2009年7月21日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese Web sites close amid tightening controls (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 10:02 AM PDT

AP - Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered many Chinese a rare taste of free expression.

China to allow 2,700 Muslims to visit Mecca: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 09:05 AM PDT

Uighur Muslims arrive for Friday prayers at the Yanhan Mosque in Urumqi on July 17, 2009 in northwest China's Xinjiang province. China will allow over 2,700 Muslims to visit the holy site of Mecca this year, with pilgrims making the trip in 10 groups organised by the government, state press said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will allow over 2,700 Muslims to visit the holy site of Mecca this year, with pilgrims making the trip in 10 groups organised by the government, state press said Tuesday.

China dashes Australia hopes for high-level Rio talks (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 06:12 AM PDT

Reuters - China's foreign minister has no plans to meet his Australian counterpart on the sidelines of a meeting in Thailand, a Chinese spokeswoman said, dashing Canberra's hopes for high-level talks on detained Rio Tinto employees.

No plans for Taiwan-China military meeting (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:04 AM PDT

AP - A Taiwanese military spokesman said Tuesday that officers from the island have no plans to meet with counterparts from China at a conference in Hawaii next week, contradicting reports that such a meeting was in the works.

China's sovereign wealth fund invests in Diageo (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 03:51 AM PDT

Guinness is a brand owned by drinks maker Diageo. China's 200-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund has bought 1.1 percent of prominent British alcoholic drinks maker Diageo in a move to diversify its investments, the Financial Times said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - China's 200-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund has bought 1.1 percent of prominent British alcoholic drinks maker Diageo in a move to diversify its investments, the Financial Times said Tuesday.

China blames separatists, not policies, for riots (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 03:03 AM PDT

In this photo from Thursday, May 21, 2009, Rebiya Kadeer speaks at the Third General Assembly of the Uyghur Congress. The Uighur leader spoke at the National Press Club on July 20, 2009, about the Uighurs and China. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - China on Tuesday defended its policies on ethnic minorities saying violence in Xinjiang that killed nearly 200 people this month was triggered by separatists and not its treatment of Uighurs.

China denies govt policies reason for Urumqi riots (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:29 PM PDT

A Chinese policeman carries a handgun in an ethnic Uighur area in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region in early July. China's policies toward its ethnic minorities were not to blame for the deadly riots in the city and would not be adjusted as a result of the violence, the government said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China's policies toward its ethnic minorities were not to blame for deadly riots this month by Muslim Uighurs and would not be adjusted as a result of the violence, the government said on Tuesday.

Safety concerns at huge China dam project: auditor (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 09:17 PM PDT

A boat passes along the Pengxi River, a tributary of the giant Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Developers building one of the world's biggest hydropower projects, the Xiluodu dam in southwest China, are taking dangerous shortcuts, state media has reported citing the national auditor.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Developers building one of the world's biggest hydropower projects in southwest China are taking dangerous shortcuts, state media reported Tuesday, citing the national auditor.

Australia hopes to raise China/Rio case at ASEAN (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Tuesday he will raise China's detention of an Australian Rio Tinto mining executive for spying with his Chinese counterpart at a regional security meeting in Thailand.

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