2009年5月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

U.S. Treasury's Geithner to visit China (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2009 10:29 AM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner attends the Western Hemisphere Ministers Roundtable at the Treasury department in Washington April 25, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will visit Beijing next month for two days of meetings with top Chinese officials aimed at strengthening the economic relationship between the United States and China, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday.


Geithner headed to China in early June (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 09:28 AM PDT

AP - The administration says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will travel to Beijing early next month for meetings with senior Chinese officials.

Parents' anger unresolved 1 year after China quake (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 08:54 AM PDT

People visit the quake devastated town of Beichuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 12 , 2009. State leaders laid flowers and survivors burned paper money for departed spirits as a mournful China marked the first anniversary Tuesday of a devastating earthquake that left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing and 5 million homeless.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China marked the first anniversary of a massive earthquake on Tuesday in a somber, nationally televised ceremony filled with flowers and speeches, as the normally distant Chinese leadership provided an unusually cathartic public moment.


Incense burns as solemn China mourns quake dead (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2009 07:42 AM PDT

Liu Xia, head of a kindergarten where at least 300 children were killed during last year's Sichuan earthquake, mourns for the dead amid the ruins of Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 11, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Mourners crowded ruins in southwest China on Tuesday to mark one year since an earthquake shattered the region, while President Hu Jintao called reconstruction efforts a testament to national strength.


China remembers deadly Sichuan earthquake (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:45 AM PDT

Thousands flocked to the devastated town of Beichuan which was destroyed by last year's earthquake.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao led the nation in a minute's silence on Tuesday at the epicentre of the powerful Sichuan earthquake that flattened homes and communities one year ago.


China's exports sink, but factory investment rises (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:21 AM PDT

Workers loads textiles into a truck outside a textile wholesales stores in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. China's exports plunged 22.6 percent in April from the year before in the sixth straight monthly decline, the government said Tuesday, while a torrent in bank lending meant to boost the economy pushed up spending on factories, real estate and other fixed assets. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's exports slumped for the sixth straight month amid warnings that weak overseas demand was hindering a recovery, even as government spending helped boost factory investment.


China exports fall as domestic demand surges (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 01:54 AM PDT

A worker sews a toy in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in late November. Exports from the country fell 22.6 percent in April from a year earlier in the sixth straight monthly decline, according to figures released by the customs bureau.(AFP/File/Wang Lei)AFP - China's efforts to boost domestic demand to fight the global financial crisis showed strong signs of success Tuesday, with investment in infrastructure rising as exports fell.


China exports down 22.6 pct in April: state media (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2009 08:13 PM PDT

File photo shows the port of Shenzhen, a city in south China. Chinese exports fell 22.6 percent in April from a year earlier in the sixth straight monthly decline, state media said Tuesday, as the global financial crisis continued to take its toll.(AFP/File/Francois Bougon)AFP - Chinese exports fell 22.6 percent in April from a year earlier in the sixth straight monthly decline, state media said Tuesday, as the global financial crisis continued to take its toll.


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