2009年3月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China wants to restructure auto industry (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 07:43 AM PDT

Vehicles are caught in a heavy traffic in Beijing on January 17. China has said it wanted to boost its auto industry by reducing the number of companies in the sector through mergers and promoting two or three carmakers to become the dominant players.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China said Saturday it wanted to boost its auto industry by reducing the number of companies in the sector through mergers and promoting two or three carmakers to become the dominant players.

Yes, we have no computers (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 06:57 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - I got a very interesting email from a regular reader of this blog. He lives in Zhengzhou in Henan Province, and recently had an unusual experience trying to buy a computer.I can't vouch that his experience is the same across China, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were.The following is his email. I only have removed a few sentences giving his identity:

China clears Johnson & Johnson baby products after probe (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:42 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese health authorities said on Saturday that they had found no evidence of cancer-causing chemicals in baby products made by U.S. company Johnson & Johnson.

China clears Johnson & Johnson baby products (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 11:00 PM PDT

A customer looks at Johnson & Johnson's baby products sold at a supermarket Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai's food and drug safety agency says it is testing Johnson & Johnson baby products following allegations they contain potential carcinogens. (AP Photo)AP - The State Food and Drug Administration said Saturday it found no evidence that Johnson & Johnson baby products made in China contain potential carcinogens as alleged by an activist group.

China military trains first public relations team (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 11:26 AM PDT

AP - China's military is training propaganda teams for the first time to explain its actions to the outside world, as the traditionally insular and secretive force engages more with other countries' militaries and deploys its ships and personnel abroad.

China navy ships to visit Japan in 2009: state media (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 10:30 AM PDT

Chinese defence chief Liang Guanglie is pictured in 2008. Chinese naval ships will visit Japan this year, state media reported on Friday, in the latest sign of warming relations between the two sides.(AFP/DDP/File/Clemens Bilan)AFP - Chinese naval ships will visit Japan this year, state media reported on Friday, in the latest sign of warming relations between the two sides.

Shanghai Expo says US yet to raise money to join (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 08:58 AM PDT

A scaled model of House France, designed by French architect Jacques Ferrier, a structure being built for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The United States has yet to raise the money it needs to take part in next year's World Expo in Shanghai, but organisers said Friday they remain optimistic it will do so.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The United States has yet to raise the money it needs to take part in next year's World Expo in Shanghai, but organisers said Friday they remain optimistic it will do so.

Ex-soldier in 1989 China crackdown reportedly held (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 08:53 AM PDT

In this March 17, 2009 file photo, Zhang Shijun speaks at his home in Tengzhou, China. A monitoring group says Chinese security forces have detained Zhang Shijun, a former soldier who had publicly expressed regret over his role in the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - A former soldier who took part in the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and called for a reassessment of the bloodshed was detained Friday, a human rights watchdog said, an indication of the government's nervousness as the event's 20th anniversary approaches.

Chinese soldier shot in southwestern China (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 08:48 AM PDT

AP - The Chinese government is treating the shooting death of an on-duty soldier as a terrorist attack, with police setting up checkpoints Friday and calling for a counterterrorism response.

Soldier who spoke on Tiananmen detained: rights group (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:34 AM PDT

Reuters - A former Chinese soldier who published a letter on the Internet calling for a reassessment of the Tiananmen crackdown of June 4, 1989 has been detained by police, a rights group said on Friday.

China not boosting South China Sea naval presence (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:29 AM PDT

AP - China has no plans to beef up its naval presence in the South China Sea following a confrontation earlier this month between Chinese boats and a U.S. Navy ship, an official newspaper reported Friday.

Garrison guard shot dead in China: state media (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 11:59 PM PDT

Honour-guards from a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) brigade are seen parading at their camp southeast of Beijing. A sentry on duty outside an army garrison in southwest China's Chongqing city has been shot dead and an unknown number of attackers remain at large, according to state media.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)AFP - A sentry on duty outside an army garrison in southwest China's Chongqing city has been shot dead and an unknown number of attackers remain at large, according to state media.

China to make 'Little Mermaid' stand-in: official (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 11:10 PM PDT

Little Mermaid statue, seen here in Copenhagen. A AFP - A "modern" Chinese interpretation of the Little Mermaid will overlook Copenhagen's port while the iconic fairytale sculpture is in Shanghai for next year's World Expo, according to an official.

China says Coke case shouldn't hurt Rio Tinto bid (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 11:03 PM PDT

AP - Beijing is confident a Chinese bid to invest in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Group will not be hurt by its rejection of Coca-Cola's attempt to buy a Chinese juice maker, a Cabinet official said Friday.

US admiral condemns China's 'aggressive' actions (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 10:57 AM PDT

AP - A top U.S. commander says China's "aggressive and troublesome" run-in with an unarmed American ship shows that Beijing is not yet ready to behave acceptably.

China may boost patrols in South China Sea (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 08:40 AM PDT

Reuters - China may convert more retired navy ships into fishery patrol vessels, state media said on Thursday, as it seeks to extend its reach over disputed South China Sea islands straddling key Asian shipping lanes.

Parents say Sichuan quake school not built to code (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 07:29 AM PDT

In this May 13, 2008 file photo, a Chinese man mourns the death of a student near the site of a school that collapsed in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province. Parents of students who died in last year's powerful earthquake in southwest China said Thursday, March 19, 2009 that blueprints of one of the worst-hit schools show that the building wasn't reinforced as planned and that construction materials were sold to outside buyers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Design blueprints of a school in southwest China that collapsed in last year's massive earthquake prove that the building wasn't reinforced as planned, parents of dead students said Thursday.

U.S. commander sees aggressive China in naval clash (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 07:28 AM PDT

Reuters - A brief confrontation between a U.S. naval ship and Chinese military vessels this month showed China was behaving aggressively on the South China Sea, the top U.S. commander for Asia and the Pacific said on Thursday.

Talks to bring iPhone to China 'ongoing' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 06:28 AM PDT

A sign hangs from a China Mobile shop in Hong Kong. China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone network operator, said Thursday it had not yet reached an agreement with Apple to launch the iPhone in China, but that the firms were still in talks.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone network operator, said Thursday it had not yet reached an agreement with Apple to launch the iPhone in China, but that the firms were still in talks.

China denies protectionism in Coke veto (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 06:05 AM PDT

Bottles of Coca-Cola are seen on the shelves of a shop in Beijing. China said it was not concerned its veto of Coca-Cola's takeover bid for a juice maker would trigger an Australian rejection of a Chinese company's attempt to buy into mining giant Rio Tinto.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China denied trade protectionism Thursday after vetoing Coca-Cola's record takeover bid for Chinese drinks-maker Huiyuan Juice Group, as both companies expressed their frustration.

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