2009年3月27日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Radioactive material found in China: state media (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 01:11 PM PDT

The radiation symbol seen on a t-shirt. Chinese authorities said late Friday they had found potentially deadly radioactive material that went missing from a factory earlier this week, state press reported.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Chinese authorities said late Friday they had found potentially deadly radioactive material that went missing from a factory earlier this week, state press reported.

China challenges US global financial leadership (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 09:04 AM PDT

In this March 6, 2009 file photo, Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan smiles during a news conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. The only major economy still growing at a fast clip, China is being unusually forthright in challenging the U.S.-led global order ahead of an April 2 summit on the financial crisis. In his second rebuke of U.S. leadership this past week, Zhou said China's rapid response to the downturn — including a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package - proved the superiority of its authoritarian, one-party political system. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)AP - The only major economy still growing at a fast clip, China is being unusually forthright in challenging the U.S.-led global order ahead of an April 2 summit on the financial crisis.

China marks 50 years since exile of Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 08:06 AM PDT

A former Tibetan Serf wearing traditional Tibetan costume attends a ceremony marking the newly created 'Serf Liberation Day' in Beijing, China, Friday, March 27, 2009. China's communist government applauded itself Friday for overturning Tibet's feudal hierarchy 50 years ago and bringing economic development to the remote Himalayan region, marking a newly created anniversary that has added to tensions in Chinese-controlled Tibetan areas. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - Testimonials about the misery of life in old Tibet kicked off celebrations Friday for the newest holiday on China's political calendar — an anniversary that marks the communist government's overturning of the region's feudal hierarchy.

Tibet's Panchen Lama, Beijing's propaganda tool (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 07:46 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual figure, the Panchen Lama, speaks at a symposium marking 50th anniversary on the liberation of Tibetan slaves at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure is increasingly being used by Beijing as a tool in its propaganda offensive against the exiled Dalai Lama, say experts.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure is increasingly being used by Beijing as a tool in its propaganda offensive against the exiled Dalai Lama, say experts.

Chinalco 'agrees loans' to fund Rio Tinto deal (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 06:51 AM PDT

A worker conducts a pig iron 'pour' at mining giant Rio Tinto's HIsmelt plant at Kwinana, Perth, western Australia. Aluminum Corp of China, or Chinalco, signed loan agreements Friday with four Chinese banks to fund its 19.5-billion-dollar investment in Rio Tinto, Chinese state media said.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)AFP - Aluminum Corp of China, or Chinalco, signed loan agreements Friday with four Chinese banks to fund its 19.5-billion-dollar investment in mining giant Rio Tinto, Chinese state media said.

China: 37 die in 2 unrelated bus accidents (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 05:17 AM PDT

AP - A minibus collided with two trucks and a bus tumbled into a mountain gorge in two unrelated crashes Friday, killing a total of 37 people, police and a state news agency reported.

Radioactive material lost in China: state media (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 04:44 AM PDT

The radiation symbol seen on a t-shirt. Chinese authorities said late Friday they had found potentially deadly radioactive material that went missing from a factory earlier this week, state press reported.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Chinese authorities have ordered an all-out search for a missing nuclear scale that contained a dangerous radioactive component, state press said Friday.

Chinalco 'to agree loan' to fund Rio Tinto deal (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 04:36 AM PDT

A worker conducts a pig iron 'pour' at mining giant Rio Tinto's HIsmelt plant at Kwinana, Perth, western Australia. Aluminum Corp of China, or Chinalco, signed loan agreements Friday with four Chinese banks to fund its 19.5-billion-dollar investment in Rio Tinto, Chinese state media said.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)AFP - Aluminum Corp of China, or Chinalco, was to sign a loan agreement Friday with four Chinese banks to fund its 19.5-billion-dollar investment in mining giant Rio Tinto, Chinese media said.

Australia sets conditions on China mine purchase (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 04:03 AM PDT

AP - Australia threw up an obstacle Friday to a state-owned Chinese metals company's bid to acquire miner Oz Minerals Ltd., saying the purchase cannot include a key gold and copper mine in a military area.

Second soldier attacked in southwest China: group (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 03:08 AM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese soldier was stabbed and wounded by an unidentified assailant, a rights groups said on Friday, days after a soldier was shot dead in a nearby city, attacks likely to worry stability-obsessed Beijing.

China: Hand, foot and mouth virus kills 18 kids (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 02:28 AM PDT

AP - Chinese health officials said Friday that hand, foot and mouth disease has sickened 41,000 people across the country and killed 18 children so far this year.

Tibet serf debate shadows China's "emancipation day" (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 01:24 AM PDT

Reuters - Lots of salty yak butter tea and an end to harsh beatings marked the start of the 1960s for farmer Kigya, who grew up shackled to the estate of a local nobleman by the inherited ties that once bound most Tibetans.

Analysis: Clinton pushes for stronger China role (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 12:36 AM PDT

In this Feb. 21, 2009 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing (AP Photo/Greg Baker, Pool, File)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has moved aggressively and quickly to secure a stronger role in what she has called the world's most important relationship: U.S. dealings with China. But military and economic tensions between the two powers keep getting in her way.

China's Panchen Lama criticizes "unscrupulous" foes (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 11:53 PM PDT

Police personnel surrounding the Olympic torch because of pro-Tibet demonstrations during ther torch relay in London in 2008. The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has decided to scrap torch relays outside the host country ahead of Olympic Games in the wake of last year's chaos in the build-up to Beijing.(AFP/File)Reuters - The young Tibetan anointed by China as its Buddhist figurehead for the region said Tibet faces assaults on stability from an "unscrupulous" individual, in what appeared to be a thinly veiled denunciation of the Dalai Lama.

China says industrial profits down 37 percent (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 10:53 PM PDT

Job seekers wait to submit applications at a job fair in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Some economists say China must grow by a minimum of 8 percent annually to produce enough jobs for millions of new workers each year. Communist leaders worry that job losses could fuel unrest and are promising to spend to create employment. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Profits at China's oil producers, steel makers and other major industrial companies fell sharply in January and February as sales were battered by the global economic crisis, data showed Friday.

Beijing puts Tibet's Panchen Lama on show (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 10:23 PM PDT

Tibetan spiritual figure, the Panchen Lama, speaks at a symposium marking 50th anniversary on the liberation of Tibetan slaves at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure is increasingly being used by Beijing as a tool in its propaganda offensive against the exiled Dalai Lama, say experts.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure is increasingly being used by Beijing as a tool in its propaganda offensive against the exiled Dalai Lama, say experts.

China aviation giant spins off branch: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 09:54 PM PDT

A China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) model in Beijing. China's largest aircraft maker has spun off a 7.3 billion dollar independent defence manufacturing branch that will seek to produce top military hardware for global markets, state media said(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China's largest aircraft maker has spun off a 7.3 billion dollar independent defence manufacturing branch that will seek to produce top military hardware for global markets, state media said Friday.

China says Pentagon report will hurt military ties (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:41 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States' latest report on China's growing military power throws new obstacles in the way of restoring defense ties between the two powers, a Chinese spokesman said in the latest broadside at Washington.

China court rejects appeal in tainted milk scandal (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 09:05 AM PDT

A child drinks milk in Chengdu, southwestern China. A court in northern China upheld a sentence of life in prison for the former head of the company at the centre of last year's scandal over contaminated milk.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A court in northern China on Thursday upheld a sentence of life in prison for the former head of the company at the centre of last year's scandal over contaminated milk, state media reported.

China court upholds 5 sentences in milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 07:48 AM PDT

In this Dec. 30, 2008 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Geng Jinping, left front, manager of a milk production base and his brother Geng Jinzhu, right front, a driver at the base, stand trial at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province. A court in China upheld convictions against two brothers given hefty sentences including the death penalty for involvement in the country's deadly tainted milk scandal as two others appealed Thursday, March 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ding Lixin, File)AP - An appeals court Thursday reaffirmed death sentences of three people for their roles in contaminating milk that sickened tens of thousands of babies, making it almost certain they will be executed in one of China's worst food safety scandals.

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