2009年1月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China fears containment as defense spending rises (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:05 AM CST

Paramilitary police recruits attend a training session at a military base in Hefei, Anhui province, January 20, 2009. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)Reuters - China fears containment abroad and separatist groups at home, a defense policy paper said on Tuesday, justifying a drive to increase military spending and push the People's Liberation Army into the high-tech era.

China shares rise on industry stimulus plan hopes (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:03 AM CST

AP - Chinese shares extended gains Tuesday on hopes the government's stimulus plan for petrochemical sector will be released soon, bucking falls around the region.

16-year-old Chinese boy dies of bird flu (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:55 AM CST

A man catches chickens at a poultry market in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. A 16-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus has died in central China, the third fatality from the disease this month. (AP Photo)AP - A 16-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus has died in central China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday, the country's third fatality from the disease this month.

Families of Chinese milk victims file Supreme Court suit: volunteer (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:17 AM CST

Relatives of victims made ill by milk tainted with Melamine hold banners that read AFP - Over 200 families in China with children who died or fell ill after drinking tainted milk have filed a suit with the Supreme Court, saying compensation offered so far is not enough, one of them said Tuesday.

Honoring 'little grandfather' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 01:16 AM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - I just had one of those interesting cultural experiences, both painful and enlightening.

China calls for better military ties under Obama (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 12:12 AM CST

AP - China on Tuesday urged President-elect Barack Obama to work with Beijing to improve its occasionally tense military relationship with the United States, calling on the Pentagon to "remove obstacles."

China city bans web users from posting about officials: report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 12:10 AM CST

File photo shows a woman surfing the internet on a laptop computer at a cafe in Beijing. Authorities in a Chinese province where Internet users exposed an allegedly corrupt official's taste for luxury have made posting such information illegal, state media reported Tuesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Authorities in a Chinese province where Internet users exposed an allegedly corrupt official's taste for luxury have made posting such information illegal, state media reported Tuesday.

China announces third bird flu death this year (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 11:37 PM CST

A worker checks on ducks outside a poultry market in Shanghai January 19, 2009. China has warned of the risk of further human cases of bird flu in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday after reporting two new cases over weekend. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - A 16-year-old male student died of bird flu in central China on Tuesday, state media reported, the third death from the H5N1 virus this year.

China calls on Obama to strengthen military ties (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 10:10 PM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama. China called for stronger military ties with the United States on Tuesday, just hours before Barack Obama was to take power in Washington.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - China called for stronger military ties with the United States on Tuesday, just hours before Barack Obama was to take power in Washington.

China's Wen calls for steps to reverse slump (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 09:39 PM CST

AP - China's top economic official is calling for quick action to pull the country out of its slump.

China rolls out two HIV drugs to tackle resistance (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 09:26 PM CST

Reuters - China will provide two imported HIV drugs to patients who develop resistance to cheaper, domestic alternatives, state media said on Monday, going some way to meeting a key demand of AIDS treatment activists.

213 China families take milk case to highest court (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 04:09 PM CST

A group of parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk talk to the press on a Beijing sidewalk on January 2. Over 200 families in China with children who died or fell ill from drinking tainted milk have filed a suit with the supreme court seeking compensation, a volunteer helping them said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - More than 200 families whose babies fell ill after drinking tainted infant formula said Monday they are taking their case to China's highest court after being repeatedly ignored by lower courts.

Jobless migrants flood back to China's villages (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 11:06 AM CST

A woman reads a booklet as she attends a training courses on rabbit farming, organized by the Chinese government, which helps people find a new career in their own area, held at a school in Erxinqiao Village, Sichuan Province, China, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Slumping global demand has forced millions of workers in factories churning out the world's T-shirts, teddy bears and televisions to return early to their rural hometowns for the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. Many of China's 150 million migrant workers are facing now uncertainty over how much work they will have this coming year and where they can find it. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - For Chen Xiaohong, the global economic crisis started with unsold portable DVD players.

Despite crisis, Jim Rogers is still a China bull (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 04:42 AM CST

American investor and financial commentator Jim Rogers, standing in front of Chinese characters reading 'Asian Finance', addresses a luncheon at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong January 19, 2009. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)Reuters - The global financial crisis has only strengthened reknowned international investor Jim Rogers' acerbic criticisms about the U.S. economy and his resoundingly optimistic view on China's future.

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