2009年6月15日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Son of North Korea's Kim visits China as heir: media (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 05:33 PM PDT

Seoul rally : South Korean conservative activists burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il at a rally in Seoul. (AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan)Reuters - The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il secretly visited ally China around last week as a special envoy of his father and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday.


China-US naval incident part of a rising trend (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 10:48 AM PDT

AP - China has called the latest collision between Chinese and U.S. naval vessels an accident, but many of the elements echo previous altercations that have raised concerns that China's navy is growing increasingly aggressive in its patrols of the waters off its coast.

Glitches seen in China's web filtering software (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 12:16 AM PDT

An internet bar in Beijing. The designers of controversial Internet filtering software that China has ordered shipped with all new computers said they were trying to fix security glitches in the programme(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The designers of controversial Internet filtering software that China has ordered shipped with all new computers said they were trying to fix security glitches in the programme.


Storm kills 14 in China, thousands homeless: govt (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2009 10:47 PM PDT

At least 14 people have been killed and more than 180 others have been injured in a severe hail storm that destroyed thousands of homes across eastern China's Anhui province, authorities has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)AFP - At least 14 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured in a severe hail storm that destroyed thousands of homes across eastern China's Anhui province, authorities have said.


China detains 40 over exam cheating: state media (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2009 10:30 PM PDT

Anxious parents wait outside the school gate as their children sit exams in Shanghai. Chinese police have detained 40 people in multiple cases of alleged high-tech cheating on the country's make-or-break university entrance exams, state media reported(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Chinese police have detained 40 people in multiple cases of alleged high-tech cheating on the country's make-or-break university entrance exams, state media reported.


China sees foreign direct investment drop 17.8pct (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2009 08:47 PM PDT

Rows of laptops at a Beijing supermarket. Foreign direct investment in China dropped 17.8 percent year-on-year in May for the eighth straight monthly fall, the commerce ministry has said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Foreign direct investment in China dropped 17.8 percent year-on-year in May for the eighth straight monthly fall, the commerce ministry has said.


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