2009年2月10日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China sentences 76 over Tibet riots: state media (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 01:46 AM CST

A Tibetan monk runs past burning vehicles, in March 2008 in Lhasa, as the Tibetan capital erupted in the biggest protests against Chinese rule in two decades. Chinese authorities have handed down court sentences to 76 people over anti-Chinese riots last year in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Rune Backs)AFP - Chinese authorities have handed down court sentences to 76 people over anti-Chinese riots last year in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

China's January exports plunge 17.5 percent (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 01:30 AM CST

Workers take rest underneath the containers on a cargo vessel at the Tianjin port, China, on Dec. 15, 2008. China's customs agency said on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 that China's exports plunged 17.5 percent in January 2009 as the drop in the country's trade accelerated, adding to the threat of more job losses and increasing pressure on Beijing to boost slumping economic growth. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's exports plunged 17.5 percent in January — the sharpest drop in more than a decade — as the collapse in its trade accelerated, adding to the threat of more job losses and intensifying pressure on Beijing to boost slumping economic growth.

China report: 76 sentenced so far for Tibet riots (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 01:10 AM CST

The Dalai Lama welcomes the audience after being awarded with the German Media Prize in Baden-Baden, southern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Winfried Rothermel)AP - China has sentenced 76 people and detained more than 950 others since last year's deadly anti-government riots in Tibet, state media said Wednesday.

China Jan exports fall sharpest in over a decade: govt (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 12:01 AM CST

A port employee walks next to containers from China in the port of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. China's exports fell 17.5 percent in January from a year earlier, but its trade surplus remained high at 39.1 billion dollars, customs authorities said Wednesday.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - China's exports fell 17.5 percent in January from a year earlier, customs authorities said Wednesday, marking the sharpest drop in more than a decade.

China's many global friends (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 10:58 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - In a big meeting hall in Geneva earlier this week, China’s human rights record came under scrutiny before the U.N. Human Rights Council.

China state broadcaster apologizes for hotel fire (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 09:46 PM CST

Fire damaged Mandarin Oriental hotel building, left, and the new China Central Television headquarters building, right, are seen in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. An Olympic-style fireworks display put on by China's state-run television broadcaster was the cause of a spectacular blaze that destroyed a luxury hotel that was part of the network's landmark headquarters in Beijing, a fire department spokesman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - The fireworks display that gutted a luxury hotel at the new, iconic headquarters for China's main television network and killed a firefighter was so powerful that a special permit was needed — but it was never obtained, the state broadcaster said Tuesday.

China prosecutors probe television complex blaze (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 09:19 PM CST

Reuters - Chinese prosecutors are probing a blaze that partly destroyed Beijing's hypermodern state television headquarters and hotel complex, with suspects placed "under control," an official newspaper reported.

More Tibet unrest cannot be ruled out: official (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:12 PM CST

Protesters throw stones on military trucks in Lhasa, Tibet March 14, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Fresh unrest in Tibet cannot be ruled out nearly a year after riots in the regional capital Lhasa because Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is determined to foment trouble, Chinese officials said on Tuesday.

China monthly auto sales overtake US for 1st time (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 04:40 PM CST

In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo a worker works on a production line of sedans at an auto factory of China's First Automotive Works Group Corporation in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province. China overtook the U.S. in monthly vehicle sales in January for the first time, figures from China's auto industry association showed Tuesday, largely because of a plunge in American car sales. (AP Photo/Color China Photo, File)AP - Monthly auto sales in China surpassed those in the U.S. for the first time last month, but automakers and industry watchers say the news may tell us more about the troubles in the U.S. than about China's growing car market.

China unhappy as accused smuggler gets Canada permit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 04:34 PM CST

Reuters - China expressed its unhappiness on Tuesday at Canada's granting of a work permit to a Chinese man accused by Beijing of being a smuggling kingpin.

Oil supplies in focus as China's Hu visits Saudi Arabia (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 02:40 PM CST

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (R) greets Chinese President Hu Jintao upon his arrival in Riyadh. Securing long-term energy supplies for the giant Chinese economic machine dominated the agenda on Tuesday as Hu made his second visit to oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia.(AFP)AFP - Securing long-term energy supplies for the giant Chinese economic machine dominated the agenda on Tuesday as China's President Hu Jintao made his second visit to oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia.

France working with China to heal rift: former PM (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 10:16 AM CST

Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, seen here in 2008, said on Tuesday that much work remains to heal a rift between France and China but both sides are committed to getting ties back on track.(AFP/File/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Tuesday that much work remains to heal a rift between France and China but both sides are committed to getting ties back on track.

China says wheat crop at risk if no rain soon (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 10:16 AM CST

Children play next to a dried out canal in Beijing on February 9, 2009. China warned Tuesday of a severe impact on the nation's winter wheat crop if there was no rain within the next 15 days to relieve the worst drought in half a century.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China warned Tuesday of a severe impact on the nation's winter wheat crop if there was no rain within the next 15 days to relieve the worst drought in half a century.

Chinese officials begin Latin America trips (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:33 AM CST

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, seen here in 2008, began a three-day visit to Mexico, meeting with top officials and business leaders to seek more bilateral trade to offset the AFP - Two senior Chinese officials have begun visits to Latin America, the government said Tuesday, on the heels of a landmark trip by President Hu Jintao in which he pledged closer ties with the region.

China Health Ministry "puzzled" by bird flu cases (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:42 AM CST

Reuters - China's Health Ministry is puzzled by eight human cases of bird flu in January which appeared independent of any known case in birds, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

China unhappy Canada gave fugitive work permit (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:03 AM CST

AP - China's most wanted man should be handed over to face smuggling and corruption charges instead of getting a work permit in Canada, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Deflation alarm as prices weaken further in China (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 04:58 AM CST

A trader works at his shop in Yiwu, the world's largest wholesale market for small consumer goods in January. Chinese inflation slowed further in January as activity in the world's third-largest economy weakened, government data has shown, with economists warning deflation was imminent.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Chinese inflation slowed further in January as activity in the world's third-largest economy weakened, government data showed Tuesday, prompting economists to warn deflation was imminent.

China state TV apologizes for fireworks blaze (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 02:48 AM CST

A man takes a photo of the building that housed the soon to-be-opened Mandarin Oriental Hotel (L) as it burns next to the CCTV tower, that is still under construction, in Beijing, February 9, 2009. (David Gray/Reuters)Reuters - An unapproved fireworks display by China's state broadcaster caused a blaze that swept through part of Central China Television's hypermodern complex in Beijing, a fire brigade spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Investigators blame China's state TV station for fire tragedy (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 01:14 AM CST

An overview shows the unfinished headquarters of China Central Television (L), and the burnt remains of the also yet to open Mandarin Oriental Hotel (R) the morning after a fire engulfed the building in Beijing. Investigators Tuesday blamed China's state TV station for the blaze, saying fireworks it illegally set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year caused the fire.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Investigators Tuesday blamed China's state TV station for a huge blaze at its new headquarters that engulfed a hotel, saying fireworks it illegally set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year caused the fire.

Company fireworks set Beijing hotel on fire (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:14 AM CST

Firefighters work as fire engulfs the building that housed the soon to-be-opened Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Beijing February 9, 2009. Fire destroyed a building in Beijing that formed part of Central China Television's new headquarters, as residents launched fireworks throughout the city to celebrate the Lantern Festival. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA)AP - An Olympic-style fireworks display put on by China's state-run television broadcaster was the cause of a spectacular blaze that destroyed a luxury hotel that was part of the network's landmark headquarters in Beijing, a fire department spokesman said Tuesday.

China overtakes US as largest auto market: state media (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:03 AM CST

Vehicles are caught in a heavy traffic in Beijing on January 17. China overtook the United States as the largest auto market in the world in January, according to data published by Chinese state media on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China overtook the United States as the largest auto market in the world in January, according to data published by Chinese state media on Tuesday.

Beijing blaze caused by "unlicensed" fireworks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 11:45 PM CST

A crowd watch as the building that housed the soon-to-be-opened Mandarin Oriental hotel burns after it caught on fire in Beijing, February 9, 2009. (David Gray/Reuters)Reuters - A fire that swept through part of Central China Television's hypermodern complex in Beijing was caused by powerful but unapproved fireworks, state media said.

Liar! Liar! 'Pants,' er, 'Boot' on fire! (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 09:51 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - The blaze that consumed the high-rise Mandarin Oriental hotel last night in the new CCTV complex has the internet abuzz. If you didn’t hear news about the fire, click here or here or here.

China tells United Nations it protects human rights (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 08:56 PM CST

Pro-Tibetan activists hold a banner on the roof of a building near the Chinese embassy in Paris, August 23, 2008. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)Reuters - China on Monday stoutly defended its human rights record, rejecting suggestions from Western countries that it uses torture and jails dissidents and insisting its policies are guided by the rule of law.

China denies censorship, persecuting activists (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 10:18 AM CST

AP - Chinese officials denied Monday that the country censors news, telling a U.N. review of China's human rights record that citizens are free to express their opinions in the press without fear of retribution.

China signals 'first' human rights action plan (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 08:44 AM CST

Tibetan activists shout slogans against the United Nations and China during a protest in New Delhi.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AFP - China dismissed allegations of repression of Tibetans and Uighur Muslims during a UN hearing on Monday, and said it was preparing a "first of its kind" human rights action plan.

China premier asks Cambridge to pardon shoe hurler (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 07:45 AM CST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged Cambridge to forgive a student who hurled a shoe at him last week during a speech at the prestigious British university, China's foreign ministry said.(AFP/Pool/File/Darren Staples)AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is asking Britain's Cambridge University to pardon a student who threw a shoe at him during his speech there earlier this month.

China wants IMF to be tougher with rich states (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 07:15 AM CST

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province, February 9, 2009. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China, setting out its stall for the next global financial summit, wants the International Monetary Fund to get tougher with developed countries that let their economies run off the rails.

China expresses 'serious concern' over toy ban, other India moves (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2009 06:29 AM CST

File image shows workers sewing toys in a factory in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. China on Monday voiced AFP - China on Monday voiced "serious concern" over India's decision to impose a ban on imports of toys and other measures and said the moves threaten to severely affect bilateral trade relations.

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