2009年8月6日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's first Mars orbiter in Russia for launch (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 09:09 AM PDT

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Mars in 2005. China's first satellite to probe Mars has been transported to Russia for a launch later this year, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)AFP - China's first satellite to probe Mars has been transported to Russia for a launch later this year, state media reported Thursday.


Chinese teen dies at Internet addiction rehab camp (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:18 AM PDT

Chinese people plays games at an internet cafe next to a board carrying a slogan 'Built a safe internet cafe, welcoming the 60 years of communist rule' inside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. China is investigating the death of a teenager allegedly beaten to death in a camp designed to treat Internet addiction. The case has led medical experts to call for laws and regulations for the treatment of Internet addiction, which affects an estimated 10 percent of China's 338 million Internet users, the official Xinhua News Agency said late Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China is investigating the death of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death in a camp designed to treat Internet addiction, state media said.


Founder of Chinese political group to be tried (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 03:30 AM PDT

AP - The founder of a Chinese group that challenged Communist rule with a call for multiparty democracy will plead not guilty at his upcoming subversion trial, his lawyer said Thursday.

PC maker Lenovo reports loss amid weak demand (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 03:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2009 file photo, models display new Chinese-made Lenovo ThinkPads at the Lenovo stall during the International High Tech Expo in Beijing, China. Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, amid weak global demand but said its market share grew. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday and said it faces pressure from weak global demand and intense competition.


Law may force Shanghai dogs to walk: state media (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 11:07 PM PDT

A woman walks her dog past portraits of the former Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Shanghai, where pampered pooches may soon be forced to walk under a new set of proposed laws, which include banning dogs from riding on the bus or subway, state media reported(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Shanghai's pampered pooches may soon be forced to walk under a new set of proposed laws, which include banning dogs from riding on the bus or subway, state media reported Thursday.


At least 10 die in floods in southwest China: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 11:06 PM PDT

Flood waters swarm a low lying area of southwest China's Chongqing municipality. At least 10 people have been killed this week and one remains missing in rain-induced floods in southwest China's Chongqing, a major municipality on the banks of the Yangtze.(AFP)AFP - At least 10 people have been killed this week and one remains missing in rain-induced floods in southwest China's Chongqing, a major municipality on the banks of the Yangtze, state media said Thursday.


China executes 2 for defrauding investors (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 10:44 PM PDT

AP - China executed two business people for defrauding hundreds of investors out of more than $127 million, calling the scam a serious blow to social stability, state media said Thursday.

Chinese jet maker ends global search, hires locals (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 10:34 PM PDT

AP - After a highly publicized global search for foreign managers to help it modernize, China's main military jet maker has hired six executives — all of them Chinese, a company spokesman said Thursday.

China negotiator optimistic on climate treaty (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 07:20 PM PDT

AP - China's top climate envoy said Wednesday he is optimistic that upcoming negotiations will produce a new treaty to fight global warming, but said developed countries have slowed the process by not setting emission-reduction targets.
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