2009年7月16日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's Rio investigation ongoing says Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Reuters - China has not yet reached a conclusion that four detained Rio Tinto staff accused of industrial espionage are guilty and investigations are ongoing, Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Friday.

China's economy accelerates with help of stimulus (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:09 PM PDT

Workers walk through a construction site in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009. China's economy accelerated in the second quarter amid huge stimulus spending, expanding by 7.9 percent from a year earlier as retail sales and industrial output grew strongly, data showed Thursday July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - China has bought a rebound in economic growth with a flood of government spending and bank loans, averting a surge in politically dangerous unemployment and fueling hopes that it might help lead a world recovery.


Lawmakers want investigation into Uighurs at Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 12:18 PM PDT

AP - Lawmakers on Thursday called for an investigation into why the Bush administration allowed Chinese agents to interrogate 22 Muslim Uighurs at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in 2002.

China boycotts opening of World Games in Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 09:35 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by Kaohsiung Organizing Committee on Sunday, July 12, 2009, the main stadium for the World Games in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung is seen at night. The quadrennial World Games begin Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Kaoshiung under the shadow of a possible Chinese boycott of its high profile opening ceremony. This year 3,100 athletes from 91 countries and territories will be participating. (AP Photo/Kaohsiung Organizing Committee, HO)AP - The 100-strong Chinese delegation boycotted the opening ceremony of the World Games in Taiwan on Thursday, underscoring the limits of the historic breakthrough in relations between Taipei and Beijing.


China to issue arrest warrants for Xinjiang riots (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 09:10 AM PDT

A Uighur ethnic minority butcher waits for customers at his meat stall in the streets of Urumqi, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Security in Urumqi remained tight as some roads leading to the Grand Bazaar market remained closed, while clusters of security officers stood guard in corners and platoons of paramilitary police patrolled the streets. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - An initial investigation into ethnic riots that left 192 people dead in China's restive Western region has been completed and arrest warrants will be issued soon, the chief prosecutor for Xinjiang said Thursday.


China and Australia trade warnings on Rio case (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 07:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Australia and China traded warnings on Thursday over Rio Tinto employees detained for spying, as the United States urged Beijing to ensure transparency and fair treatment for staff of foreign companies.

Africans protest in China over Nigerian's death (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 07:09 AM PDT

Chinese police face off with a group of Africans blocking the entrance to the police station and stopping traffic for several hours in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province. More than 100 Africans protested for hours outside a police station in southern China after a Nigerian man fell to his death trying to escape from a visa check, reports and police said Thursday.(AFP)AFP - More than 100 Africans protested for hours outside a police station in southern China after a Nigerian man fell to his death trying to escape from a visa check, reports and police said Thursday.


Solar eclipse sparks tourism fever in China (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 06:34 AM PDT

A view of last year's solar eclipse from China's remote province of Heilongjiang. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century -- visible on July 22, 2009 -- has sparked tourist fever in eastern China, which according to experts is the best place to view the event.(AFP/Xinhua/File)AFP - The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, visible next Wednesday, has sparked tourist fever in eastern China, which according to experts is the best place to view the event.


China scales back paramilitary forces in Urumqi (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:15 AM PDT

Chinese soldiers guard a checkpoint on the outskirts of Urumqi. Paramilitary forces withdrew from most of their positions in the Uighur district of Urumqi for the first time since unrest that left at least 192 people dead.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Paramilitary forces withdrew from most of their positions in the Uighur district of Xinjiang's capital Urumqi on Thursday for the first time since unrest that left at least 192 people dead.


China's population of Web users hits 338 million (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:54 AM PDT

AP - More people now go online in China than there are people in the United States.

China's economy grows 7.9% in stunning rebound (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:36 AM PDT

An investor checks stock prices at a security firm in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. the country's economy grew 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the government has said, in a startling turnaround for the Asian powerhouse fuelled by a massive stimulus package.(AFP/File)AFP - China's economy grew 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the government said Thursday, in a stunning turnaround for the Asian powerhouse that offered some hope for the rest of the world.


Loving pooch nurses baby pandas in China: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:14 AM PDT

A Red Panda at the Hellabrunn Zoo in southern Germany. Two red pandas who were abandoned by their mother soon after they were born in northern China have been nursed to health thanks to the love and milk of a dog.(AFP/DDP/File/Joerg Koch)AFP - Two red pandas who were abandoned by their mother soon after they were born in northern China have been nursed to health thanks to the love and milk of a dog, state media reported on Thursday.


Dog wet nurse saves panda cubs in China (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:01 AM PDT

A white dog nurses two red panda cubs in the zoo in Taiyuan in north China's Shanxi province, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The two red panda cubs, born on June 25, were abandoned by their mother at birth are thriving at a northern China zoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikely surrogate mother, the dog, state media reported on Thursday. (AP Photo)AP - Two red panda cubs abandoned by their mother at birth are thriving at a northern China zoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikely surrogate mother — a dog, state media reported on Thursday.


China warns Australia over Rio Tinto 'spy' case (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 01:59 AM PDT

China warned Australia not to interfere in the case of a Rio Tinto executive held on spy claims, after Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, pictured, took a tough line against Beijing(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - China warned Australia not to interfere in the case of a Rio Tinto executive held on spy claims, after Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd took a tough line against Beijing.


China's economy bounces back with strong growth (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:10 PM PDT

Sstock investors check share prices at a security firm in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province in early July. China's economy grew 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the government has said, in a startling turnaround for the Asian powerhouse fuelled by a massive stimulus package.(AFP/File)AFP - China's economy grew 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the government has said, in a startling turnaround for the Asian powerhouse fuelled by a massive stimulus package.


China economy grows in first half: govt (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 07:36 PM PDT

An advertisement hoarding adourns a shopfront in Beijing on July 15. China's economy expanded by 7.1 percent in the first half of 2009 compared with the same period a year earlier, the government has said.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China's economy expanded by 7.1 percent in the first half of 2009 compared with the same period a year earlier, the government has said.


China's economy grows 7.9 percent: govt (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 07:23 PM PDT

An advertisement hoarding adourns a shopfront in Beijing on July 15. China's economy expanded by 7.1 percent in the first half of 2009 compared with the same period a year earlier, the government has said.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China's economy expanded by 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same period a year earlier, the government has said.


US commission seeks China Xinjiang sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 07:22 PM PDT

Armed Chinese soldiers patrol as a Uighur man crosses the street in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. The US government commission on religious freedom called 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 for targeted sanctions against China over the ethnic unrest in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang.


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