2009年1月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China reserves hit $1.95 trillion but growth slows (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:53 AM CST

AP - A state news agency says China's foreign reserves have risen to $1.95 trillion dollars but their rapid growth has slowed.

Chinese foreign minister begins Africa tour: govt (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:55 AM CST

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (seen here in 2008) has began a four-nation trip to Africa, according to the government, kicking off a traditional visit to build China's relationship with the continent.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has began a four-nation trip to Africa, according to the government, kicking off a traditional visit to build China's relationship with the continent.

Citi to reorganise China private banking, shut unit (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:27 AM CST

People walk past a Citibank branch in Shanghai November 20, 2008. (Aly Song/Reuters)Reuters - Citigroup Inc will close its private banking unit in China, which targeted the country's growing ranks of millionaires, and fold the operations into its consumer banking arm as it streamlines its businesses, sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

China shares fall on bleak profit outlook (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:25 AM CST

AP - Chinese shares fell Tuesday on unease about a bleak outlook for corporate profits and declines on Wall Street and elsewhere in Asia.

China's exports fall for second month amid crisis: state media (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:24 AM CST

Chinese exports extended their decline into a second month in December as the global crisis continued to impact its heavily trade-dependent economy, according to state media reports. Imports dropped even more precipitously, leaving China with its second-largest trade surplus ever, according to customs figures published in the China Daily.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China's exports have fallen for a second month in December as the global crisis gnawed further into the nation's trade-dependent economy, according to the government, jeopardising millions more jobs.

Parents of sick kids to reject China's payout plan (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:14 AM CST

AP - More than 200 Chinese parents whose babies were sickened or killed by tainted milk plan to reject a government compensation scheme because it is limited and does not cover enough children, an organizer of the families said Tuesday.

Mass migration home starts for Chinese New Year (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:14 AM CST

A passenger carries his belongings at a railway station in Kunming, Yunnan province January 12, 2009. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Millions of Chinese migrant workers have begun jamming train stations to buy tickets home for the Lunar New Year break, but millions of others will be relying on scalpers to get away for the year's most important holiday.

China's trade slump worsens in December (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:10 AM CST

In this file image taken April 6, 2006, a man looks at rows of containers at the Yangshan deep water port off the coast of Shanghai, China. China's exports fell in December for a second month as a trade slump that has prompted a wave of factory closures and layoffs worsened, according to data reported Tuesday by a government newspaper. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)AP - China's trade slump worsened in December as exports fell at their fastest rate in a decade, the government said Tuesday, aggravating a decline that has fueled a wave of layoffs and fears of unrest.

World Bank urges China to raise water prices to counter crisis (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 04:14 PM CST

Water bottles are collected in Beijing's historic Qianmen district, just south of Tiananmen Square, in 2007. The World Bank urged China Monday to raise water prices to encourage people to use less water and to promote efficiency in a bid to prevent a AFP - The World Bank urged China Monday to raise water prices to encourage people to use less water and to promote efficiency in a bid to prevent a "severe water scarcity crisis."

Carter urges Obama to work closely with China (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 07:00 AM CST

Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, speaks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Carter is in China to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of U.S.-China diplomatic relations which began on Jan 1st, 1979. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel, POOL)AP - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, whose administration formalized diplomatic ties with China 30 years ago, on Monday urged President-elect Barack Obama to find ways to work more closely with Beijing on global issues.

China steps up food inspections ahead of Spring Festival (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 05:12 AM CST

A Chinese vendor behind her stall at a market in Beijing. China is stepping up food inspections ahead of the Spring Festival holiday in a bid to prevent safety scares following the nation's tainted milk scandal.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China announced Monday it was stepping up food inspections ahead of the Spring Festival holiday in a bid to prevent safety scares following the nation's tainted milk scandal.

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