2009年6月29日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. trade panel favors stiffer duties on Chinese tires (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 10:23 AM PDT

Reuters - A majority of the U.S. International Trade Commission recommended on Monday that President Barack Obama impose additional duties for three years on imports of low-cost Chinese tires the panel says are harming U.S. industry.

3 dead, 63 hurt in central China train collision (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 08:58 AM PDT

People work at the site where two express passenger trains collided at the railway station in Chenzhou in south China's Hunan province Monday June 29, 2009. The pre-dawn crash occurred when a train going from the provincial capital Changsha to the southern city of Shenzhen collided with another train heading to Shenzhen from Tongren in Guizhou province.  At least three were killed with dozens injured. (AP Photo)AP - Two passenger trains collided Monday, derailing cars, crushing nearby homes and killing three people, Chinese state media and an official said.


Shanghai holds 9 linked with building collapse (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:47 AM PDT

Chinese men are seen near the collapsed 13-floor residential building which was under construction in Shanghai, China, Saturday June 27, 2009. China's state media reported one worker was killed when the building toppled. (AP Photo)AP - Shanghai authorities are holding nine people in an investigation into the collapse of a nearly finished 13-story apartment building, the government said Monday after the latest in a string of accidents that have plagued the country's construction boom.


China central bank chief says economy on the mend (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:54 AM PDT

AP - The head of China's central bank said Monday the country's economy was on the mend and expressed confidence that a government target of 8 percent growth this year would be met.

Reports: China loan spree goes to stocks, property (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:17 AM PDT

AP - China risks frittering away its stimulus spending on speculation in stocks and real estate, reports said Monday, citing economists who say surging bank loans risk inflating risky asset bubbles.

Shanghai activists 'save cats from being eaten' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 03:11 AM PDT

A picture shows a bamboo cage filled with cats at a freight yard in Shanghai on June 26. Animal activists in the Chinese city have rescued 300 cats from a dealer who was planning to sell the allegedly stolen pets to restaurants in southern China, a participant has said.(AFP/File/Lai Xiaoyu)AFP - Animal activists in Shanghai rescued 300 cats from a dealer who was planning to sell the allegedly stolen pets to restaurants in southern China, a participant has said.


Nine investigated over Shanghai building collapse (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 01:42 AM PDT

A 13-storey residential building under construction in Shanghai collapsed on June 27 killing one worker. Authorities in the city have been investigating nine people after the apartment complex toppled over, an official has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Shanghai authorities have been investigating nine people after a nearly completed 13-storey apartment building toppled over almost intact, killing one worker, an official has said.


Three killed, 60 injured in China train collision (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 12:02 AM PDT

Chinese rescuers search for victims following a train collision at Chenzhou railway station the country's central Hunan province. At least three people were killed and over 60 injured in the accident.(AFP)AFP - At least three people have been killed and over 60 injured when two passenger trains collided early Monday in central China, a local government official has said.


Chinese companies vying for Pierre Cardin brand (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:39 PM PDT

A model wears a dress by French designer Pierre Cardin at a fashion show in Beijing. A group of Chinese companies are in talks for a possible takeover of the brand name of French fashion giant Pierre Cardin, a company official has said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A group of Chinese companies are in talks for a possible takeover of the brand name of French fashion giant Pierre Cardin, a company official has said.


China halts metals stockpiling for now: report (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:35 PM PDT

Rolls of steel at a industrial park in China's Inner Mongolia region. Beijing has suspended buying non-ferrous metals for state reserves after government stockpiling led to a surge in prices, Chinese media has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Beijing has suspended buying non-ferrous metals for state reserves after government stockpiling led to a surge in prices, Chinese media has reported.


China launches anti-prostitution drive (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:02 PM PDT

Chinese police have launched a nationwide AFP - Chinese police have launched a nationwide "strike-hard" campaign against prostitution that will last until the 60th anniversary of communist rule on October 1, state press have reported.


One detained in China over deadly factory brawl (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 10:26 PM PDT

Police in south China have detained a former worker at toy factory for fabricating a rape incident that triggered a massive, racially charged brawl in which two died, local authorities have reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Police in south China have detained a former worker at toy factory for fabricating a rape incident that triggered a massive, racially charged brawl in which two died, local authorities have reported.


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