2009年7月25日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


E-China: The bicycle kingdom is going electric (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 1, 2009, a woman rides a bicycle near the electric bicycles and mopeds parking in Shanghai, China. Industry estimates put the number of electric bikes and scooters on the roads at more than 65 million. It's a trend catching on elsewhere, from remote Australian towns to chaotic New Delhi streets. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - It's a simple pleasure, but Xu Beilu savors it daily: gliding past snarled traffic on her motorized bicycle, relaxed and sweat-free alongside the pedal-pushing masses.


China announces first panda from frozen sperm (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:45 AM PDT

This undated image made from video and released by Central China Television shows You You, a female panda at the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center in southwestern Sichuan, China, holding her new cub that was born on Thursday July 23, 2009. Panda researchers said Friday that they believe it's the first successful live birth worldwide using frozen panda sperm. (AP Photo/CCTV)AP - For the first time, a giant panda cub has been born in China after being conceived using frozen sperm, officials announced Friday — an innovation scientists hope will help the endangered species avoid extinction.


China economy growing again while US limps (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:17 AM PDT

AP - It's a tale of two economies, China and the United States.

China dismisses local leaders after angry protest (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 04:49 AM PDT

AP - The Communist Party boss of a Chinese city and head of law enforcement were dismissed Saturday for mishandling violent protests last month after a young man's mysterious death, a state news agency said.

Report: 30,000 China steelworkers in deadly clash (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 01:36 AM PDT

AP - Some 30,000 Chinese steelworkers clashed with police in a protest over plans to merge their mill with another company and beat the company's general manager to death, a human rights monitor said Saturday.

China launches Arabic-language TV channel (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 01:24 AM PDT

AP - Chinese state television launched an Arabic-language channel beamed to the Middle East and Africa on Saturday as part of efforts to expand the communist government's media influence abroad.

China jails eight over child prostitution ring (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:24 PM PDT

Police in Shanghai. A court in southwest China has sentenced eight people, including four officials, to between seven years and life for their roles in a child prostitution ring, state press reported(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - A court in southwest China has sentenced eight people, including four officials, to between seven years and life for their roles in a child prostitution ring, state press reported Saturday.


China launches Arabic international TV channel (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:02 PM PDT

Television sets for sale in Beijing. China has launched an international Arabic-language television channel as part of an ambitious programme to promote the communist country's views abroad(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China Saturday launched an international Arabic-language television channel as part of an ambitious programme to promote the communist country's views abroad.


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