2009年3月18日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Soldier's story a new look at Tiananmen crackdown (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Zhang Shijun speaks at his home in Tengzhou, China, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Zhang marched on Tiananmen Square, not as a student protester but as a soldier sent in to quell the democracy movement. As the 20th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown approaches, Zhang is one of the few to voice regrets publicly. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - Even 20 years later, the shooting, chaos and death of the final assault on Tiananmen Square remain vivid in the mind of former soldier Zhang Shijun. Today, he has become one of the few to publicly voice regret.

U.S. lawmaker blasts China food safety (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States has "serious issues" with food imports from China and needs to do more to prevent contaminated products from entering the U.S. food supply, an influential House lawmaker said on Wednesday.

China rejects Coke bid for juice maker (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:11 AM PDT

In this Sept. 10, 2008 file photo, products of Huiyuan are displayed at a news conference on the company's 2008 interim results in Hong Kong. China has rejected Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.5 billion bid to buy Huiyuan, a major Chinese juice producer, the Commerce Ministry announced Wednesday, in a closely watched case that stirred nationalist opposition. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)AP - China denied Coca-Cola Co.'s closely watched $2.5 billion bid to buy a major Chinese juice producer Wednesday, highlighting Beijing's rejection of foreign control over its top companies even as they step up acquisitions abroad.

China cans Coca-Cola bid for juice-maker (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:30 AM PDT

Chinese vendors at a stall bedecked with adverts for soft drink Coca-Cola in Beijing. China said Wednesday it had rejected a bid by US soft-drink giant Coca-Cola to acquire the nation's top juice-maker, scuttling what would have been the biggest foreign takeover of a Chinese firm.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China said Wednesday it had rejected a bid by US soft-drink giant Coca-Cola to acquire the nation's top juice-maker, scuttling what would have been the biggest foreign takeover of a Chinese firm.

World Bank cuts China 2009 GDP forecast to 6.5 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:43 AM PDT

Reuters - The World Bank lowered its forecast for China's 2009 economic growth on Wednesday but warned Beijing that it would be thwarting its own medium-term goals if it tried to offset the slowdown by further boosting investment.

Australian senate move casts shadow over Rio shares (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Political pressures cast a new shadow over Rio Tinto Ltd's planned $19.5 billion tie-up with Chinese state-owned Chinalco, knocking its shares down as much as 10 percent on Wednesday, with Australia's Senate saying it would examine foreign investment.

World Bank cuts China's 2009 growth forecast (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:52 AM PDT

A Chinese worker is silhouetted behind scaffoldings around a construction site in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 18 , 2009. The World Bank cut its forecast of China's 2009 growth from 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent on Wednesday due to plunging exports but expressed confidence in Beijing's ability to keep the world's third-largest economy expanding amid global turmoil. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The World Bank cut its forecast of China's 2009 growth from 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent on Wednesday due to plunging exports but expressed confidence in Beijing's ability to keep the world's third-largest economy expanding amid global turmoil.

China forex reserves drop 30 bln dlrs (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 10:46 PM PDT

US dollar notes exchange hands at a local bank in Beijing. China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, fell by about 30 billion dollars in January, partially due to a drop in the value of non-dollar assets, Chinese media has reported.(AFP/File)AFP - China's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, fell by about 30 billion dollars in January, partially due to a drop in the value of non-dollar assets, Chinese media reported Wednesday.

Coca-Cola may abandon China juice acquisition: FT (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:35 PM PDT

Chinese vendors at a stall bedecked with adverts for soft drink Coca-Cola in Beijing. Coca-Cola may abandon a US$2.4-billion acquisition of China's top juice company Huiyuan after learning it might not be allowed to keep the iconic brand, the Financial Times has said.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Coca-Cola may abandon a 2.4-billion-dollar acquisition of China's top juice company Huiyuan after learning it might not be allowed to keep the iconic brand, the Financial Times said Wednesday.

Case packed with TNT found in Tibet capital: report (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:20 PM PDT

A woman (L) dressed in traditional Tibetan costume walks along with visitors in front of a photograph showing Tibetan farmers carrying a portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong at a government organized exhibition called the Reuters - Chinese security forces recently destroyed a case filled with explosives found in Tibet's regional capital of Lhasa, and broke up a group behind an attempted attack, an official newspaper said Wednesday.

Man held at Beijing airport with 87kg of marijuana (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:15 PM PDT

The arrivals area at the Beijing Capital International Airport. Customs police at Beijing airport caught a Nigerian man carrying 87 kilogrammes (191 pounds) of marijuana, in the country's biggest drug bust so far this year, state press said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - Customs police at Beijing airport caught a Nigerian man carrying 87 kilogrammes (191 pounds) of marijuana, in the country's biggest drug bust so far this year, state press said Wednesday.

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