2009年5月10日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Luxury brands look to China for cushion in crisis (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 10:17 AM PDT

In this April 15, 2009 photo, Chinese shop at a Louis Vuitton fashion boutique in Beijing, China. Sales of designer clothing, jewelry and other goods in China are expected to climb at least 7 percent this year while global industry revenues could fall by 10 percent, consulting firm Bain & Co. says. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Clutching a fistful of shopping bags from designers Vivienne Westwood, Dior and Alexander McQueen as she concluded one of her twice-monthly shopping sprees, 29-year-old Zhao Bing looked like the picture of hope for luxury retail.


China reports suspected swine flu case (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 09:43 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese man returning from studying at a U.S. university has become the first suspected case of swine flu in mainland China, the Health Ministry said Sunday.

Kuwaiti emir in China to focus on energy ties (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 05:05 AM PDT

Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah -- the emir of Kuwait -- addresses the opening session of an Arab summit in 2008. Chinese President Hu Jintao has met the emir as energy-hungry China and the oil-rich Gulf state look to push economic ties to a higher level.(AFP/HO/File/null)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao met on Sunday with the visiting emir of Kuwait as energy-hungry China and the oil-rich Gulf state look to push economic ties to a higher level.


China's quake region struggling, one year on (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 11:59 PM PDT

A woman surveys the remaining ruins of the Hongda chemical plant in Deyang on May 9. A year after the Sichuan earthquake devastated huge swathes of southwest China, life is slowly returning to normal, but concerns over corruption continue to overshadow the reconstruction effort.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A year after the Sichuan earthquake devastated huge swathes of southwest China, life is slowly returning to normal, but concerns over corruption continue to overshadow the reconstruction effort.


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