2009年7月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Australia urges China to make haste on Rio spy case (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia urged China on Tuesday to move quickly in dealing with the detention of a senior Australian mining executive on suspicion of spying, as Canberra came under pressure at home to take a harder line with Beijing.

China officials: Police kill 2 Uighur men, wound 1 (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:19 AM PDT

A Uighur woman walks past security force officers standing guard in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Monday, July 13, 2009. More roads reopened and shops unlocked their doors in Urumqi on Monday, but sporadic incidents reflected the underlying tensions in the city in western China where 184 people died in recent ethnic unrest. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Police fatally shot two Uighur men and wounded a third Monday in western China, where violence has persisted to flare despite the massive numbers of troops sent to restore calm more than a week after deadly ethnic rioting.

Muslim reaction to China unrest mostly muted (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 10:33 AM PDT

Paramilitary police officers patrol as Uighur men walk by in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Monday, July 13, 2009. More roads reopened and shops unlocked their doors in Urumqi on Monday, but sporadic incidents reflected the underlying tensions in the city in western China where at least 184 people died in recent ethnic unrest. The July 5 riots and subsequent unrest in Urumqi also left 1,680 wounded, and state media have warned that the death toll could rise. Of the more than 900 people still in hospital, 74 have life-threatening wounds, the official Xinhua News Agency said. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China's crackdown on its Muslim Uighur minority has drawn a muted response from many Muslim countries that may be wary of damaging lucrative trade ties with Beijing or attracting attention to their own attitudes toward political dissent.

U.S. to press China on tariffs on clean energy trade (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:16 AM PDT

Flashes of lighting illuminate the sky during a thunderstorm over Shanghai, July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - The United States will press China this week to lower its tariffs on clean energy technology as one of many steps the two countries can take to fight global warming, U.S. officials said on Monday.

Chinese police shoot dead two Uighurs in Urumqi (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 06:08 AM PDT

A Chinese policeman stands guard on a street where two Uighurs were shot dead in Urumqi. Police have shot dead two knife-wielding Uighurs in Urumqi, as violence flared again despite a massive security crackdown.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Police shot dead two knife-wielding Muslim Uighurs in China's restive Urumqi city on Monday, authorities said, as violence flared again despite a massive security crackdown.

Two shot dead in renewed unrest in China's Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:19 AM PDT

Security force officers exercise at the People's Square in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Some of the tension had just begun to lift in Urumqi on Monday morning. Most roads to the Grand Bazaar market had reopened. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Reuters - Chinese police shot dead two people on Monday in renewed unrest in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media said, after at least 184 people died in riots last week.

Chinese police shoot dead two Uighur 'lawbreakers': govt (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:46 AM PDT

A Chinese policeman stands guard on a street where two Uighurs were shot dead in Urumqi. Police have shot dead two knife-wielding Uighurs in Urumqi, as violence flared again despite a massive security crackdown.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Police in China's restive Urumqi city shot dead two Muslim Uighurs "lawbreakers" and injured one other on Monday, a government statement said.

Chinese miners freed after 25 days in flooded mine (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:02 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Xinhua news agency, miner Wang Kuangwei receives medical treatments after being lifted out of the flooded Xinqiao Coal Mine in Qinglong County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Sunday July 12, 2009. Wang and two other miners, who had been trapped in the flooded Xinqiao Coal Mine in Guizhou Province for 25 days, were rescued Sunday, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yang Ying)AP - Three miners survived 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southern China by drinking dirty water and chewing coal before rescuers burrowed through a collapsed tunnel to reach them, a local official and state media said Monday.

China entrepreneur buys Propellor satellite TV: report (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:52 AM PDT

A Chinese businessman has bought the Yorkshire-based satellite TV channel Propeller and plans to use it to broadcast programmes promoting China in Europe, media reports have said.(AFP)AFP - A Chinese businessman has bought the Yorkshire-based satellite TV channel Propeller and plans to use it to broadcast programmes promoting China in Europe, media reports said on Monday.

Gunshots in Uighur area of China's Urumqi: residents (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:29 AM PDT

A Chinese policeman stands guard on a street where two Uighurs were shot dead in Urumqi. Police have shot dead two knife-wielding Uighurs in Urumqi, as violence flared again despite a massive security crackdown.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Security forces fired gunshots in a Muslim Uighur district of China's restive Urumqi city on Monday, residents of the neighbourhood told AFP.

Australia pushes China on Rio Tinto detentions (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Australia summoned China's ambassador on Monday for a second time to press for details of the detention of Rio Tinto's top iron ore salesman in China and three other staff accused of spying.

Indonesians protest at Chinese embassy (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:12 AM PDT

Indonesian Muslim demonstrators stage a protest at the Chinese embassy in Jakarta, on July 13, following a mass prayer session in support of Muslim Uighurs in China's Xinjiang region. Muslim groups in the world's most populous Muslim country slammed what they called AFP - Indonesian Muslims called for "holy war" and briefly clashed with security guards during a protest outside the Chinese embassy in Jakarta in support of China's minority Muslim Uighurs.

China says steel talks continue despite Rio arrest (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:02 AM PDT

A Rio Tinto iron ore mine in the Australian outback. Strained price negotiations between China's steel mills and iron ore producers are continuing, a Chinese official has said, despite Rio Tinto's lead negotiator being arrested on spy charges.(AFP/HO/Rio Tinto/File)AFP - Strained price negotiations between China's steel mills and iron ore producers are continuing, a Chinese official has said, despite Rio Tinto's lead negotiator being arrested on spy charges.

China's Uighurs hope to gain from world spotlight (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:01 AM PDT

A policeman passes an ethnic Uighur man selling bags on a street in Urumqi. The recent uprising in the city, capital of China's Xinjiang region, has put the remote area on the world stage with many local people welcoming the attention but, warn experts, the hopes of the Uighurs could soon prove unfounded with the unrest likely to fortify China's resolve in maintaining its tight grip on the region.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Like many ethnic Uighurs, businessman Anwar hopes greater world interest in the Muslim minority following deadly unrest in this remote Chinese city of Urumqi could lead to long-time grievances being addressed.

3 rescued after 25 days in flooded China mine (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:32 PM PDT

Coal miners pass through dust polluted air to start their shift at a small mine in the town of Xiaoyi in China's Shanxi province. Three miners were rescued after 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southwest China chewing on coal and drinking filthy water, local media have reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Three miners were rescued after 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southwest China chewing on coal and drinking filthy water, local media have reported.

China Eastern unveils merger plan (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 10:59 PM PDT

File photo shows an employee of China Eastern Airlines talking on the phone at their ticket counter at Beijing's Capital Airport. The airline has said it would acquire rival Shanghai Airlines through a 8.9-billion-yuan (1.3 billion dollars) share swap and raise seven billion yuan in a private share placement.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China Eastern Airlines has said it would acquire rival Shanghai Airlines through a 8.9-billion-yuan (1.3 billion dollars) share swap and raise seven billion yuan in a private share placement.

Chinese road vigilante an Internet hit: report (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 10:57 PM PDT

Traffic moves slowly through central Beijing. A retired teacher has become an unlikely Internet hit in China for throwing bricks at cars whose drivers were ignoring red lights at a dangerous crossing, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A retired teacher has become an unlikely Internet hit in China for throwing bricks at cars whose drivers were ignoring red lights at a dangerous crossing, state media has reported.

China construction giant set for massive IPO (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 10:50 PM PDT

A worker fixes scaffolding on a Beijing construction site. China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the country's largest home builder, has said it hopes to raise more than 5.9 billion dollars in the biggest domestic IPO since early 2008.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the country's largest home builder, has said it hopes to raise more than 5.9 billion dollars in the biggest domestic IPO since early 2008.

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