2009年6月27日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Snitching for China leads to sorrow and exile (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 11:09 AM PDT

In this June 19, 2009 photo, Phromlak Sakpichaimongkol, a lawyer of Li Yuzhou, a former Chinese spy, holds an appeal letter for Li to be submitted to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) regional office in Bangkok, Thailand. Li, his wife Li Kejun and their two children have had their refugee status revoked by the U.N. and fear they will be deported back to China. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Dozens of small white scars mark the inside of Li Yuzhou's left arm, where he slashed himself repeatedly with a piece from a broken tea cup. The scars speak of his terror of being deported from Thailand back to China.


Hummer buyer to open talks with China regulators: report (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 09:57 AM PDT

A Hummer vehicle sits in the parking lot of a dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - The potential buyer of General Motors Corp's Hummer division will begin formal talks with Chinese regulators on Monday in an effort to win approval for its acquisition, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.


Companies appeal to China to drop Web filter plan (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 12:29 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 - Global business groups have made an unusual direct appeal to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to scrap an order for PC makers to supply controversial Internet filtering software, citing security and privacy concerns.


Nearly completed high-rise collapses in Shanghai (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:36 PM PDT

Reuters - A 13-storey residential building under construction in Shanghai collapsed Saturday, killing one worker and highlighting the dangers of shoddy building in fast-urbanising China.

Ethnic clash in Chinese factory kills 2, hurts 118 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:54 PM PDT

AP - Ethnic tensions between workers at a toy factory in southern China sparked a brawl that left two dead and 118 injured, state media and a government spokesman said Saturday.

Ethnic tensions spark brawl at China factory: report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 08:23 PM PDT

Reuters - Ethnic clashes between Han Chinese and Uighur workers at a toy factory in China's southern Guangdong province killed two people and injured 118, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
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