2009年1月11日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese FM, UN chief discuss Gaza conflict (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 03:14 AM CST

Israelis gather around a car after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli town of Beersheeba, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City on Sunday morning as Israel's military inched closer to Gaza's main population centers despite growing diplomatic pressure to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday that Beijing hopes a U.N. resolution passed in recent days calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza will be observed by parties in the conflict.


China to mark defeat of Tibet uprising (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:58 PM CST

AP - Chinese-backed Tibetan leaders will soon set a date for what they call "Serf Liberation Day" to mark the defeat 50 years ago of a pro-independence uprising in the Himalayan region, state media reported Sunday.

China denies exporting stolen railway technologies (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 12:39 PM CST

AP - China's Railway Ministry denied reported accusations Saturday that foreigners are being squeezed out of the Chinese railway market and that local companies are exporting trains using Western technologies.

Chinese officials gamble away $3m in public funds (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 03:56 AM CST

AP - Officials in China's freewheeling south gambled away more than $3 million in public funds, and some of the biggest money-losers are going to prison for it, according to state media reports.
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