2009年2月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Drought-hit China to divert waters from two longest rivers: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 01:27 AM CST

The Yangtze river seen at the point where it divides the region of Sichuan (top) from Yunnan. China is set to divert water from its two longest rivers to help farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades, state media have said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will divert water from its two longest rivers to help farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades, state media said Sunday.

China fights drought with chemical cloud-seeding (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 01:18 AM CST

A farmer rests beside a small canal he dug to channel water released from the Luhun Reservoir to his field of rapeseed in Song county in central China's Henan province Friday Feb. 6, 2009. He came to his field at 3.00 am in preparation for the release of the water. China will give US$12 billion to help wheat-growing communities across the country's northern region survive their worst drought in five decades, state media reported Saturday. (AP Photo)AP - Parts of China's parched north got light rain after authorities fired shells loaded with cloud-seeding chemicals into the sky, but there was no end in sight for its worst drought in five decades, the government said Sunday.

China announces aid for drought-hit farmers (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:51 AM CST

Map showing the Chinese provinces worst hit by drought. China is to provide more than 12 billion dollars in aid for farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades.(AFP Graphic/Martin Megino/Gal/Js)AFP - China is to provide more than 12 billion dollars in aid for farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades, state media said Saturday

Security forces patrol Tibetan town in NW China (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:19 AM CST

Locals ride bicycles as riot policemen patrol the main street in Xiahe in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province February 7, 2009 during the Monlam celebration, or the Great Prayer Festival, one of the most important festivals in Tibetan Buddhism. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - Security forces put on a show of force in the important Tibetan monastery town of Xiahe in the foothills of the Tibetan plateau before a sensitive Tibetan anniversary.

Injured bears rescued from bile farms in China (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 05:07 AM CST

Jill Robinson, founder and chief executive of Animals Asia, feeds a rescued black bear at the Moon Bear Rescue Center, in Chengdu, in China southwest Sichuan province, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group. (AP Photo/Ken Teh)AP - A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group.

Economic crisis hits China's toy exports: state media (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 04:32 AM CST

File photo shows soft toys with a label reading AFP - Growth in Chinese toy exports slowed sharply last year as the global economic crisis hit demand, state media said Saturday, citing customs figures.

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Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China arrests man linked to deadly diabetes drug (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:03 AM CST

AP - Police in China have arrested a man accused of distributing a shoddy diabetes drug blamed for at least two deaths, a state news agency said Saturday.

China hammers dissent despite looming UN review (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 10:53 PM CST

A petitioner holds a paper with a Chinese character 'Injustice' 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 - Days before China's human rights record comes under scrutiny before a key U.N. panel, the government's grip on dissent seems as firm as ever.

Beijing slams Canada over fugitive's visa: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:57 PM CST

A June 2006 file photo shows Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing in Vancouver, Canada. Beijing has criticised a decision by Canada to grant a work permit to Lai charged with smuggling and considered one of the country's most wanted fugitives, the Beijing News reported Saturday(AFP/File/Deborah Jones)AFP - Beijing has criticised a decision by Canada to grant a work permit to a Chinese citizen charged with smuggling and considered one of the country's most wanted fugitives, the Beijing News reported Saturday.

Head of Chinese insurer arrested on bribery charge (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:14 PM CST

AP - The general manager of China's state-owned trade insurance company has been arrested on charges he took bribes and caused heavy losses by abusing his position, a state news agency reported Friday.

China defends bird flu vaccination plan despite deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 08:46 AM CST

Reuters - China's Ministry of Agriculture on Friday defended its bird flu vaccination program, stating there had been no outbreaks since last June despite a number of human cases, some fatal, this year.

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