2009年5月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

US plays down incident at sea with Chinese vessels (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 10:09 AM PDT

This photograph released by the US Navy in March 2009 shows two Chinese trawlers stopped directly in front of the military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Impeccable. Chinese fishing boats engaged in AP - The Pentagon Tuesday played down a confrontation between Chinese vessels and one of its Navy surveillance ships, taking a decidedly more low-key tone than during similar incidents two months ago.

China changes visa rules for US citizens (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 07:28 AM PDT

Chinese security officers wearing masks as a precaution against the swine flu stand guard in front of a sealed-off hotel, where foreign travelers were held under quarantine in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. The American Embassy in Beijing said a pair U.S. citizens were quarantined in a hotel in a suburb of the city, while another two people who had earlier been kept in isolation in the southern cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen were allowed to leave Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China has tightened visa rules for citizens from the United States, which has reported the second highest number of swine flu cases in the world.

U.S. says Chinese fishing vessels confront Navy ship (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2009 07:08 AM PDT

Reuters - Two Chinese fishing vessels confronted a U.S. Navy surveillance ship in the Yellow Sea, coming within 30 yards of the American ship before breaking off, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday.

China to stage 50,000-troop military drill: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2009 06:33 AM PDT

Reuters - China's People's Liberation Army will hold a big training drill later this year to hone the modernizing force's skills in complex, high-tech warfare, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

GM's China sales surge 50 pct to monthly record (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 03:38 AM PDT

AP - General Motors said Tuesday that sales in China soared 50 percent in April to a monthly record of 151,084 vehicles, thanks to strong demand for Buick brand cars and Wuling minivehicles.

China reject latest US report on religious freedom (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 03:31 AM PDT

AP - Beijing on Tuesday said a U.S. report criticizing the state of China's religious freedom was biased and groundless.

Chinese county stops urging officials to smoke (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 01:55 AM PDT

AP - A rural Chinese county said Tuesday it had backed away from a rule urging its officials to smoke a certain amount of local cigarettes to boost tax income after it was reported in a newspaper.

Beijing mulls 'Women only' subway carriages (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 11:12 PM PDT

A carriage and map on Beijing's subway system. A politician in the capital city has suggested setting up AFP - A Beijing politician has suggested setting up "women only" subway carriages on the city's crowded public transport system to curb sexual harassment and alleviate overcrowding, state press said Tuesday.

Rights group presses China over quake 'harassment' (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 10:40 PM PDT

A disabled earthquake survivor walks to a temporary school in Yinghua township, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan in early November 2008. Rights group Amnesty International has urged China to end what it called the harassment of parents seeking to find out how their children died in last year's disaster.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Rights group Amnesty International has urged China to end what it called the harassment of parents seeking to find out how their children died in last year's Sichuan earthquake.

Mexico decries China's quarantine of its citizens (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 08:39 PM PDT

Hotel workers wearing gloves as a precaution against swine flu carry a cart loaded with foods to a sealed-off hotel where Mexican travelers are being held under quarantine in Beijing, China, Monday, May 4, 2009. China on Monday denied discriminating against Mexicans in its fight against swine flu after the Latin American country complained that more than 70 Mexican travelers have been quarantined even though some are apparently not at risk for the virus. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - A chartered Mexican plane headed to several Chinese cities Tuesday to collect up to 70 Mexicans quarantined over swine flu fears in what their president denounced as discrimination and one stranded traveler compared to a kidnapping.

China exporters, hit by slump, see potential at home (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2009 06:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Like prodigal sons, China's exporters are returning home to sell their products as global economic gloom takes a toll on their overseas orders.

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