2009年3月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China strengthens Tibet frontier to deter unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 09:35 PM PDT

Reuters - China has beefed up security forces guarding Tibet's mountain frontier with south Asia, a senior police officer told state media, vowing the controls will help prevent unrest as the region enters a sensitive month.

China tries to forget Dalai Lama birthplace (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 09:15 PM PDT

A police vehicle (L) is parked just down the hill from the birthplace of the Dalai Lama, who was born in the remote village of Taktser in 1935. The compound is sealed off with high white walls with Tibetan style rooftop decor and prayer flags strung across a courtyard.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Nestled deep in the mountains of northwest China lies a tiny hamlet that authorities would rather people forgot -- the birthplace of the Dalai Lama.


Tibetans face 50th uprising anniversary with dismay (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 09:11 PM PDT

A Buddhist monk in-exile holds a book bearing the photograph of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a prayer meeting in Dharamshala on March 8. Tibetan exiles say they are facing Tuesday's 50th anniversary of an uprising in their homeland with despair after decades of campaigning against Chinese rule have failed to bring change.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Tibetan exiles say they are facing Tuesday's 50th anniversary of an uprising in their homeland with despair after decades of campaigning against Chinese rule have failed to bring change.


50 years on, Tibet still US conundrum (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 08:46 PM PDT

Tibetan Buddhist monks in-exile arrive for a prayer meeting for Tibetans killed in the crackdown since the March 1959 uprising, at a temple in Dharamsala. Fifty years after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, the United States is still searching for how to support the spiritual leader who commands enormous respect but is up against a rising China.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Fifty years after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, the United States is still searching for how to support the spiritual leader who commands enormous respect but is up against a rising China.


Which Chinese draw most internet hits? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 08:39 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - I’ve done a very unscientific survey about Chinese places and people to see what kind of presence they have on the internet in the English language.

China clamps down ahead of key Tibetan anniversary (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 07:27 PM PDT

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, speaks during a religious conference of all the heads of the different sects of Tibetan Buddhism at his residence in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, March 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - Military convoys rumble along winding mountain roads, the Internet has been cut in potential trouble spots and motorists must run a gantlet of inspection checkpoints as Beijing mounts a show of force in Tibetan areas to prevent a repeat of uprisings against Chinese rule.


China to gradually lower export-related taxes to zero (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 06:49 PM PDT

Reuters - China will steadily cut export-related taxes to "zero" and raise financial support for exporters to avert another sharp drop in external demand, the commerce minister said in an interview published Monday.
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