2009年5月24日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


US House Speaker Pelosi in China for climate talks (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2009 06:49 AM PDT

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen here, who is a longtime critic of Beijing's rule over Tibet and its rights record, has arrived in China for a trip focused on energy and climate change.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of Beijing's rule over Tibet and its rights record, arrived in China on Sunday for a trip focused on energy and climate change.


US House Speaker Pelosi due in China (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2009 01:26 AM PDT

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen here on May 22, a longtime critic of China's rule over Tibet and its rights record, was to arrive in Shanghai for a trip focused on energy and climate change.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's rule over Tibet and its rights record, was to arrive in Shanghai Sunday for a trip focused on energy and climate change.


China to move 330,000 people for water project (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:06 PM PDT

A boat travels along the Pengxi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in southwest China. About 330,000 people in central China are to be evicted from their homes to make way for a reservoir that will form part of a massive water diversion project, state media has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - About 330,000 people in central China are to be evicted from their homes to make way for a reservoir that will form part of a massive water diversion project, state media said Sunday.


Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:11 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday May 21, 2009, shows Chen Fuchao, right, a man heavily in debt,  had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by Lai Jiansheng, left, came up, shook his hand  and pushed him off the ledge in Guangzhou, China   Lai Jiansheng had been fed up with what he called the 'selfish activity' of a potential jumper, Xinhua said. Traffic  had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area. Chen fell 8 meters (26 feet) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion and survived.(AP Photo)AP - Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.


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