2009年2月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China drafting auto industry consolidation plan (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:22 PM CST

AP - China plans to build up a "Big 10" group of globally competitive automakers, led by General Motor Corp. partner Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corp., an industry association said Wednesday.

Tibetans mark somber New Year after unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 10:39 PM CST

Reuters - Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama marked their traditional New Year on Wednesday in quiet defiance and mourning a year after the region erupted in deadly riots and protests against Chinese rule.

Drought worsens in northwest China (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 10:32 PM CST

A farmer carries a sack over his shoulder as he walks between fields near the village of Mulou in Zhongmu County on the outskirts of Zhengzhou, Henan province February 14, 2009. The severe drought in China has added to the hardship of millions of migrant workers who every year travel from rural China to the cities seeking work. The economic downturn that has dramatically effected exports has meant that job prospects are much harder and as a result, the extra income rural families have enjoyed during the last few years will not be possible. Picture taken February 14, 2009. To match feature CHINA-ECONOMY/MIGRATION REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)AP - China's monthslong drought has worsened in northwestern Gansu even after snow and rainfall eased the crisis in seven other provinces, the Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday.

Holding China up as an example (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 08:55 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - I’m listening to Barack Obama’s speech to Congress and was just struck by his mention of China. It wasn’t about the trade deficit. Nor was it about environmental pollution. It was about energy efficiency.

Wyeth: Its infant formula not to blame in China (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 01:26 PM CST

AP - Drugmaker Wyeth, a top player in China's infant formula market, is dismissing claims its products are to blame in the latest round of reports there linking nutrition products to kidney stones in infants.

China closes Tibet to foreign tourists: agencies, hotel (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:42 PM CST

Tibetans walk past a burning barricade after violent clashes with Chinese security forces in Lhasa in 2008. China has closed Tibet to foreign tourists ahead of next month's highly sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, tour agencies and other industry people told AFP Tuesday.(AFP/File/Rune Backs)AFP - China has closed Tibet to foreign tourists ahead of next month's highly sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, tour agencies and other industry people told AFP Tuesday.

Dalai Lama sees China crackdown in Tibet New Year (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:04 PM CST

Reuters - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged his countrymen on Tuesday not to be provoked by any Chinese military crackdown coinciding with the Tibetan New Year this week.

China's Tibetan areas not celebrating the new year (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:52 AM CST

A Tibetan looks as he walks past a monastery near Zhuoni, Gansu province, China, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Monasteries are deserted and villages are subdued as Tibetan communities in western China choose not to mark the normally festive Tibetan New Year in a somber commemoration of failed uprisings against Chinese rule. The Beijing government, however, has other plans, forcing them to hold dances and festivities and showcasing them on state television ahead of the holiday, known in Tibetan as 'Losar,' which begins Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Only a handful of pilgrims gathered here last weekend at the historic Labrang monastery, normally bustling before the Tibetan New Year.

China crackdown for Tibet anniversary: Dalai Lama (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:26 AM CST

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, seen here on February 10, warned Tuesday of a Chinese crackdown in Tibet ahead of next month's highly sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Beijing.(AFP/File/Damien Meyer)AFP - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, warned Tuesday of a Chinese crackdown in Tibet ahead of next month's highly sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Beijing.

China illegal additives still blight food: official (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 08:18 AM CST

Reuters - Chinese dairy products, flour, meat and other foods remain dangerously tainted with illegal additives despite a crackdown, the country's health ministry said Tuesday.

China governor apologizes for deadly mine blasts (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 07:25 AM CST

A woman is assisted by family and friends as she grieves for her 18-year-old son, who was killed in a mine explosion, at the Tunlan Coal Mine in Gujiao, in China's Shanxi province, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Officials called off rescue efforts at the mine Monday, a day after an explosion killed at least 74 miners. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - A provincial governor apologized for China's worst industrial accident in a year, as sobbing relatives of the 74 coal miners killed in the underground explosions finished identifying the bodies Tuesday.

China hails 'positive results' of Clinton visit (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 07:11 AM CST

AP - China gave U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton a glowing review Tuesday following her weekend visit, during which she steered clear of human rights issues and focused instead on matters such as trade and finance.

Tibetans to boycott China plans for New Year party (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 02:57 AM CST

A policeman (L) in camouflage uniform keeps watch at a Tibetan Buddhist Lama temple in Beijing on the eve of the Tibetan New Year. Tibetans are planning to boycott their own New Year celebrations starting to protest against Chinese rule, exiles say, pitting them against China's communist authorities who want them to party.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Tibetans are planning to boycott their own New Year celebrations starting Wednesday to protest against Chinese rule, exiles say, pitting them against China's communist authorities who want them to party.

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