2009年7月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Rio Tinto moves iron, steel staff out of China: report (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc has evacuated staff in China involved in research of the iron ore and steel industry in response to the detention of some of its iron ore traders by state authorities, the Australian Financial Review reported on Thursday.

Major bribery alleged in Rio Tinto case (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:10 PM PDT

AP - A government-owned newspaper alleged Wednesday that executives from all 16 Chinese steel mills participating in iron ore price talks this year were bribed by Rio Tinto employees.

Government PR campaign targets Chinese Muslims (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT

A Uighur ethnic minority man tends his junk shop in the town's market Bazaar in the city of Hotan, China, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Like most cities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Hotan remains on high alert as people try to follow their normal life routine. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - The chorus of smiling Muslims and Han Chinese wore matching yellow polo shirts and appeared on television Wednesday, singing: "We are all part of the same family."

China issues security alert after Al-Qaeda threat (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 10:25 AM PDT

Armed Chinese soldiers patrol as a Uighur man crosses the street in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. China issued a security alert Wednesday to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during ethnic unrest in this northwestern Chinese city.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China issued a security alert Wednesday to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during ethnic unrest in this northwestern Chinese city.

Uighurs protest outside Chinese embassy in London (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:45 AM PDT

Pro-Uighur demonstrators rally through central London to denounce the Chinese crackdown on protests by the Uighur people of the Xinjiang district, known as East Turkistan by the indigenous population.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Around 100 pro-Uighur demonstrators protested outside the Chinese embassy in London on Wednesday over the bloodshed in the Xinjiang region, before marching on to Downing Street.

US commission seeks China Xinjiang sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:32 AM PDT

Armed Chinese paramilitary forces perform drills on People's Square in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. The US government commission on religious freedom called Wednesday for targeted sanctions against China over the ethnic unrest in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The US government commission on religious freedom called Wednesday for targeted sanctions against China over the ethnic unrest in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang.

Chinese activist's wife calls for help after family's detention (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:09 AM PDT

Chinese police officers stop a car in Gansu Province in 2008. The wife of a Chinese environmental activist called for help Wednesday over the plight of her husband and daughter who she said had been unfairly detained on suspicion of leaking state secrets.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - The wife of a Chinese environmental activist called for help Wednesday over the plight of her husband and daughter who she said had been unfairly detained on suspicion of leaking state secrets.

Carbon tariffs a veil for protectionism: China (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 09:07 AM PDT

A woman crosses a street near a coal-fired power station on the outskirts of Beijing in 2008. China said Wednesday it was against proposals to impose AFP - China said Wednesday it was against proposals to impose "carbon tariffs" on goods manufactured in the developing world, saying such moves were a pretext for trade protectionism.

Death toll in China riots rises to 192 (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 06:22 AM PDT

A Uighur woman carries a child while walking past a charred car at a destroyed car dealer in a Uighur section of Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Urumqi was calm Wednesday, although security was tight, especially near Uighur areas after Monday's fatal shooting of two Uighurs by police. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Chinese authorities on Wednesday announced a higher death toll from ethnic riots in a predominantly Muslim western city, after the government warned its overseas workers in Algeria of possible attacks from Islamists.

Ex-Sinopec chief given suspended death penalty (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:59 AM PDT

Former Sinopec chief Chen Tonghai, seen here in 2004, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of corrupt practices, but he will likely not be executed.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)AFP - The former head of Chinese oil giant Sinopec was sentenced to death on Wednesday after being found guilty of corrupt practices over many years, but he will likely not be executed, state press reported.

China's Xinjiang death toll rises to 192: state media (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:58 AM PDT

The burnt wreckage of a bus on a street in Urumqi on July 6. The death toll from ethnic unrest in Urumqi on July 5 has risen by eight to 192, according to the Xinhua news agency.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - The death toll from ethnic unrest in northwestern China's Urumqi city on July 5 has risen by eight to 192, Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

Beijing warns Chinese in Algeria over Qaeda threat (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:18 AM PDT

Armed Chinese soldiers patrol as a Uighur man crosses the street in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. China issued a security alert Wednesday to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during ethnic unrest in this northwestern Chinese city.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China on Wednesday issued a security alert to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during ethnic unrest in this northwestern Chinese city.

US, China announce clean energy research center (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:10 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, center, chats with Chinese officers as he visit a turbine inside the China Resources Golden Concord-Co-generation Plant at the Beijing Development Area in Beijing, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The United States and China both need to cut their carbon emissions and have to start cooperating on science and technology to battle climate change, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - The United States and China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, announced plans for a joint clean energy research center Wednesday as the American commerce secretary appealed to Beijing to avoid imposing trade barriers on green technology.

China warns citizens in Algeria of al Qaeda threat (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:41 AM PDT

Armed Chinese paramilitary police in riot gear march along a main street in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 13, 2009. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China has warned its citizens in Algeria about possible attacks from al Qaeda in retribution for a Chinese government crackdown in the Muslim region of Xinjiang, as it upped the death toll from this month's ethnic riots.

Chinese agencies back Tengzhong-Hummer deal (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:30 AM PDT

A salesman stands next to a Hummer for sale at an auto trading center in Shanghai June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - China's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday played down reports that it is at odds with the economic planning agency over a controversial deal for a little-known Chinese company to buy GM's Hummer unit.

Australian PM says world watching China spy case (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:06 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gestures during a news conference at his office in central Sydney July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned China on Wednesday it had significant economic interests at stake in detaining an Australian mining executive on spying charges and the world was watching how it handled the case.

Former Chinese oil executive convicted of graft (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on Aug. 28, 2006, Sinopec Corp. chairman Chen Tonghai attends a news conference of the company's interim results announcement in Hong Kong. The former chairman of China's second-largest oil company, Sinopec, was convicted of corruption and taking bribes and received a suspended death sentence, state TV reported Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - The former chairman of China's second-biggest oil company, Sinopec, was convicted of taking $29 million in bribes and given a suspended death sentence Wednesday in Beijing's latest effort to stem chronic corruption.

U.S.-China trade imbalance not sustainable: Locke (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 11:38 PM PDT

Reuters - The trade imbalance between the United States and China is not sustainable, and the two countries have a joint responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Wednesday.

China alerts citizens in Algeria to Al-Qaeda threat (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 10:57 PM PDT

File photo shows Algerians passing a Chinese clothing store in Algiers. China issued a heightened security alert to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in ethnic unrest in northwestern Xinjiang region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)AFP - China issued a heightened security alert to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in ethnic unrest in northwestern Xinjiang region.

China forex reserves hit record levels (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 07:32 PM PDT

Chinese 100 yuan notes sit atop US 100 dollar bills in Beijing. China's foreign exchange reserves, already the world's largest, rose by 17.8 percent year-on-year to a record 2.13 trillion dollars at the end of June, the country's central bank has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's foreign exchange reserves, already the world's largest, rose by 17.8 percent year-on-year to a record 2.13 trillion dollars at the end of June, the country's central bank has said.

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