2009年7月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


150,000 evacuated in south China after torrential rains (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 10:10 AM PDT

Water flows by homes on a flooded street in the town of Shuangfeng, in central China's Hunan province on July 2, 2009. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao ordered local officials Saturday to step up flood control work in south China after over 150,000 people were forced to evacuate following torrential rains.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao ordered local officials Saturday to step up flood control work in south China after over 150,000 people were forced to evacuate following torrential rains.


China punishes officials after babies taken (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 03:31 AM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities have punished six government officials after three baby girls whose parents were still alive were sent to an orphanage in southern China that subsequently put them up for adoption overseas, state media and an official said.

Heavy rain in southern China forces 150,000 to flee (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Torrential rain battering southern China has forced more than 150,000 people from their homes, toppled hundreds of houses and punched a dangerous hole in the spillway of a dam, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

China fund to buy $1.5 bln stake in Canadian miner (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 11:15 PM PDT

Stock prices are displayed at a securities firm in Beijing. China's sovereign wealth fund said it would buy $1.5 bln worth of shares of the Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd. The purchase by the China Investment Corp would amount to a 17.2% equity stake in Teck, giving the $200 bln wealth fund a 6.7% voting interest in the mining company, according to the corporation.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China's sovereign wealth fund said it would buy 1.5 billion dollars worth of shares of the Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd.


China cenbank chief warns of risks in stimulus push (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 10:43 PM PDT

Reuters - China's massive economic stimulus plan has launched some projects that are wasteful, possibly making it hard for investors involved to repay bank loans, China's central bank chief said Saturday.

Shanghai plans own "Wall Street bull": report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 09:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Wall Street may be down on its luck, but China's growing business hub, Shanghai, plans to install its own version of the Street's famed charging bull statue, casting in metal its hopes to eventually rival New York.
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