives (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 12:49 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009, a customer pushes his cart in a supermarket in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province. The slump in China's exports eased in November as global demand improved while strong gains in industrial output and retail sales showed that the recovery in the world's third-biggest economy is gathering momentum. (AP Photo)AP - China's exports fell 1.2 percent from a year earlier in November, the smallest decline this year as nascent recoveries in the U.S. and other big markets helped revive demand.


Consumer prices rise as China powers out of crisis (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST

Women shop for candied fruit snacks sold from the back of a bicycle in Beijing on December 8. Consumer prices in China rose for the first time in nearly a year and industrial production picked up pace in November, while retail sales slowed slightly, the government said Friday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China said Friday it had ended an almost year-long bout of deflation in November while factory output picked up as the world's third-largest economy powered ahead following the global crisis.


Activist: China black jail guard convicted of rape (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 10:24 PM PST

AP - A guard at an unofficial detention center in Beijing was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for raping a young female detainee, an activist said, in a case that put a spotlight on "black jails" that hold a growing number of people seeking justice from the government.

Rio appoints new iron ore envoy, denies Hu link (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:56 PM PST

File photo shows an employee at the reception desk of the offices of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto in Shanghai. Rio Tinto said Friday it had replaced its chief iron-ore negotiator ahead of critical price talks with China, but denied links to the arrest of executive Stern Hu.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said Friday it had replaced its chief iron-ore negotiator ahead of critical price talks with China, but denied links to the arrest of executive Stern Hu.


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