2009年2月6日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Report: US, China must cooperate on climate change (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:24 AM CST

AP - Cooperation between China and the United States is crucial to successfully addressing the climate change problem, said a report released Friday that was co-authored by Energy Secretary Steven Chu prior to his nomination.

China police take away citizens airing grievances (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:22 AM CST

A petitioner holds a paper with a Chinese character 'Justice' as she with a group of about 30 people from around the country stage a protest in front of the State Council Information Office in Beijing Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Police have taken away at least eight citizens trying to air their grievances in front a government building, days ahead of a key review of China's human rights record by the United Nations. (AP Photo/Audra Ang)AP - Police in China's capital took away at least eight people trying to air grievances in front a government building Friday, days ahead of a key review of the country's human rights record by the United Nations.

China's official data mask severity of slump (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:07 AM CST

Job seekers crowd stalls at a job fair in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. Thousands crowded the first job fair in the city since a week-long holiday for Chinese New Year. China's economy is suffering suffering from a collapse in global demand for Chinese textiles, toys and other goods and a downturn at home in real estate, auto sales and other industries. The government says some 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - It is China's disconcerting secret: Its economic slump is much deeper than official data show.

China pledges more assistance to Africa (AFP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 11:16 PM CST

China said Friday President Hu Jintao, seen here, would offer more aid to African countries during his visit to the continent next week, and work with them to fight the global economic crisis(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - China said Friday President Hu Jintao would offer more aid to African countries during his visit to the continent next week, and work with them to fight the global economic crisis.

Global opinion of China and the U.S. (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 11:15 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - A nearly equal percentage of people around the world think positively of China and the United States. Negative opinion is also nearly the same.

China ups drought alert to highest level: state media (AFP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 11:01 PM CST

A car-wash in Beijing. China has raised its drought emergency to the highest level for the first time as a dry spell spreads, leaving millions with little or no water and threatening wheat supplies(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China has raised its drought emergency to the highest level for the first time as a dry spell spreads, leaving millions with little or no water and threatening wheat supplies, state media said Friday.

The Tibetan Plateau's melting glaciers (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 09:42 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - This Xinhua story gives a sense of just how fast some of the glaciers are receding.

Accused Chinese smuggler granted Canada work permit (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 03:57 PM CST

Reuters - Canada had little choice but to grant a work permit to Lai Changxing as he fights extradition to China, where he is one of country's most wanted fugitives, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on Thursday.

Police block events ahead of Tiananmen anniversary (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 10:05 AM CST

AP - Organizers said they were barred from commemorating a milestone 1989 Chinese art exhibition on Thursday, an apparent sign of authorities' extreme sensitivity over the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests this year.

Disasters cost China nearly $200 billion last year (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 09:03 AM CST

In this May 15, 2008 file photo, earthquake damage is seen next to the Zipingpu Dam in Dujiangyan, in southwestern China's Sichuan province. Pressure from the dam, its reservoir's heavy waters weighing on geologic fault lines, may have helped trigger China's devastating earthquake in May, 2008, some scientists say, in a finding that suggests human activity played a role in the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China says natural disasters including the devastating Sichuan earthquake cost the country almost $200 billion last year.

Beijing to world: Don't take Chinese from Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:16 AM CST

AP - Beijing warned other countries on Thursday not to accept Chinese Muslim detainees released from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, reiterating a long-standing demand that they be returned to China.

China declares emergency in drought-struck regions (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:13 AM CST

AP - China declared an emergency Thursday in eight provinces suffering a serious drought that has left nearly 4 million people without proper drinking water and is threatening millions of acres of crops.

Dam may have triggered huge China quake: scientists (AFP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 03:43 AM CST

Survivors make their way along a collapsed mountain road next to Zipingpu reservoir in Wenchuan County, 2008. A man-made dam may have triggered China's devastating earthquake last year, some government officials and scientists are claiming, pitting them against others who insist it was a natural disaster.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A man-made dam may have triggered China's devastating earthquake last year, some government officials and scientists are claiming, pitting them against others who insist it was a natural disaster.

Intel says to shift 2,000 jobs out of Shanghai (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:49 AM CST

Reuters - Intel Corp announced on Thursday a reorganization of its China operations that would close a Shanghai plant and eliminate 2,000 jobs, while affected workers would be offered positions in other parts of the country.

Beijing wants return of Chinese held in Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:20 AM CST

Reuters - China said on Thursday it objected to any country accepting Muslim Chinese terror suspects held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a day after Canada denied it planned to take three.

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