2009年5月18日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

AP reporter quarantined in China after Cancun stop (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT

An attendant in a surgical mask and hazardous material suit passes lunch stored in plastic bags to Associated Press Cuba correspondent Will Weissert at the Jinjiang Inn, a hotel in Lingang, China, south of Shanghai, on Saturday, May 16, 2009.  The Chinese government is sending Mexicans, and other travelers who were recently in Mexico, to a week of mandatory quarantine in the isolated hotel that is closed to the general public to prevent the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo/Monica Medel)AP - There are four of them waiting for us, tottering about the hotel parking lot in yellow biohazard suits.


Staid in China: Yet-to-open sex park demolished (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 12:09 PM PDT

Workers dismantle a statue in an unopened sex theme park in southwest China's Chongqing city, Saturday, May 16, 2009. The sex theme park that featured explicit exhibits of genitalia and sexual culture is being demolished before it can even open, a government spokesman in southwestern China said Monday May 18. (AP Photo)AP - This investment turned out to be as risky as it was risque. A sex theme park that featured explicit exhibits of genitalia and sexual culture is being demolished before it can even open, a government spokesman in southwestern China said Monday.


China's dominance: Good or bad for sport? (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 09:14 AM PDT

China's Lin Dan gestures to the spectators after defeating South Korea's Park Sung Hwan (not pictured) during the men's singles final match at the Sudirman Cup world badminton championships at the Guangzhou Gymnasium in China's southern city of Guangzhou on May 17, 2009. China -- as widely predicted -- wrapped up the Sudirman Cup world team badminton championships on Sunday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Another tournament, another world crown for China.


Brazil's Lula in China to boost trade (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 07:15 AM PDT

Brazil's President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva arrives at Beijing airport with his wife Marisa Leticia on May 18, leading an entourage of 240 industrialists for a visit aimed at boosting business with China and promoting what he called a AFP - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Beijing on Monday with 240 business leaders for a visit aimed at boosting trade with China and promoting what he called a "new economic order."


China cracks down on military graft, extravagance (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:56 PM PDT

File photo shows China's Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) on parade at a military garrison in Hong Kong. Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for a crackdown on graft and extravagance in the military, kicking off a campaign to bring discipline to the world's largest army, state press said.(AFP/Pool/File/Kin Cheung)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for a crackdown on graft and extravagance in the military, kicking off a campaign to bring discipline to the world's largest army, state press said.


GM exports would be step up for China automakers (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:00 PM PDT

A model poses with a car from the Chevrolet brand under General Motors Corp. during an auto show in Beijing, China, Friday, May 15 , 2009. General Motors Corp. plans to begin exports of vehicles made in China to the United States within two years, ramping up sales to more than 50,000 by 2014, reports said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China's auto industry has come a long way since General Motors Corp. set up its first factory here in a brand new industrial zone in Shanghai just over a decade ago.


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