2009年7月26日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


US hopes China talks spur economy, job creation (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:41 PM PDT

AP - With the global economy mired in recession, the United States and China begin talks Monday to seek a solution together despite tensions over currencies, the U.S. budget deficit and the huge U.S. trade gap with China.

Thousands of China steel workers clash with police (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 06:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Some 30,000 disgruntled Chinese steel workers clashed with riot police in protest over a takeover deal, resulting in the death of an executive from another steel company, a human rights group said.

China tightening control over steel industry (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2009 file photo, a steel worker labors at a small-scale steel plant in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province. China's stolen secrets case against an Australian working for Rio Tinto Ltd. may have more to do with Beijing's push to tighten control over its huge steel industry than trying to dampen industrial espionage.  Chinese officials have complained for years that steel companies paid too much for foreign iron ore, failing to translate China's position as the world's biggest steel producer into clout at the bargaining table.  (AP Photo, File)AP - China's stolen secrets case against an Australian working for Rio Tinto Ltd. may have more to do with Beijing's push to tighten control over its huge steel industry than trying to dampen industrial espionage.


Report: 3,000 villagers protest in eastern China (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:13 AM PDT

AP - More than 3,000 villagers in eastern China blocked a highway and clashed with police while protesting alleged official corruption in a land compensation deal, a human rights monitor and a witness said Sunday.

China web users 'outnumber US population' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:41 AM PDT

A man uses a laptop in Beijing. The number of Internet users in China is now greater than the entire population of the United States, after rising to 338 million by the end of June, state media have reported.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The number of Internet users in China is now greater than the entire population of the United States, after rising to 338 million by the end of June, state media reported Sunday.


China police, 30,000 workers clash: rights group (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:29 AM PDT

About 30,000 Chinese steel workers clashed with police over plans to merge their mill with another company, and beat a manager to death, a Hong Kong-based human rights group has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - About 30,000 Chinese steel workers clashed with police over plans to merge their mill with another company, and beat a manager to death, a Hong Kong-based human rights group has said.


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

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 10:00 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, the world's bicycle kingdom — one for every three inhabitants — is going electric.


Chinese real estate on mend despite downturn (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:57 PM PDT

A man walks past an advertising billboard for new housing developments in Beijing on July 21. Government stimulus measures and speculative investors have helped forge a surprising turnaround in the property market, with rocketing prices in some large cities sparking concerns of a new bubble.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Government stimulus measures and speculative investors have helped forge a surprising turnaround in the property market, with rocketing prices in some large cities sparking concerns of a new bubble.


China hackers hit Uighur film at festival: report (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:26 PM PDT

Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. Chinese hackers sabotaged the website of Australia's biggest film festival over plans to screen a documentary about a Uighur activist China accuses of stirring unrest, a report said(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Chinese hackers sabotaged the website of Australia's biggest film festival over plans to screen a documentary about a Uighur activist China accuses of stirring unrest, a report said Sunday.


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