2009年6月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China likely to reject Hummer acquisition: report (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 08:41 AM PDT

FILE -  In this Wednesday, June 3, 2009 file photo, a man walks past an advertisement featuring a Hummer vehicle at an auto market in Beijing. China's planning agency is likely to reject a Chinese company's bid to acquire General Motors Corp.'s Hummer unit on the grounds that its hulking SUVs conflict with Beijing's energy-saving goals, state radio reported. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)AP - China's planning agency is likely to reject a Chinese company's bid to acquire General Motors Corp.'s Hummer unit, in part because its gas-guzzling vehicles conflict with Beijing's conservation goals, state radio reported.


U.S. subsidies "poison" emerging market talks: U.S. official (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 05:16 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States' subsidies for failing industries risk "killing" American attempts to discuss trade with China and other developing nations, U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner William Kovacic said on Friday.

China intellectuals call for release of dissident (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:47 AM PDT

Pro-democracy lawmakers and activities hold the picture of Liu Xiaobo protest outside the China's liaison office in Hong Kong Thursday, June 25, 2009. The prominent Chinese dissident who called for political reform has been arrested for allegedly trying to overthrow the country's socialist system, his wife said Wednesday, marking the highest-profile activist arrest since before last year's Olympics. Liu Xiaobo had already been held at a secret location for more than six months without being charged or formally arrested. He was taken into police custody on Dec. 8, a day before a manifesto he co-authored was released urging sweeping changes to China's rigid political system. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Dozens of China's most prominent writers and scholars are calling for the release of a dissident who was arrested after co-authoring a bold manifesto urging civil rights and political reforms.


China marks anti-drug day with executions (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 01:03 AM PDT

A Chinese policeman lights a cauldron filled with illicit drugs during a ceremony to mark the UN's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in China's Xinjiang region(AFP)AFP - At least 20 people were executed, an equal number condemned and hundreds put on trial as China marked a global anti-drug day with stark warnings of rising illicit drug use, state press said.


China report: Hospital dumps 6 aborted fetuses (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:52 AM PDT

AP - A hospital in central China dumped six aborted human fetuses and the bodies of two people at a construction site, state media said Friday.

China bank loans to top 1 trillion yuan in June (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:54 PM PDT

File photo shows customers leaving a branch of the Bank of China in Shanghai. Chinese banks are likely to hand out a total 1.2 trillion yuan (175.7 billion dollars) in new loans in June despite warnings by regulators against irresponsible lending, state media reported.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Chinese banks are likely to hand out a total 1.2 trillion yuan (175.7 billion dollars) in new loans in June despite warnings by regulators against irresponsible lending, state media reported.


China hospital dumps 8 unclaimed bodies (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:24 PM PDT

File photo shows construction workers shovel concrete on a site in Beijing. A hospital in central China is under investigation for dumping eight bodies at a construction site after being unable to locate the relatives of the dead, state media reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A hospital in central China is under investigation for dumping eight bodies at a construction site after being unable to locate the relatives of the dead, state media reported.


China intellectuals seek release of dissident (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 08:52 PM PDT

Veteran Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo makes a point during a March 1995 file photo. REUTERS/Will Burgess/FilesReuters - Dozens of China's most prominent liberal intellectuals have issued a petition urging the release of Liu Xiaobo, the veteran dissident facing subversion charges after promoting a petition demanding an end to one-party rule.


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