2009年6月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


One-dog policy in Chinese city forces tough choice (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 11:29 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Saturday, May 30,2009, Chinese residents walk their dogs on the streets of Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province. Guangzhou will start to implement a one-dog policy for each household in the city on July 1. (AP Photo)AP - Mrs. Chen can't imagine abandoning one of her two best friends: her scruffy terrier mutt and a white fluffy Pekingese mix with buggy eyes.


China fires top official for key industrial zone (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 07:34 AM PDT

AP - The Communist Party official responsible for a key industrial zone in northern China has been fired and expelled from the party over graft allegations, state media reported Wednesday.

Russia, China urge talks on North Korea (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 05:57 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in the Russian capital Moscow, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Hu on Tuesday offered Central Asian states $US10 billion of credit support to help counter the global economic slump, telling a regional summit his country was on the right economic track. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Russia and China expressed serious concern Wednesday about the tension on the Korean peninsula and urged North Korea to return to six-nation talks on its nuclear program.


China preps 1st guidelines for sex change surgery (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 05:35 AM PDT

AP - China's first medical guidelines on sex change surgery could require patients to gain police approval before the procedure, according to a posting on the Health Ministry's Web site.

China, Russia call for talks on Iran, North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 05:34 AM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) meet in the presidential residence Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, June 17, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Alexei Druzhinin/PoolReuters - The presidents of Russia and China on Wednesday called for a diplomatic push to resolve tensions over the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea after wide-ranging talks in Moscow.


Beijing orders 'Buy China' for stimulus projects (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:25 AM PDT

A man sleeps on the deck of a delivery truck in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 17, 2009.  China has imposed a requirement for its stimulus projects to use domestically made goods, a move that could strain ties with trading partners after Beijing criticized Washington's 'Buy American' stimulus provisions. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - China has imposed a requirement for its stimulus projects to use domestically made goods — a move that could strain ties with trading partners after Beijing criticized Washington's "Buy American" stimulus provisions.


Climate change hits China's 'poor hardest' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:31 AM PDT

A pedestrian walks past a power plant in Beijing. Climate change hits China's poor the hardest and also forces some of those lifted out of hardship back into it, activist groups Greenpeace and Oxfam said.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Climate change hits China's poor the hardest and also forces some of those lifted out of hardship back into it, activist groups Greenpeace and Oxfam said Wednesday.


China sells US bonds to 'show concern' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:18 AM PDT

A trader in the 30-Year Treasury Bond futures pit signals an offer at the Chicago Board of Trade. A decision by China to reduce its US Treasury holdings suggests concern about the US attitude towards its economic woes, Chinese economists were quoted as saying in state media.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - A decision by China to reduce its US Treasury holdings suggests concern about the US attitude towards its economic woes, Chinese economists were quoted as saying in state media Wednesday.


China says criminals ineligible for sex change ops (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 12:00 AM PDT

File photo shows an 'armed bank robber' with an AK47 during a police exercise at a training school on the outskirts of Beijing. China has said a sex change operation should not be an option for criminals seeking to turn over a new leaf.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China has said a sex change operation should not be an option for criminals seeking to turn over a new leaf.


China, Russia ties must flourish in crisis (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 08:28 AM PDT

A man rides with a Russian flag displayed on his pedicab in Beijing's Russian trade district of Yabaolu. The leaders of China and Russia say their flourishing ties have helped defy the economic crisis, putting a brave face on a slowdown that has seen bilateral trade plummet.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - The leaders of China and Russia on Wednesday said their flourishing ties were needed to defy the economic crisis, putting a brave face on a slowdown that has seen bilateral trade plummet.


China launches war on graft in boom city (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 11:03 PM PDT

File photo shows customers trading money at an illegal money exchange shop in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. China has launched a sweeping crackdown on graft in the boom city of Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong, seeking to rein in unruly officials and soothe public anger over high-level vice, analysts said.(AFP/File)AFP - China has launched a sweeping crackdown on graft in the boom city of Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong, seeking to rein in unruly officials and soothe public anger over high-level vice, analysts said.


China tries 2 men accused of being gang bosses (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 07:21 PM PDT

Crowds gather outside a court in Yangjiang during the opening of a trial for two alleged gangster bosses in south China's Guangdong province on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Xu Jianqiang, the 'Hammerhead,' and his partner, Lin Guoqin, or 'Spicy Qin,' are accused of using violence and threats to build an empire that included everything from underground casinos to cement factories, truck lines and poultry markets. (AP Photo/William Foreman)AP - Scores of police gripping black clubs guarded a courthouse in southern China on Tuesday — the first day of a trial for two alleged gangster bosses, the "Hammerhead" and "Spicy Qin," accused of using violence to build an empire that included everything from underground casinos to cement factories, truck lines and poultry markets.


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