2009年6月22日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

US defense official to hold talks in Beijing (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:13 AM PDT

AP - A U.S. Defense Department official is headed to Beijing for talks amid ongoing tensions in the region over North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs.

Internet boycott calls to mark China filter debut (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese Internet users are calling on fellow web surfers to stay offline on July 1, the debut of a controversial software filter that critics say the Chinese government is using to tighten censorship.

Toddler in critical condition after China blast (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 12:04 AM PDT

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency of China, debris is seen after a blast at the workshops of Jingxin Mining Ltd. Co. in Fengyang, a county of east China's Anhui Province Sunday, June 21, 2009. The explosion at the factory in eastern China killed at least 16 people and injured dozens early Sunday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Xinhua)AP - Doctors in eastern China were trying Monday to save the life of a 2-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a weekend factory explosion that killed 16 people, state media reported.

GM JV marks two millionth Buick sold in China (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 11:27 PM PDT

A woman walks past a General Motors Buick vehicle in Beijing in May 2009. Struggling US auto giant General Motors said its joint venture in Shanghai sold its two millionth Buick in China, as sales have rapidly picked up in recent years with the country's economic boom.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Struggling US auto giant General Motors said its joint venture in Shanghai sold its two millionth Buick in China, as sales have rapidly picked up in recent years with the country's economic boom.

China tells state firms to transfer shares (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 11:18 PM PDT

Elderly Beijing residents leave after morning exercise at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing in April. China's ageing population is a phenomenon that most economists speak about in ominous tones as they warn of the burden the elderly will become on national health and pension budgets.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The Chinese government has ordered certain state-run companies to transfer part of their shares to the national pension fund to help it cope with rising numbers of retirees, state media said.

China raises tobacco tax to curb smoking (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 10:49 PM PDT

China has raised taxes on tobacco by six to 11% in an effort to pad state coffers and curb smoking in the world's largest cigarette market, according to the government and state press. Tobacco wholesalers have also been hit with a 5% levy according to new tax rates that went into effect on May 1 but were announced over the weekend.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China has raised taxes on tobacco by six to 11 percent in an effort to pad state coffers and curb smoking in the world's largest cigarette market, according to the government and state press.

US presses China over Internet filtering (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 10:22 PM PDT

AP - Washington has expressed concern to Beijing over its new effort to censor Internet use and its possible impact on trade and access to information, the U.S. Embassy said Monday.

Boss held after deadly China blast: state media (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 08:57 PM PDT

The rubble left after an explosion at a private factory in Fengyang, in eastern China, which left at least 16 people dead. Police have detained the factory boss for illegally storing explosives that triggered the blast, state media have said.(AFP)AFP - Police have detained a company boss for illegally storing explosives that triggered a blast at a factory in eastern China leaving 16 people dead and 43 people injured, state media have said.

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