2009年2月19日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Report: China sentences 2 nuns over Tibet protests (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 01:00 AM CST

AP - A court in western China has sentenced two Tibetan nuns to lengthy prison terms for taking part in anti-government demonstrations last year, amid reports of more clashes between Tibetans and security forces, advocacy groups reported Friday.

China quake-damaged reservoirs fixed by end-2010: official (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 11:20 PM CST

About half the 2,125 reservoirs damaged by the massive earthquake in southwest China will be repaired this year, according to state media quoting a water resources official as saying. The repairs to roughly 1,000 reservoirs and 378 kilometres (234 miles) of embankment will cost 5.5 billion dollars, Leng Gang, Sichuan province's water resources director said, according to the China Daily.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - About half the 2,125 reservoirs damaged by the massive earthquake in southwest China will be repaired this year, according to state media quoting a water resources official as saying.

Hillary and the Dear Leader (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 10:38 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - On her first diplomatic foray abroad, Hillary Clinton is casting aside normal diplomatic caution. And for journalists, that’s newsy development.

Chinese professional women work as nannies, maids (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:14 PM CST

AP - She majored in English and loved her job as an office worker in China's once-booming export industry. But now Xiong Xuhua is jobless and in training to be a housekeeper, a fate she is too embarrassed to tell even her husband about.

Correction: Denmark-China-Little Mermaid story (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:20 PM CST

AP - In a Feb. 18 story about the Little Mermaid statue being sent to China next year for exhibition, The Associated Press erroneously reported the year it was first beheaded. The vandalism occurred in 1964, not 1963.

China says willing to work with US on climate change (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 09:52 AM CST

Traffic drives past the Tiananmen Gate which is shrouded in heavy smog in Beijing in July 2008. China said Thursday it was willing to work with the United States on addressing climate change, saying such efforts were vital to fighting global warming.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China said Thursday it was willing to work with the United States on addressing climate change, saying such efforts were vital to fighting global warming.

Chinese auto maker plans to take on giants with electric cars (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 09:03 AM CST

BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu (L, inside car) is driven in a F3DM hybrid car at its headquarters in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on February 17, 2009. From its headquarters in south China, BYD Auto is pursuing a project of staggering ambition: To be in the lead as the world's cars free themselves from their century-old dependence on petrol.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - From its headquarters in south China, BYD Auto is pursuing a project of staggering ambition: To be in the lead as the world's cars free themselves from their century-old dependence on petrol.

China investigating kidney ailments in babies (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:23 AM CST

In this Sept. 19, 2008 file photo, Telunsu, products of China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. are displayed at a press conference to announce the company's interim results in Hong Kong. Chinese quality investigators have found that milk products from a unit of France's Groupe Danone SA are melamine-free and also said an unapproved additive used by one of China's largest dairies is safe but was used illegally. The Health Ministry said a panel of experts had reviewed OMP, a milk protein added by Mengniu to its premium Telunsu line and declared that 'consumption ... is not hazardous to health.' However, the ministry said that OMP is not a government-approved additive and Mengniu 'promoted its function in an exaggerated manner.' (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - Chinese health officials are investigating a growing number of cases of kidney stones in babies, state media said Thursday, months after a tainted milk scandal in which hundreds of thousands of children who drank melamine-contaminated formula suffered similar ailments.

China calls for return of Guantanamo Bay inmates (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:04 AM CST

In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Guantanamo detainees, in white, and U.S. military guards walk around Camp 4 detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A U.S. appeals court reversed a ruling Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees, none of whom are labeled enemy combatants, to the United States. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - The United States should hand over 17 Chinese Muslims cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay, China said Thursday, amid long-standing efforts by Washington to resettle the detainees elsewhere.

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Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Snow business: China enjoys induced snowfall (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:53 AM CST

A view of a snow blanketed forbidden city in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Feb 18 , 2009. City authorities said snow which fell on Tuesday was artificially induced in an attempt to reduce the effects of a drought.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China's normally dry capital lay covered in a white blanket for a third day Thursday, with Beijing residents and tourists basking in an unusual, artificially produced snowfall.

China issues call to crush Tibetan 'separatists' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:19 AM CST

File photo shows a Chinese paramililtary policeman standing guard in front of the Potala palace in Lhasa. China has ordered government and security forces in Tibet to crush any signs of support for the Dalai Lama, state media has said, as the tense 50th anniversary of an anti-Chinese uprising nears.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China has ordered government and security forces in Tibet to crush any signs of support for the Dalai Lama, state media said Thursday, as the tense 50th anniversary of an anti-Chinese uprising nears.

China probes "mystery" kidney stones in children (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:58 AM CST

A child receives a medical check for possible kidney stones at a hospital in Suining, Sichuan province September 17, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China is baffled by a "drastic" rise in the number of infants falling ill with kidney stones in the wake of a tainted milk scandal which killed six children from kidney complications and made hundreds of thousands ill.

China warns Tibet clergy against demonstrations (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:53 AM CST

AP - A Communist Party official in Tibet has warned Buddhist clergy against political activity in the run-up to the first anniversary of last year's massive anti-government protests.

Air China says no additional fuel hedging (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:39 AM CST

An aircraft takes off from Beijing Capital International airport in the Chinese capital. Flag carrier Air China has said it will not increase fuel hedging positions after being burnt with huge losses last year, state media have reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Flag carrier Air China said it will not increase fuel hedging positions after being burnt with huge losses last year, state media reported Thursday.

U.S. hopes to mend military ties with China: report (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:24 PM CST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to journalists after her meeting with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta February 18, 2009. (Supri/Reuters)Reuters - The head of U.S. military forces in the Pacific is hopeful bilateral military exchanges with China can be restored following a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the New York Times said on Thursday.

Copenhagen's Little Mermaid goes to China (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:28 PM CST

In this May 2206 file photo, the Little Mermaid is seen in Copenhagen Denmark. The Little Mermaid will leave Denmark for the first time in its nearly 100-year history. The City of Copenhagen decided Wednesday to send the landmark statue to next year's World Exhibition in Shanghai, where it will stand at the center of Denmark's official pavilion. The statue has been sitting in Copenhagen's harbour since 1913, and draws at least 1 million visitors a year. (AP Photo/Tariq Mikkel Khan, POLFOTO)AP - The Little Mermaid will leave Denmark for the first time in its nearly 100-year history.

China hopes for continuity as Clinton visits (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:59 AM CST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves upon her arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta, Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009. Clinton is hoping to rehabilitate America's image abroad, especially with Muslims, during a visit to Indonesia and to strengthen economic and development ties with Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - President Barack Obama is charting a new course with Iraq and Afghanistan. He's seeking a more active U.S. approach in Pakistan and the Middle East.

Sweden grants asylum to former Guantanamo detainee (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:57 AM CST

AP - A Swedish immigration court granted asylum Wednesday to a Chinese Muslim who was released from Guantanamo Bay after the U.S. acknowledged he was not a terrorist.

AIDS becomes China's deadliest infectious disease (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 09:18 AM CST

A Chinese man flies an AIDS AP - AIDS was the top killer among infectious diseases in China for the first time last year, with 6,897 people dying in the nine months through September, a state news agency said.

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