2009年5月26日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

20 years on, Tiananmen survivors demand 'truth' from China (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:42 PM PDT

A Chinese paramilitary policeman keeps watch on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 24, 2009. Exiled Chinese dissidents who survived the 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square demonstration said on Tuesday that, after 20 years, China should be held to account for the bloodshed.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Exiled Chinese dissidents who survived the 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square demonstration said on Tuesday that, after 20 years, China should be held to account for the bloodshed.

China to build world's largest quake simulator (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 09:06 AM PDT

Former residents and tourists look at the ruins in the town Beichuan on May 12, 2009 several months after it was devastated by the 8.0-magnitude Sichuan earthquake. A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.

Climate change a 'game changer' in US-China relations (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 08:32 AM PDT

US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen here on May 22, said Tuesday that the fight against climate change was a AFP - US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that the fight against climate change was a "game changer" in China-US relations, as she visited Beijing on a trip focused on energy.

Dalai Lama likely to be honored by Paris mayor (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 06:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talk to the media in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008. Pelosi is expected to come to Beijing Tuesday, May 26, 2009. China's leadership will play host next week to one of its fiercest human rights critics — speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Pelosi_ in a visit that symbolizes the complex and deepening relations between the two countries. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File)AP - The Dalai Lama is likely to be honored by the mayor of Paris during a June visit, a Tibetan representative said Tuesday — a meeting that could once again strain relations between France and China.

China says being demonized over fake drugs (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 05:42 AM PDT

Reuters - A senior Chinese health official complained on Tuesday that his country was being unfairly demonized as a center of fake drug production and defended the government's regulatory steps as sufficiently strong. China has been battling a string of tainted and counterfeit food and pharmaceutical cases over recent years and has vowed to get tough.

China looking at boosting private role in industry (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:54 AM PDT

AP - China says it may encourage private investment in state-controlled industries such as railways, oil and power generation in an effort to boost the efficiency of the world's third-largest economy.

Pelosi calls for US-Chinese climate cooperation (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:24 AM PDT

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers her keynotes address at the U.S.-China Clean Energy Forum in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Nancy Pelosi, a vocal critic of Beijing, calls for closer U.S.-Chinese cooperation in fighting global warming in a speech that avoids human rights and other contentious issues. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a frequent, fierce critic of China, called for U.S.-Chinese cooperation to fight climate change in a speech Tuesday that skirted human rights and other contentious issues.

China says it is not a center for fake drugs (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:56 AM PDT

AP - China has been unfairly branded a center of fake drugs, an official with the country's drug watchdog said Tuesday, blaming instead some overseas companies that source their raw materials through illegal suppliers.

HP recalls 15,000 laptop batteries sold in China (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:30 AM PDT

An employee walks past a Hewlett-Packard logo during the second day of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong December 5, 2006. REUTERS/Paul YeungReuters - Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's largest PC maker, is recalling 15,000 laptop batteries distributed in China because of a danger they could overheat, China said on Tuesday on its quality inspections web site.

Pelosi says climate change could change U.S.-China game (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Ties between the United States and China could be transformed by cooperation on climate change, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, linking environmental concerns to human rights and the rule of law.

China defends safety of drug exports (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:06 AM PDT

A Chinese laboratory worker examines medical samples at a research and test centre in Beijing. Chinese pharmaceutical exports are safe, a senior official has said, dismissing media reports that the country was a major exporter of fake or shoddy drugs as AFP - Chinese pharmaceutical exports are safe, a senior official said Tuesday, dismissing media reports that the country was a major exporter of fake or shoddy drugs as "sensational."

China tea farmers attack police station (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 11:39 PM PDT

Police inspectors patrol the streets in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province in February. Hundreds of angry tea farmers attacked a police station in southern China after rumours spread that one man had been killed in custody for fighting for farmers' rights, state media said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Hundreds of angry tea farmers attacked a police station in southern China after rumours spread that one man had been killed in custody for fighting for farmers' rights, state media said.

Village officials jailed for China quake aid graft (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 11:15 PM PDT

A policeman keeps watch on the ruins of collapsed buildings in Xiang'e village of Dujiangyan city, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in June 2008. A court in southwestern China's quake zone sentenced three village officials to jail terms of seven years each for taking bribes to distribute earthquake relief funds, state media said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A court in southwestern China's quake zone sentenced three village officials to jail terms of seven years each for taking bribes to distribute earthquake relief funds, state media said.

Rio Tinto says Chinalco deal situation "evolving" (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2009 05:41 PM PDT

A general view of a Rio Tinto iron ore mine at Tom Price, about 1,300 km (800 miles) north of Perth May 28, 2008. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Global miner Rio Tinto's planned $19.5 billion tie-up with China's Chinalco is an "evolving" deal, a Rio Tinto executive said on Tuesday.

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