2009年3月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China calls for new global currency (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:26 PM PDT

In this March 9, 2009 file photo, China's central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan speaks during a news conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. China is calling for a new global currency to replace the dollar, showing its growing assertiveness on economic issues ahead of next week's London summit on April 2, 2009 on the world financial crisis. The surprise proposal by Beijing's central bank governor reflects unease about its vast U.S. holdings and adds to Chinese pressure to overhaul a global financial system dominated by the dollar and Western governments. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, FILE)AP - China is calling for a new global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness on revamping the world economy ahead of next week's London summit on the financial crisis.

Inmate deaths shine light on China detention abuse (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - A recent string of inmate deaths has raised new concerns over alleged prisoner abuse in Chinese jails, an official newspaper reported Tuesday.

YouTube blocked in China; official says video fake (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 11:46 AM PDT

In this Tuesday March 10, 2009, file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, speaks to the media on the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that sent him into exile, in Dharmsala, India. The South African government said Tuesday, March 24, 2009, that the Dalai Lama is not welcome until after the 2010 football World Cup, for fear tensions over Tibet would overshadow all other issues. Organizers said earlier that a peace conference scheduled in Johannesburg on Friday has been indefinitely postponed because the government had barred attendance by the Tibetan leader, who has clashed with China. Tibet's government-in-exile said South Africa was acting under pressure from China, but South Africa's government denied it. South Africa is China's largest African trading partner. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia/file)AP - A video that appears to show police fatally beating a Tibetan protester was a fake concocted by supporters of the Dalai Lama, China said Tuesday — the same day the video-sharing network YouTube said its service had been blocked in China.

Rights group: China cracks down on dissenters (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:14 AM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities have arrested two activists for organizing a sit-in at a closed factory, and detained four others after they publicized recent protests over court rulings and a home eviction, a human rights group said Tuesday.

SKorean nuclear envoy heads to Beijing (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 02:41 AM PDT

South Korea's top nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-lac, center, arrives to Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. South Korea's top nuclear envoy was set to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing Tuesday to discuss North Korea's plans to launch a rocket and stalled talks aimed at verifying the country's nuclear program. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - South Korea's top nuclear negotiator arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks aimed at reviving efforts to verify North Korea's nuclear programs amid growing unease over Pyongyang's plans to launch a rocket.

China makes door-to-door hunt for killer (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:01 AM PDT

File photo shows a vendor selling vegetables on a street in Chongqing in China's Sichuan province. Police have launched a door-to-door search for a man who shot dead a teenage soldier on duty outside army barracks in southwest China, state media reported Tuesday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Police have launched a door-to-door search for a man who shot dead a teenage soldier on duty outside army barracks in southwest China, state media reported Tuesday.

Along the Russian border (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:12 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - The above scene looks like it might be along a Russian street. Actually, it’s in the Chinese border city of Manzhouli, where most shop signs are in Cyrillic to attract Russian traders. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I was up there last week. Here’s a link to the article I wrote. Be sure to click on the video accompanying the article.

Greenpeace urges China's Hu on climate change (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 08:52 PM PDT

File photo shows a woman watching pipes that are used to pump water from an almost dry reservoir on the outskirts of Shanquan township, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan. The environmental campaign group Greenpeace China called Tuesday on President Hu Jintao to push China to the forefront of the fight against global warming.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The environmental campaign group Greenpeace China called Tuesday on President Hu Jintao to push China to the forefront of the fight against global warming.

Senator Gregg understands China concerns on U.S. debt (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:28 PM PDT

Reuters - A senior Republican senator said on Monday he could understand why China has concerns about the U.S. debt position.

Greenpeace: China should attend UN climate talks (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 08:36 AM PDT

A security guard looks on as countdown clock is projected onto Yongdingmen Gate in Beijing, China, Monday, March 23, 2009. Greenpeace China launched a countdown clock, which was projected onto the gate, to draw attention to China's role in the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December. The clock marks 257 days until the opening of the conference. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Greenpeace China is calling on Chinese President Hu Jintao to attend December's climate change conference in Copenhagen.

2 China officials fired over disease reporting (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 05:31 AM PDT

AP - Two Chinese health officials have been fired for mismanagement in the reporting of hand, foot and mouth disease and investigators are looking into a possible cover-up, state media said Monday.

WHO: Money, drugs needed to rein in new TB strains (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 05:22 AM PDT

AP - More money and better science are urgently needed to rein in new strains of tuberculosis that are tough or nearly impossible to treat, the WHO announced Monday in China, where the disease has long been a leading killer.

11 Chinese workers killed in ceiling collapse (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:31 AM PDT

AP - The ceiling at a chemical plant in southwest China collapsed Monday, killing 11 workers and leaving one person trapped under rubble, state media said.

China hits out at protectionism (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:14 AM PDT

Chinese vendors at a stall bedecked with adverts for soft drink Coca-Cola in Beijing. China hit out at trade protectionism on Monday, a day after stressing its veto of Coca-Cola's bid for a local company does not mean it is hostile to foreign investment.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China hit out at trade protectionism on Monday, a day after stressing its veto of Coca-Cola's bid for a local company does not mean it is hostile to foreign investment.

Official says China to continue buying US debt (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 03:43 AM PDT

AP - China will continue buying U.S. government debt while paying close attention to possible fluctuations in the value of those assets, a vice governor of Beijing's central bank said Monday.

Chinese official affirms China-US ties under Obama (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 02:40 AM PDT

AP - A top Chinese diplomat says relations with the United States have gotten off to an excellent start under President Barack Obama.

China, U.S. agree on form of new dialogue (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 02:23 AM PDT

Reuters - China and the United States have agreed in principle on the form of a new mechanism to replace the semi-annual, cabinet-level Strategic Economic Dialogue, a senior official said on Monday.

Tibet protest sparked by row over flag: exiles (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:48 AM PDT

Chinese policemen patrol the Potala palace in Lhasa. The Tibetan government-in-exile said a weekend protest in northwest China came after a monk was arrested for pulling down a Chinese flag and replacing it with a Tibetan one.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - A protest in northwest China at the weekend came after a monk was arrested for pulling down a Chinese flag and replacing it with a Tibetan one, the Tibetan government-in-exile said on Monday.

Riot shows desperate Tibetans may defy security (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 12:27 AM PDT

In this Tuesday March 10, 2009, file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, speaks to the media on the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that sent him into exile, in Dharmsala, India. The South African government said Tuesday, March 24, 2009, that the Dalai Lama is not welcome until after the 2010 football World Cup, for fear tensions over Tibet would overshadow all other issues. Organizers said earlier that a peace conference scheduled in Johannesburg on Friday has been indefinitely postponed because the government had barred attendance by the Tibetan leader, who has clashed with China. Tibet's government-in-exile said South Africa was acting under pressure from China, but South Africa's government denied it. South Africa is China's largest African trading partner. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia/file)Reuters - A weekend riot by hundreds of ethnic Tibetans was a spontaneous response to tough Chinese security measures, activists and an expert said on Monday, and more destabilizing outbursts are likely in coming months.

China tells Japan it wants aircraft carrier (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2009 11:32 PM PDT

File photo shows a member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) holding a a national flag outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China will not remain the world's only major nation without an aircraft carrier indefinitely, state press Monday cited the nation's defence minister as telling his Japanese counterpart.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will not remain the world's only major nation without an aircraft carrier indefinitely, state press Monday cited the nation's defence minister as telling his Japanese counterpart.

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