2009年6月25日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. pressing China "Green Dam" concern on all fronts (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States still hopes it can persuade China to abandon, or at least delay, its plan to require controversial filtering software on new computers, despite growing trade friction over the issue, a U.S. trade official said on Thursday.

PC makers race to comply with China's Web filter (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:30 AM PDT

Sales staff stand behind computers in a store in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners. Beijing told manufacturers in May to install 'Green Dam Youth Escort' Web-filtering software or supply it on a disk with every PC made beginning July 1 for sale in China. PC makers say they are studying the order. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Days before a deadline abruptly imposed by China, computer makers are scrambling to comply with an order to supply Web-filtering software with PCs amid concerns about what it might do to their reputations.


Turkish president Gul meets with China's Hu (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:05 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Turkish President Abdullah Gul (R) review the Chinese People's Liberation Army's honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Gul met with Hu on Wednesday as part of a state visit Turkey hopes will lead to closer economic ties.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao here on Wednesday as part of a state visit Turkey hopes will lead to closer economic ties.


China porn crackdown includes health info: state media (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:04 AM PDT

A man surfs the Internet at an Internet cafe in Beijing in 2008. China's crackdown on Internet pornography will be extended to health-related sex information, according to new regulations that tighten supervision of such content.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China's crackdown on Internet pornography will be extended to health-related sex information, according to new regulations that tighten supervision of such content.


China aims to build "Three Gorges of wind power" (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:04 AM PDT

Men share a motorcycle riding past a wind power plant in Zhangbei, northwest of Beijing near Inner Mongolia on June 16, 2009, in northern China's Hebei province. China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, a senior official said Thursday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, a senior official said Thursday.


EU to help China test carbon capture (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:12 AM PDT

AP - The European Union said Thursday it will give China up to euro50 million ($70 million) to build a carbon capture and storage plant that will test a technology aimed at limiting climate change.

US calls for release of prominent China dissident (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:31 AM PDT

A group of pro-democracy legislators and protestors demonstrate outside the Chinese Liaison Office over the arrest of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong. The United States on Thursday joined calls for the release of Liu, but China warned against any foreign interference in the case.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - The United States on Thursday joined calls for the release of prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, but China warned against any foreign interference in the case.


Google slammed as China, U.S. quarrel over Internet (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:55 AM PDT

Reuters - China on Thursday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.

Sinopec seeks capacity, reserves with Addax bid (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:25 AM PDT

AP - Sinopec, with its $7.2 billion bid for Addax Petroleum, is seeking crucial production capacity and coveted reserves in West Africa and the Middle East to help balance its heavy reliance on crude oil processing.

Google investigating China service outages (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:19 AM PDT

A man surfs the Internet on a street in Beijing. Google said on Thursday it was investigating recent cuts in its services in China as the government once again accused the US Internet giant of providing links to pornography in its Web searches.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Google said on Thursday it was investigating recent cuts in its services in China as the government once again accused the US Internet giant of providing links to pornography in its Web searches.


China's NDRC against Tengzhong bid for Hummer: report (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 03:43 AM PDT

A Hummer vehicle sits in the parking lot of a dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - China's top economic planning agency is likely to reject Sichuan Tengzhong's bid to buy the Hummer brand from bankrupt General Motors Corp , state radio reported on Thursday.


China will review planned dam that threatens fish (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 03:38 AM PDT

AP - China's environment ministry said Thursday that it has ordered an ecological assessment for a proposed Yangtze River dam that conservationists fear could threaten hundreds of fish species and drive the giant Chinese sturgeon into extinction.

China accuses Google of spreading pornography (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:33 AM PDT

AP - China accused Google Inc. on Thursday of spreading pornography after Chinese users were unable to connect to the search giant's Web site, while Washington called on Beijing to scrap its order for personal computers to be equipped with Internet-filtering software.

China retailer to buy into Japan's Laox (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 10:43 PM PDT

The stock exchange building in Shenzhen, south China. Chinese retail chain Suning Appliance Co said it planned to buy a stake in struggling Japanese consumer electronics retailer Laox for 800 million yen (8.4 million dollars).(AFP/File/Francois Bougon)AFP - Chinese retail chain Suning Appliance Co said it planned to buy a stake in struggling Japanese consumer electronics retailer Laox for 800 million yen (8.4 million dollars).


U.S. winning WTO ruling on China's film barriers (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 09:30 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States appears to have won a victory against Chinese barriers to imported films, books and recorded music in a preliminary World Trade Organization ruling not yet made public.

China reclaims $4 billion of embezzled public money (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 08:05 PM PDT

Reuters - China has recovered 26.77 billion yuan ($3.92 billion) of public money that was embezzled last year, the country's top audit official said in a report seen Thursday.
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