2009年2月2日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China activist who faulted quake response charged (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 02:06 AM CST

AP - A Chinese court on Monday abruptly scheduled a trial for an activist who criticized the government's response to last year's devastating Sichuan earthquake, giving his lawyer only one day to prepare and prompting him to mount an immediate legal challenge.

Obama to test US-China ties: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:55 AM CST

A paramilitary policeman gestures outside the US Embassy in Beijing on February 1. The US and China are set for new tensions under Barack Obama amid extra pressure caused by the economic crisis, but will likely work together to iron out their differences, analysts say.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - The United States and China are set for new tensions under Barack Obama amid extra pressure caused by the economic crisis, but will likely work together to iron out their differences, analysts say.


Police detain seven after fireworks blaze in China: state media (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 11:20 PM CST

People buy fireworks for the Lunar New Year in Beijing. Police in southeast China have detained seven AFP - Police in southeast China have detained seven "troublemakers" for setting off fireworks in a bar, causing a blaze that killed as many as 17 people, state media reported Monday.


Wen sees signs of Chinese economy reviving (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 06:23 PM CST

China's Premier Wen Jiabao addresses a dinner held by the China Britain Business Council at the Natural History Museum in London February 1, 2009. Wen said on Sunday that developing nations should have more say in international financial institutions as countries seek to reshape the economic order after the credit crisis. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday he saw signs of recovery in the final days of 2008 after growth in the world's third largest economy slowed abruptly but indicated that further stimulus measures might be needed.


British police detain protesters during Wen visit (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:25 PM CST

British police officers detain a pro-Tibet protester outside the Chinese Embassy, shortly after Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's arrival, London, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. British police detained several pro-Tibet protesters during a visit to the Chinese Embassy in London by the Chinese Premier. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - British police detained five pro-Tibet protesters who jumped over security barriers outside the Chinese Embassy in London during a visit by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.


Jailed China milk-scandal chief appeals sentence (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 09:49 AM CST

Reuters - The former chairwoman of the Sanlu Group, jailed for life over China's melamine-tainted milk scandal in which at least six children died, has appealed against her sentence, state media said on Sunday.

China dairy boss appeals sentence in milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 08:59 AM CST

Zhao Lianhai (R), father of a three-year-old who was among the nearly 300,000 children made ill by milk formula tainted with the industrial compound melamine, carries a petition past a security guard as he walks out with other parents from a meeting with Ministry of Health officials in central Beijing January 23, 2009. (David Gray/Reuters)AP - A dairy boss is appealing the life sentence she received for involvement in a tainted milk scandal that sickened hundreds of thousands of Chinese children, state media said Sunday.


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