2009年6月1日星期一

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Geithner says US concerned about the deficits (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 11:02 AM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, is shown the way by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan upon arrival for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 1, 2009. Geithner said Monday that the global recession seemed to be losing force but that it will be critical for the United States and China to institute major economic reforms to put the world on a more sustained footing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)AP - As the federal budget deficit soars into the stratosphere, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is reassuring the Chinese — the largest holders of U.S. government debt — that the Obama administration is serious about restoring fiscal discipline once the current economic crisis is resolved.


Geithner tells China its dollar assets are safe (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 08:41 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday reassured the Chinese government that its huge holdings of dollar assets are safe and reaffirmed his faith in a strong U.S. currency.

Tiananmen mothers won't let memory of their dead fade (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 08:03 AM PDT

A Chinese woman poses for a relative taking her photograph at Beijing's Tiananmen Square June 1, 2009. The Chinese government's refusal to release an official figure for the number killed on June 4, 1989, is symbolic of its larger silence about the crackdown on student protesters. China's economy is now the third-largest in the world, an achievement that would have been unthinkable during the impoverished 1980s. But political reform has stalled, with the Party quick to stamp out any perceived challenge. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Twenty years after her teenage son was shot by troops near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Zhang Xianling is still trying to work out how many others died with him.


Man tried in UK for tossing shoe at Chinese leader (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 07:15 AM PDT

AP - A German student at Britain's Cambridge University is standing trial for allegedly throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Minister Wen Jiabao.

Cardinal: Beijing still controlling Chinese church (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:56 AM PDT

AP - China has held off on ordaining bishops without Vatican approval, but government interference in the state-backed Chinese church is still a concern, Hong Kong's cardinal — a key adviser to the pope_ said Monday.

China defends economic data (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 12:53 AM PDT

A rainy and smoggy day in Beijing. China defended its economic data after the International Energy Agency questioned the consistency between the nation's growth rate and its falling energy demand(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China defended its economic data after the International Energy Agency questioned the consistency between the nation's growth rate and its falling energy demand.


China's economy stabilizing; export orders tick up (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 12:25 AM PDT

Employees work in the production line of Nanjing IVECO Company Ltd. in Nanjing, Jiangsu province March 20, 2009. REUTERS/Sean YongReuters - China's manufacturing sector continued to expand moderately in May as new export orders improved, two surveys showed on Monday, adding to tentative signs that the world's third-largest economy is stabilizing.


China: manufacturing continued to expand in May (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 10:41 PM PDT

Migrant workers, with their skills written on pieces of paper, at a labour market in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. China's manufacturing activity expanded in May for the third consecutive month, according to official data released, the latest tentative sign of economic recovery(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China's manufacturing activity expanded in May for the third consecutive month, according to official data released, the latest tentative sign of economic recovery.


Wang Dan on Tiananmen in 1989: I'm proud (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 07:11 PM PDT

Wang Dan, seen here, who once topped the Chinese government's most wanted list of leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement, remains fiercely proud of his role, despite years in jail and exile(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - Wang Dan, who once topped the Chinese government's most wanted list of leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement, remains fiercely proud of his role, despite years in jail and exile.


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